Damn, what a group of complete badasses without whom so much about our lives would be different. BTW "Traces of Texas" is a fantastic follow.

Last survivors of the Battle of San Jacinto. Taken 4/21/1906, 70 years after the battle that won Texas independence. L-R: William P. Zuber, Austin; John W. Darlington, Taylor; Asa C. Hill, Oakville; Stephen F. Sparks, Rockport; L. T. Lawlor, Florence; Alphonso Steele, Mexia. pic.twitter.com/bf9Zs2QL0W

— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) August 28, 2022

What a fantastic picture. Love they are sitting on a cannon and holding the Texas Flag. That is pure Texan.

Wish there was a way to go back in time and talk with them in person. I bet they would have some stories to tell.

Those brave men were just boys - by today's standards - when they helped achieve our independence... I guess their parents didn't allow them to lay around on their nuts playing video games all day and *****ing about the unfairness in their lives.

Ag87H2O said:

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What a fantastic picture. Love they are sitting on a cannon and holding the Texas Flag. That is pure Texan.

Wish there was a way to go back in time and talk with them in person. I bet they would have some stories to tell.

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Realize what kind of stones those guys had to have. They knew exactly what would happen to them after the Alamo and Goliad if they lost and they also knew the odds were stacked against them. The world we know in Texas is dramatically different because of their bravery.

Ag87H2O said:

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What a fantastic picture. Love they are sitting on a cannon and holding the Texas Flag. That is pure Texan.

Wish there was a way to go back in time and talk with them in person. I bet they would have some stories to tell.

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Come and Take it...

What would they think if they could see it now?

Great Twitter account to follow, go back and look at the pic he posted a few days ago of Coach Bryant, Bum and Wade Phillips at A&M in the 50s, Wade chimed in on it as well.

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Great Twitter account to follow, go back and look at the pic he posted a few days ago of Coach Bryant, Bum and Wade Phillips at A&M in the 50s, Wade chimed in on it as well.

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Can you post that?

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Ag CPA said:

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Great Twitter account to follow, go back and look at the pic he posted a few days ago of Coach Bryant, Bum and Wade Phillips at A&M in the 50s, Wade chimed in on it as well.

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Can you post that?

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Here it is.

Okay, this completely blows me away. Traces of Texas reader Monte Osburn sent in this stellar image of Bum Phillips, his son Wade Phillips and Bear Bryant at Texas A&M, 1957. Bum was, of course, the legendary former coach of the Houston Oilers during the Luv Ya Blue! days. pic.twitter.com/t8m4nO2IU2

— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) August 23, 2022

This is a completely different site but being the bum Phillips fan I was an Oiler fan I love this one too!

If your coach doesn’t look like a cattle rancher who also runs a reputable whorehouse and your quarterback got more than 45 minutes of sleep before kickoff, you don’t even know what badassery is. pic.twitter.com/6fyQlUpICI

— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) August 28, 2022

This is a cool little channel. A fellow Texan regarding historical incidents especially battles with Indians.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmCdvdsjVFCHicCOVEdwpcg

Thanks! Bookmarked for later. Appreciate it.

True Texican Patriots!

Coach Bryant never forgot that picture— he referenced it almost every time I saw him. Even when I was grown and working for the Oilers

— Wade Phillips (@sonofbum) August 23, 2022

Cool. That guy in the back bonked his head.

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Coach Bryant never forgot that picture— he referenced it almost every time I saw him. Even when I was grown and working for the Oilers

— Wade Phillips (@sonofbum) August 23, 2022

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I was amazed that Wade Phillips saw the photo and actually commented on it.


Thanks for the kindly words about my Twitter feed, Aggie93. I tell folks that it's either a labor of love or a labor of insanity. What I don't tell them is that, here lately, I have been having trouble distinguishing between the two.

You do good work.

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Damn, what a group of complete badasses without whom so much about our lives would be different. BTW "Traces of Texas" is a fantastic follow.

Last survivors of the Battle of San Jacinto. Taken 4/21/1906, 70 years after the battle that won Texas independence. L-R: William P. Zuber, Austin; John W. Darlington, Taylor; Asa C. Hill, Oakville; Stephen F. Sparks, Rockport; L. T. Lawlor, Florence; Alphonso Steele, Mexia. pic.twitter.com/bf9Zs2QL0W

— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) August 28, 2022

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Rockport Representing!

Erastus "Deaf" Smith is my ancestor. He was a soldier, spy, guide, and scout

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Ag CPA said:

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Coach Bryant never forgot that picture— he referenced it almost every time I saw him. Even when I was grown and working for the Oilers

— Wade Phillips (@sonofbum) August 23, 2022

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I was amazed that Wade Phillips saw the photo and actually commented on it.


Thanks for the kindly words about my Twitter feed, Aggie93. I tell folks that it's either a labor of love or a labor of insanity. What I don't tell them is that, here lately, I have been having trouble distinguishing between the two.

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Living outside the state for 15 years now, your posts help keep me connected to my homeland to which I will return one day. They help remind me of how much I love Texas, and for that I thank you.

Real good picture of those Texans!

The Lord gave us a great heritage.

Somehow, don't think they would approve our handling of their efforts.

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Damn, what a group of complete badasses without whom so much about our lives would be different. BTW "Traces of Texas" is a fantastic follow.

Last survivors of the Battle of San Jacinto. Taken 4/21/1906, 70 years after the battle that won Texas independence. L-R: William P. Zuber, Austin; John W. Darlington, Taylor; Asa C. Hill, Oakville; Stephen F. Sparks, Rockport; L. T. Lawlor, Florence; Alphonso Steele, Mexia. pic.twitter.com/bf9Zs2QL0W

— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) August 28, 2022

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I see a bunch of white supremist patriarchy.

aggie93 said:

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Damn, what a group of complete badasses without whom so much about our lives would be different. BTW "Traces of Texas" is a fantastic follow.

Last survivors of the Battle of San Jacinto. Taken 4/21/1906, 70 years after the battle that won Texas independence. L-R: William P. Zuber, Austin; John W. Darlington, Taylor; Asa C. Hill, Oakville; Stephen F. Sparks, Rockport; L. T. Lawlor, Florence; Alphonso Steele, Mexia. pic.twitter.com/bf9Zs2QL0W

— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) August 28, 2022

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This is identical to what F16 posters still look like, even today.

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Damn, what a group of complete badasses without whom so much about our lives would be different. BTW "Traces of Texas" is a fantastic follow.

Last survivors of the Battle of San Jacinto. Taken 4/21/1906, 70 years after the battle that won Texas independence. L-R: William P. Zuber, Austin; John W. Darlington, Taylor; Asa C. Hill, Oakville; Stephen F. Sparks, Rockport; L. T. Lawlor, Florence; Alphonso Steele, Mexia. pic.twitter.com/bf9Zs2QL0W

— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) August 28, 2022

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You are right.

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Damn, what a group of complete badasses without whom so much about our lives would be different. BTW "Traces of Texas" is a fantastic follow.

Last survivors of the Battle of San Jacinto. Taken 4/21/1906, 70 years after the battle that won Texas independence. L-R: William P. Zuber, Austin; John W. Darlington, Taylor; Asa C. Hill, Oakville; Stephen F. Sparks, Rockport; L. T. Lawlor, Florence; Alphonso Steele, Mexia. pic.twitter.com/bf9Zs2QL0W

— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) August 28, 2022

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Rockport Representing!

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Stephen Sparks of Rockport was stabbed in the leg by a dead Mexican's bayonet but continued the fight.

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Those brave men were just boys - by today's standards - when they helped achieve our independence... I guess their parents didn't allow them to lay around on their nuts playing video games all day and *****ing about the unfairness in their lives.

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take it easy on the bottle

aggie93 said:

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Damn, what a group of complete badasses without whom so much about our lives would be different. BTW "Traces of Texas" is a fantastic follow.

Last survivors of the Battle of San Jacinto. Taken 4/21/1906, 70 years after the battle that won Texas independence. L-R: William P. Zuber, Austin; John W. Darlington, Taylor; Asa C. Hill, Oakville; Stephen F. Sparks, Rockport; L. T. Lawlor, Florence; Alphonso Steele, Mexia. pic.twitter.com/bf9Zs2QL0W

— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) August 28, 2022

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Racists…in before lefties

It's a white privilege to view such men

aggie93 said:

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Damn, what a group of complete badasses without whom so much about our lives would be different. BTW "Traces of Texas" is a fantastic follow.

Last survivors of the Battle of San Jacinto. Taken 4/21/1906, 70 years after the battle that won Texas independence. L-R: William P. Zuber, Austin; John W. Darlington, Taylor; Asa C. Hill, Oakville; Stephen F. Sparks, Rockport; L. T. Lawlor, Florence; Alphonso Steele, Mexia. pic.twitter.com/bf9Zs2QL0W

— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) August 28, 2022

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That's amazing that they were still alive that long after the battle... Texas was a rough place between 1836 and the 1870s -1880s (depending on how far west you lived), so surviving that gauntlet probably ensured that you would live to a ripe old age by 1906.

I am a descendant of a San Jacinto veteran, and he died just four years after the battle. His brother and sister had died of yellow fever as part of the advance party just waiting for the rest of the family to come join them after staking the claim. After his death, his daughter (his only child surviving to adulthood) married my great x3 grandfather, who died in an expedition to Mexico, causing her to walk all the way back from near Monterrey to five mile Coleto creek (near Cuero) behind an ox cart loaded with her belongings while carrying an infant.

Tough times. Admittedly, the folks from Tennessee and the frontier South were better equipped to handle it than disaffected kraut aristocrats. The amount of adversity those gentlemen in that photo faced and overcame is almost incomprehensible to modern society.

I've followed Traces for about 5 yrs now (FB & Instagram). Great follow indeed!

Bockaneer said:

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I've followed Traces for about 5 yrs now (FB & Instagram). Great follow indeed!

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Thank all of y'all for the kindly words. They keep me runnin'.


Traces

had one of my grandfather's pics posted...just sent ToT a new one - hopefully it gets posted too. My collection are photos in/around Austin from early 1900s to mid 1930s. I even have video from the mid 30s of things in/around Austin.

here's one - its just a photo of a photo wrapped in plastic (hence the light reflection) but you get the idea. Calendar on the wall says 1909. This is my great grandfather at work:

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had one of my grandfather's pics posted...just sent ToT a new one - hopefully it gets posted too. My collection are photos in/around Austin from early 1900s to mid 1930s. I even have video from the mid 30s of things in/around Austin.

here's one - its just a photo of a photo wrapped in plastic (hence the light reflection) but you get the idea. Calendar on the wall says 1909. This is my great grandfather at work:

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Great photo. If you ever make a large, sharp scan of this I'd love to post it on Traces of Texas.

Stephen Doc Watson shared this photo of his half-sister's grandmother, Hattie Lou Hudson, as "Sweetheart of the Corps" at Texas A&M in the early 1900's. These elite cadets were known as the "Ross Volunteers." The background building is the original mess hall at Texas A&M. pic.twitter.com/TKawrurTQ7

— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) December 21, 2022