118th United States Colored Infantry: in Bagdad, Mexico, filibuster raid (1866), 57, 66, 68–69, 72, 73
Abbot, Benjamin, 176n7, 177–178
Abney, John Armle, 293
Abney, Paul Collins, 293
abolitionism: as cause of women’s petitions, 202
accreditation: of Texas colleges and universities, 433–434
Adair, John: Gutiérrez-Magee
Expedition and, 188, 189, 192
Adams, John A., Jr.: article by, 268–286; book by rev., 360–361
African Americans: Blackdom, New Mexico, book about noted, 345; Burrill Daniel’s claim at Mexican Claims Commission (1871), article about, 80–106; in Dallas, Texas, book about rev., 355–356; Emmett J. Scott biography, rev., 354–355; George T. Ruby biography rev., 132–134; in Greater Reconstruction, 110–111; Huntsville, Texas, swimming pools and, article about, 144–171; Lawrence Washburne Minor, article about, 268–286; Old City Park (Dallas, Texas) Black History Tour announced, 344; at Texas Christian University (TCU), book about noted, 456–457; at Texas colleges and universities, 441; University of Texas racial integration, article about, 242–267. See also slavery
Alarid, Michael J.: book by rev., 472–473
Alazán, Battle of (1813), 193
Alcorn, James L., 275
Alcorn University: Lawrence W. Minor as professor at, 269, 274–276, 277, 281–282, 286
Alice Tainter (blockade runner), 46
Allen, Carne Edward (C. E.), 164
Alliance for Texas History: symposium announced, 456
Allison, Benjamin V.: New Handbook of Texas article award won by, 452
Allison, Fred H.: book by rev., 475–476
Allison family: World War II and, book about rev., 475–476
Allred, Mason Kamana: book by rev., 231–233
Almaráz, Félix D., Jr.: in memoriam, 116–117
Alta California (newspaper): on Western troop removal during Civil War, 21
Alta Vista Agricultural College: founding of, 277–278; Lawrence W. Minor as principal of, 271, 278–285. See also Prairie View A&M University
Alta Vista Plantation (Waller County, Texas), 278
Amalia (debt peon), 87, 97
Amanda (debt peon), 87
Amarillas, Marqués de las: Spanish Texas fortifications and, 402–403, 414, 415, 416, 419
Amarillo, Texas: Pantex ordnance plant near: book about rev., 374–375
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE), 330, 332
American College News Bureaus Association (ACNBA), 434–435
American College of Endocrinology, 330, 331
American College of Physicians (ACP), 327, 331, 332
American College Publicity Association (ACPA), 434–435, 437, 438
American College Public Relations Association (ACPRA), 434–435, 441, 442, 444
American Colonization Society, 272
Amigos de las
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Sitting on a Keg of Dynamiteis a cautionary tale of the Texas City Disaster of 1947, when a ship that improperly transported ammonium nitrate exploded in the port of Texas City. Much of the story is told through the life of a Catholic priest, William ”Bill” Roach. John Neal Phillips offers readers a glimpse into the life of what it meant to be a Catholic crusader for social justice in a state where nativism and traditional Southern political and cultural attitudes still dominated society and government. His narrative also warns of the dangers of deregulation in Texas, which the argues is still the least effectively regulated state in the United States.
Much of the first half of the book depicts Roach as a force for Catholic idealism in a state where Catholics had little say in government and were often persecuted. Despite these obstacles, Roach doggedly built churches and organized Catholic organizations, including the first chapter of Catholic Charities in Texas. As the book’s many colorful anecdotes and letters from Roach indicate, he was well liked because of his charisma, kindness and willingness to find common [End Page 464]ground with people. When Roach’s activities took him to Texas City, his missions became increasingly difficult as conservative state and national politicians who supported moneyed interests eroded industrial regulations and labor rights in Texas. The result was an explosion that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of people (including Roach), millions of dollars in property and environmental damage, and decades of litigation. In light of more recent industrial disasters, Phillips concludes: “the state has learned little from the lessons of the Texas City explosions of 1947” (pp. 173–174). He blames this on persistent corruption and incompetence in the Texas Railroad Commission and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas.
The book is most effective when it focuses on Roach’s life in Texas. The discussion of him is well-documented with interviews and archival material. However, when the story shifts to the larger picture in Texas, it often relies on flawed secondary sources. Eor example, nineteenth-century Mexican rancher Juan Cortina is referred to as a “Texas rancher,” while “since 1858, the Karankawa have been considered extinct as a separate people” (p. 68). The alleged extinction of the Karankawas has been disputed for at least two dec
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After a proliferation of scholarship on the Civil War in West Texas and New Mexico Territory in the last several decades, any Civil War historian might conclude there is little left to seriously research. Veteran scholars Glen Sample Ely and James Bailey Blackshear have proven this idea to be erroneous.
Much of the scholarship on the subject started with Martin H. Hall’s fascinating 1960 account of Gen. Henry Hopkins Sibley’s far-reaching attempt to seize New Mexico Territory at the beginning of the war, allegedly as a steppingstone to the Colorado gold and silver mines and, eventually, California’s ports and gold fields. Historians of the Civil War in the Southwest are fond of retelling how the Rebel Texans won the field at Valverde and how General Sibley made the fatal mistake of bypassing the Union bastion of Fort Craig, proceeding up the Rio Grande, and falling on his face at Glorieta Pass when a band of determined “Pikes Peakers” led by Maj. John Chivington destroyed the Rebel supply train in the depths of Apache Canyon, not far from Santa Fe. As a result, the Texans were forced into a disastrous retreat during which many proud cavalrymen walked all the way back to San Antonio. But they were lucky; a third of the zealous Texas farm boys who so confidently marched out of San Antonio in the summer and fall of 1861 never saw the Lone Star State again. Jefferson Davis’s dreams of a Confederate Manifest Destiny and trans-continental nation stretching from Charleston to San Francisco that would bring with it formal British and French diplomatic recognition and independence went up in smoke.
Most of the books that followed Hall’s work, as well as the previous work of William A Keleher, continued to concentrate on the failures of the poorly led and misguided Confederate invasion. Several books focused on the troops from California that marched across the heart of the Sonoran Desert in 1862 and arrived on the Rio Grande too late to help expel the Texans. Some scholarly studies of the Indigenous Peoples caught up in the violence, such as biographies of the great leaders Mangas Coloradas and Cochise, recall Gen. James H. Carleton’s wars with the Chiricahua, Mimbres, and Mescalero Apache. A number of good books ably record Col. Kit Carson’s genocidal war on the Navajo in 1863–1864, which led to the unf
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In August 1991, Austin officially proclaimed itself the ”Live Music Capital of the World.” But what kind of music most characterized the city’s live sceneffi Certainly, many people associated Austin with the kind of alt-country, bluesy, singer-songwriter fare featured on Austin City Limitsand covered in the music pages of the Austin Chronicle. Figures like Willie Nelson, Marcia Ball, and Robert Earl Keen come to mind in this context. A Curious Mix of Peopletakes a different tack, vividly documenting the punk and underground scene that thrived in Austin during the 1990s. Authors Greg Beets and Richard Whymark were participants as a vocalist and filmmaker respectively, and their insider status facilitated interviews with more than a hundred musicians, club owners, DJs, and journalists, which serve as the heart of this study. The resulting book captures Austin in a crucial decade during which it was transforming from a college town with a laidback vibe into the high-tech metropolis it is today.
Half of the book’s chapters are about legendary clubs that provided performance space. The Blue Flamingo opened in 1992 on a seedy corner of Red River and 7 thStreet. Run by a large African-American trans woman named Miss Laura, it featured drag races (not the kind with cars), male strippers, and free admission for patrons in their underwear. The Motards embodied its “reckless, anarchic spirit” (p. 105), playing according to their leader in a punk style that was “hard and fast and cheap” (p. 115). The club’s lack of a stage meant no separation between musicians and audience, a clientele that Miss Laura herself described and celebrated as “a curious mix of people.”
Another essential venue was the Hole in the Wall, which had been operating on the Drag (Guadalupe Street) since 1974. A former waitress, Debbie Rombach, began to book indie bands like the Hickoids and Pork in the 90s. Musicians appreciated the cool vibe with the University of Texas across the street and the drummer visible through the glass to sidewalk passersby. Liberty Lunch on Second Street had been the site of a popular restaurant during World [End Page 480]War II. As a club, it hosted local bands on the way up and booked touring groups like Green Day that had not yet hit their popular peak. The club was on city-owned property and, by 1999, the rise in real estate values compelled municipal administrators
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