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The Smith County Commissioners approved an order authorizing fireworks sales from Thursday, February 25 through Tuesday, March 2.

The things you dont hear Weary and sore they came upon a small copse of Loblolly pines swaying high above a sea of softly undulating golden broomsedge just as the first light of dawn faded in from the east.  For weeks, they’d slept during the balmy spring days and walked mostly by moonlight, never by road. At times they’d take to the train tracks, ducking into the underbrush when one of them would sense the coming of the iron horse. Other times they strode along soaring tree line...

Last Updated: Alternative Titles: Black Raven, Samuel Houston Sam Houston, byname of Samuel Houston, (born March 2, 1793, Rockbridge county, Virginia, U.S.—died July 26, 1863, Huntsville, Texas), American lawyer and politician, a leader in the Texas Revolution (1834–36) who later served as president of the Republic of Texas (1836–38; 1841–44) and who was instrumental in Texas’s becoming a U.S. state (1845). In his youth Houston moved with his family to a farm in rural Tenne...

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Texas founding father Stephen F. Austin insisted Texas could not survive without slavery FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 A photo of Charlie and Isabella Brown. He was an ex-slave who became the largest taxpayer in Brazoria County and died a millionaire. Brown built a business domain in Brazoria County and eventually purchased the plantation where his wife, Isabella, had once worked as a slave. Isabella died Jan. 30, 1906. Charlie died Aug. 30, 1920.Gary Coronado, Staff / Houston ChronicleShow MoreSho...

Texas founding father Stephen F. Austin insisted Texas could not survive without slavery FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 A photo of Charlie and Isabella Brown. He was an ex-slave who became the largest taxpayer in Brazoria County and died a millionaire. Brown built a business domain in Brazoria County and eventually purchased the plantation where his wife, Isabella, had once worked as a slave. Isabella died Jan. 30, 1906. Charlie died Aug. 30, 1920.Gary Coronado, Staff / Houston ChronicleShow MoreSho...