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Ep. 76: The Texas Cattle Queen

October 27, 2019 Ken Wise 21:00 Comments Off

Right after the civil war, women weren’t really expected (or even thought capable) to be in business. But of course, Texas women proved them wrong. Lizzie Johnson was a school teacher, but she was also a writer and discovered how lucrative the cattle business could be. So she became a cattle baroness and Austin real…

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Ep. 39: Texas wins the American Revolution

May 1, 2017 Ken Wise 15:05 Comments Off

In 1777 Bernardo de Galvez became governor of Louisiana. As a Spaniard, he was cheering for a colonial victory in the revolution. He made sure supplies made it up the Mississippi to George Washington’s Continental Army. When the Spanish crown authorized Galvez to fight the British, he called on Texas! Galvez turned to Texas to feed…

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