Texas Tapestry – Page 22

Happy Birthday, Erastus “Deaf” Smith!

For a quiet man, Erastus “Deaf” Smith‘s name sure pops up a lot! I’ve...

On April 9, 1895 a son was born to an ex-slave father and his...

John Arthur “Jack” Johnson was born in Galveston, Texas to Henry and Tina Johnson,...

Henry Ossian Flipper was born March 21, 1856 to Festus and Isabella Flipper, slaves....

(We remember you, too, Clyde Barrow…but not for anything good.) It’s interesting, sometimes, how...

Sandra Day O’Connor was born March 26, 1930 into a ranching family in El...

Haymon Krupp wasn’t born in Texas, but he “got here as quick as he could.”...

Born on a little farm near Kosse, Texas–right outside of Grosbeck–Bob Wills grew up...

On March 8, 1922 in Amarillo, Texas, a sickly little girl was born. Her...

Nancy Lee Bass, a Texas philanthropist affectionately remembered as “the First Lady of Fort...