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Wendish Lutherans in Sam Houston’s Texas
I’m working on an extensive timeline chronicling the history of the communities and congregations of the Wends in Texas to go along with my upcoming book, Wendish Lutherans in Sam Houston’s Texas. It’s a work in progress, but there’s already a lot of information there!
Recent Posts
Mr. McCarty and the Very Expensive Coffin
Thus far we’ve seen that Charles P. Vance served on the building committee for the 1891 First Christian Church in Taylor, as did his stepson,…
The Second Mrs. C.P. Vance
You can trust some of your sources some of the time, but you can’t trust all of your sources all of the time. Finding information…
Finding Mrs. C.P. Vance
What would you do if you were a twenty-one-year-old woman with a one-and-a-half-year-old son who had just moved from Kentucky to Texas and then lost…
James Alfred Simons
For the moment I’m done chasing the Willie County rabbit (but not totally… I’m angling to eventually get one or two historical markers erected in…
M.L. Hair and the Willie County (Texas) Democrat
Yesterday’s Willie County rabbit was a fun one to chase, so today we’re going to continue to chase it from the First Christian Church building…
Willie County, Texas
Yes, that’s right. Not Willacy, and not Williamson, but Willie County. That’s not a typo. The first time I drove through downtown Taylor, I thought…
Books About the Wends of Texas
The following books contain more information about the Wends in Lee County and other parts of Texas.
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