People and Places in the Texas Past Author:June Rayfield Welch PEOPLE AND PLACES IN THE TEXAS PAST is about the interesting things that usually fall down between the cracks of Texas history. It deals with Theodore Roosevelt's trip to see Jack Abernathy catch wolves with his hands; Bigfoot Wallace chasing buffalo down Austin's Congress Avenue; Josiah Wilbarger's living in spite of the loss of his scalp; the... more » German colonization projects which resulted in the founding of New Braunfels and Fredericksburg; Albert Sidney Johnston's duel for command of the Texas Army; Fort Worth real estate man Charles Post, Postum, Post Toasties, and General Foods; Dick Dowling's victory at Sabine Pass; the confinement of Geronimo at Fort Sam Houston; the discovery of the Malakoff heads; the trial of Satanta and Big Tree at Jacksboro; the founding of Fort Concho; the fantastic Spindletop gusher; the genius of Elisabet Ney; Sam Rayburn's half-century of national leadership; the attempts to steal Moses Austin's remains; Eddie Rickenbacker, the teenage Dallas car salesman; Wiley Post, of Van Zandt County, and the first solo flight around the world ; the painted rocks of Concho County; the heroism of Major Horace Carswell, Jr., Fort Worth's first winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor; Fredericksburg's Easter fires; Senator Daniel Inouye's becoming an honorary Texan; teh coming of the Norwegians to Texas; the death of John B. Denton; Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz; camel experiment at old Camp Verde; the founding of Fort Worth; the Houston Ship Channel; and other subjects Texan.« less