Texas History Lessons
Michael Sparkman
- 42 minutes 7 secondsThe Enmity of the Comanches and the Texans
What a difference time and perspective can make on how we view things in the world!
The goal of this post is to consider that opening line along with further introducing you to the work of Mary Austin Holley, give a peak into how people viewed Texas and the Comanches in the early 1830s, along with asking you to consider how our opinions and perspectives change over time. A tall task but I think you can do it.There's also a little bit on Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove. What did Larry think of the situation. And more importantly--how did Charles Goodnight deal with the Comanches and Kiowas and vice versa?
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15 February 2026, 3:57 pm - 27 minutesA Description of Texas from 1832
As the title suggests, this episode takes a look at a very complimentary description of Texas in 1832 that would entice even the most reluctant settler.
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9 February 2026, 6:00 am - 1 hour 49 minutesLottie H. Hargrove's Texas History in Rhyme
This episode contains Lottie H. Hargrove's Texas History in Rhyme, complete and unabridged. The book was originally published in 1910.
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2 February 2026, 6:00 am - 25 minutes 47 secondsEra of the State Part 2
This episode continues our look at Lottie H. Hargrove's Era of the State.
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26 January 2026, 6:00 am - 25 minutes 34 secondsEra of the State Part 1
This episode covers the Sixth Era of Lottie H. Hargrove's Texas History in Rhyme, the Era of the State. It is part one for that era and covers the history of Texas from the time it became a state in the Union to 1870.
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19 January 2026, 6:00 am - 14 minutes 57 secondsThe Era of the Republic Part 2
This episode concludes Lottie H. Hargrove's Era of the Republic.
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12 January 2026, 6:00 am - 27 minutes 44 secondsThe Era of the Republic Part 1
This episode shares the first part of Lottie H. Hargrove's Era of the Republic.
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5 January 2026, 6:00 am - 21 minutes 50 secondsTime never folds his unwearied wing
Happy New Years wishes with a little bit about history and a little bit about the future.
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2 January 2026, 10:43 pm - 32 minutes 35 secondsThe Era of Revolution
This episode continues our look at Lottie H. Hargrove's Texas History in Rhyme and her attempt to set the Era of Revolution down in verse.
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1 January 2026, 7:52 pm - 26 minutes 17 secondsThe Cowboy's Christmas Ball
This episode investigates what ties The Killers, Michael Martin Murphey, and the Poet Ranchman of Texas together. Here's a spoiler --its a poem titled The Cowboy's Christmas Ball. There's a few bonuses at the end as well.
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22 December 2025, 5:14 pm - 52 minutes 47 secondsThe Cowboy's Road To Ruin
This episode looks again at the work of John Avery Lomax and the shift of the American cowboy from rustic hired hand to Texas and American icons.
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