Texas History Lessons
Michael Sparkman
- 57 minutes 42 secondsThe Complete Narrative of the Captivity of Jane Wilson
This episode is provided for everyone who wants to hear the story of Jane Wilson, complete and uninterrupted.
WARNING: This episode shares a story of extreme cruelty and violence perpetuated in the 1850. Do not listen unless you are prepared for a graphic, but true, story of captivity. It also includes unacceptable pejoratives and epithets against Native peoples that were common for the time period.
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4 March 2026, 6:00 am - 33 minutes 24 secondsThe Captivity of Jane Wilson Part 2
What happened to Jane Wilson? How did she survive, all alone, the harshness of the Texas plains. What happened to the brothers? In this episode we conclude Jane's personal narrative and dig even deeper to answer these questions and more. And the story of Mrs. Wilson and the boys is not just their survival tale. Another person survived their own terrible experience as well. Listen to hear more of this exciting tale!
WARNING: This episode shares a story of extreme cruelty and violence perpetuated in the 1850. Do not listen unless you are prepared for a graphic, but true, story of captivity. It also includes unacceptable pejoratives and epithets against Native peoples that were common for the time period.
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2 March 2026, 6:00 am - 36 minutes 28 secondsThe Past Seemed Like a Horrid Dream The Captivity of Jane Adeline Smith Wilson
This episode shares the story of Jane Wilson's hard life, centered around the harsh experience of being taken captive by a group of Comanche people in the 1850s.
WARNING: This episode shares a story of extreme cruelty and violence perpetuated in the 1850. Do not listen unless you are prepared for a graphic, but true, story of captivity. It also includes unacceptable pejoratives and epithets against Native peoples that were common for the time period.
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23 February 2026, 6:00 am - 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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