Interesting Outside Links
(about history or archaeology of Brazoria County area):
(about history or archaeology of Brazoria County area):
Brazoria County Historical Museum
The Cradle of Texas Conservancy - potential 1832 Fort Velasco replica
Old Fort Velasco Historical Association
The History of Old Velasco - Surfside Texas (blog ... and some nice images)
Life on the Brazos River (out of Fort Bend County)
The Colonial Capital of Texas - San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site
Sons of the DeWitt Colony
- especially click on Archives in left panel, ... then Fischer, George-Correspondence
- especially click on Coahuila y Tejas in left panel, ... then Manuel de Mier y Terán or Jorge Fisher
- especially click on Independence in left panel, ... then Flags of Independence
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
- Treaties of Velasco
- Fortune Favors the Brave (TSLAC website about Texas Navy)
- The San Felipe Incident
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
- Bexar Archives
- Guide to George Fisher Papers
- Guide to Eugene Campbell Barker Papers
Galveston and Texas History Center (Rosenberg Library, Galveston TX)
Texas Beyond History - archaeology-focused "cultural history" website by Texas Archaeological Research Laboratory
Digital Austin Papers - has transcripts of many but only English-language documents from the four-volume set of published Austin Papers
The Portal to Texas History (Univ. of North Texas website, includes full direct scans of all four volumes of The Austin Papers)
- The Austin Papers, Vol. 1, Part 1 (1789-1824)
- The Austin Papers, Vol. 1, Part 2 (1825-1827)
- The Austin Papers, Vol. 2 (1828-1834)
- The Austin Papers, Vol. 3 (Oct 1834-Jan 1837)
Robert Bruce Blake Research Collection (digitized)
Cultural History webpage by Cradle Of Texas chapter of Texas Master Naturalists
Other Forts or Posts built in 1830-1831 under direction of General Don Manuel de Mier y Terán:
Fort Anahuac: Handbook of Texas Texas Almanac
Fort Terán: Handbook of Texas
Fort Tenoxtitlán: Handbook of Texas
Fort Lipantitlán: Handbook of Texas
Lavaca River (aka Barranco Colorado): see next page>>>
The Cradle of Texas Conservancy - potential 1832 Fort Velasco replica
Old Fort Velasco Historical Association
The History of Old Velasco - Surfside Texas (blog ... and some nice images)
Life on the Brazos River (out of Fort Bend County)
The Colonial Capital of Texas - San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site
Sons of the DeWitt Colony
- especially click on Archives in left panel, ... then Fischer, George-Correspondence
- especially click on Coahuila y Tejas in left panel, ... then Manuel de Mier y Terán or Jorge Fisher
- especially click on Independence in left panel, ... then Flags of Independence
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
- Treaties of Velasco
- Fortune Favors the Brave (TSLAC website about Texas Navy)
- The San Felipe Incident
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
- Bexar Archives
- Guide to George Fisher Papers
- Guide to Eugene Campbell Barker Papers
Galveston and Texas History Center (Rosenberg Library, Galveston TX)
Texas Beyond History - archaeology-focused "cultural history" website by Texas Archaeological Research Laboratory
Digital Austin Papers - has transcripts of many but only English-language documents from the four-volume set of published Austin Papers
The Portal to Texas History (Univ. of North Texas website, includes full direct scans of all four volumes of The Austin Papers)
- The Austin Papers, Vol. 1, Part 1 (1789-1824)
- The Austin Papers, Vol. 1, Part 2 (1825-1827)
- The Austin Papers, Vol. 2 (1828-1834)
- The Austin Papers, Vol. 3 (Oct 1834-Jan 1837)
Robert Bruce Blake Research Collection (digitized)
Cultural History webpage by Cradle Of Texas chapter of Texas Master Naturalists
Other Forts or Posts built in 1830-1831 under direction of General Don Manuel de Mier y Terán:
Fort Anahuac: Handbook of Texas Texas Almanac
Fort Terán: Handbook of Texas
Fort Tenoxtitlán: Handbook of Texas
Fort Lipantitlán: Handbook of Texas
Lavaca River (aka Barranco Colorado): see next page>>>
A narrative report that discusses all of the research on
the several Forts Velasco is available at the link below:
the several Forts Velasco is available at the link below:
<<< Historical Research < click for other pages > Barranco Colorado >>>
Background wallpaper is from 1836 version of "Map of Texas - With Parts of the Adjoining States" by Stephen F. Austin, printed by H. S. Tanner of Philadelphia
Background wallpaper is from 1836 version of "Map of Texas - With Parts of the Adjoining States" by Stephen F. Austin, printed by H. S. Tanner of Philadelphia