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The Founding Families of Mier, Tamaulipas, Mexico and Their Descendants
In 1753 nineteen families settled in el Paraje del Cantaro, now ciudad Mier, Tamaulipas, Mexico.This book is about those nineteen families and their descendants.
Early Settlers of Mier, Tamaulipas, Mexico and Their Descendants
In the 1757 census of Mier, an additional twenty-two families are listed along the original nineteen founding families of 1753. This book is about those twenty-two families and their descendants.
Mier Expedition Diary
Few episodes in Texas history have excited more popular interest than the Mier Expedition of 1842. Nineteen-year-old Joseph D. McCutchan was among the 300 Texans who, without the cover of the Lone Star flag, launched their own disastrous invasion across the Rio Grande. McCutchan's diary provides a vivid account of his experience—the Texans' quick dispatch by Mexican troops at the town of Mier, the hardships of a forced march to Mexico City, over twenty months of imprisonment, and the journey back home after release. Although there are other firsthand accounts of the Mier Expedition, McCutchan was the only diarist who followed the Tampico route to Mexico City. His account documents a differ...
Mier Men
Their ordeal of the Mier Expedition-especially having to draw beans in a lottery for their lives-has captured the imaginations of Texans through the years. An invasion of Mexico by Texian volunteers turned to disaster.
The Mier Expedition
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
The Hinojosa Family
This family history first presents a basic historical background and European origin of of the Hinojosa name. The lineage of Hinojosa is based upon the paternal grandparents of the author. Particular emphasis is placed on the author's great-grandfather, Jesus Hinojosa (b. ca. 1816). Descendants and relatives lived in Mexico, Texas, New Jersey, and elsewhere.
The Mier Expedition
The story of an ill-fated expedition and the most disastrous border confrontation between Texas and Mexico. Led by William S. Fisher, a band of about 300 men crossed the Rio Grande and captured the town of Mier on December 23, 1842. The men were captured, escaped, recaptured, marched to Mexico City in 1943. The survivors were released September 14, 1944.
A Narrative of the Capture and Subsequent Sufferings of the Mier Prisoners in Mexico
A narrative of the capture and subsequent sufferings of the Mier prisoners in Mexico: Captured in the cause of Texas, Dec. 26th, 1842 and liberated Sept. 16th, 1844. The dramatic episode of the drawing of the black beans makes the Mier Expidition one of the most memorable in Texas history. Written by Thomas Bell, one of the captives.
Petra’s Legacy
The matriarch of one of the most important families in Texas history, Petra Vela Kenedy has remained a shadowy presence in the annals of South Texas. In this biography of Petra Vela Kenedy, the authors not only tell her story but also relate the history of South Texas through a woman’s perspective. Utilizing previously unpublished letters, journals, photographs, and other primary materials, the authors reveal the intimate stories of the families who for years dominated governments, land acquisition, commerce, and border politics along the Rio Grande and across the Wild Horse Desert. From Petra’s early life in the landed ranchero society of northern Mexico, through her alliance with Luis ...
Soldiers of Misfortune
This historical study offers “a new understanding of the human cost of the [Republic of Texas’s] vainglorious attempt to attack Mexico” (Western Historical Quarterly). The Somervell and Mier Expeditions of 1842, culminating in the famous "black bean episode" in which Texas prisoners drew white or black beans to determine who would be executed by their Mexican captors, still capture the public imagination in Texas. But were the Texans really martyrs in a glorious cause, or undisciplined soldiers defying their own government? How did the Mier Expedition affect the border disputes between the Texas Republic and Mexico? What role did Texas President Sam Houston play? In Soldiers of Misfortune, Sam W. Haynes addresses this and other important historical questions. Expertly researched yet accessible and engaging, Haynes’s narrative includes many dramatic excerpts from the diaries and letters of expedition participants./DIV
