03345cam a2200349 4500 516927028 TxAuBib 20210510120000.0 960830s1921||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u TxAuBib Wortham, Louis J. History of Texas : from wilderness to commonwealth / by Louis J. Wortham. Fort Worth, TX : The World Company, 1921. 5 v. ; 24 cm. TEXAS GENEALOGY & HISTORY. ARCHIVE COLLECTION-Hb. Vol. 1. Manifest destiny's path -- After three centuries -- Two decades of friction -- Moses Austin leads way -- In his father's footsteps -- A year of revolutions -- Waiting in the wilds -- First contract completed -- Mexico invites the world -- The dream of Henry Clay -- Enter Hayden Edwards -- Republic of Fredonia -- Results of the Fredonian war -- Austin hands over the reins -- In Texas to stay -- Mexico takes alarm -- The first step backwards -- Vol. 2. Texas backs Santa Anna -- Expulsion of the troops -- Texas asks for statehood -- Austin goes to Mexico -- The arrest of Austin -- A prisoner at the capital -- Prospect brightens again -- Chaos in Coahuila -- The first clash --Move to preserve peace -- Peace move collapses -- For a consultation -- Austin's call to arms -- Austin takes command -- "On to San Antonio!" -- A provisional government -- Vol. 3. Austin leaves the army -- A house divided -- Capture of San Antonio -- The choice before Texas -- Collapse of government -- An army of confusion -- Austin's defense of Texas -- The Mexican invasion -- Fall of the Alamo -- Independence is declared -- The Goliad massacre -- Flight of the Texans -- Victory at San Jacinto -- Santa Anna a prisoner -- Houston takes the reins -- Texas becomes a nation -- Vol. 4. Annexation is refused -- The Texan republic -- The Texan republic (cont.) -- The policy of Anson Jones -- Annexation made an issue -- Texas enters the Union -- Fifteen years of statehood -- Houston opposed Douglas -- Democratic party collapses -- Texas leaves the Union -- Texas during the war -- Vol. 5. First stage of reconstruction -- Rise and fall of radicalism -- Texas since reconstruction -- A century of development -- The romance of cattle -- The wonder of petroleum -- Some other industries -- The rise of the cities -- Cities of the future -- Other urban communities. 20210510. Texans History. History. The Worth Company. BTCLS