Toughest Sons a Bi****s in Texas History

The period of Texas history from 1836 to 1875 produced some of the toughest soldiers and warriors the continent as ever seen. Join me as I take a journey through this time period.
Books that helped generate ideas for this video:
Empire of the Summer Moon
SC Gwynne
Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans
TR Fehrenbach
Gone to Texas: A History of the Lone Star State
Randolph B Campbell
Museums in Video:
Texas Ranger Hall of Fame
Waco Texas
Old Fort Parker Historic Site
Groesbeck TX
San Jacinto Monument
La Porte TX
River Valley Pioneer Museum
Canadian TX
San Felipe De Austin State Historic Site
San Felipe TX
Washington on Brazos State Historic Site
Star of the Republic Museum
Washington TX
Tales N Trails Museum
Nocona TX
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
Brownsville TX
Pioneer West Museum
Shamrock TX
#texas #texashistory #texasrangers #nativeamerican #comanche #panhandle #frontier #wildwest #oldwest #canyon #westtexas #historical #history #historic #greatplains #native

[@texasexpat5677]

Our Texan forefathers would be greatly saddened to see what the big cities of Texas have become. And what has happened to our agricultural economy. They would not believe the autonomy we have given up to the United States either.

[@carywest9256]

It was forcefully given up to the bluebellies after that infernal war. Sam Houston was right, when he told the people at the secession convention that Texas ought to go back to being a republic again instead of joining the other Southern States in the the Confederacy.

[@goatface6602]

Take Texas back. The federal government is just an organized crime family.

[@michaelmichaelagnew8503]

Times change eventually the autonomy we have as a country will be given up to a one world government. That's if our country will still be around when this happens. Other countries will do the same.

[@texasexpat5677]

TNM..me

[@CeresKLee]

Most many Texians died to preserve the right to own slaves. The original Constitution of the Republic of Texas banned all free man of African descent in the Nation. The Natives were like a rabbit among the wolfs of Mexicans and Texians in a discussion about what's for dinners.

[@jamesgoode9246]

At about 27 minutes in the video, thanks for including that the Tonkawa were not rewarded for their great service to Texas. I wish that we could go back to the 1870s and repair that omission.

[@bc2578]

There should be absolutely no serious discussion of the morality of what our ancestors may or may not have done without including the actions of everybody else's ancestors. It's a two way street and never let anyone get away with singling out only certain people for judgement.....

[@a-a-ron4679]

Exactly. The other side committed atrocities no different.

[@darrylbunch6929]

@@a-a-ron4679 Explain that pretzel logic to Jesus ! & hold off on those afterlife plans.

[@a-a-ron4679]

@@darrylbunch6929 you’re an emotional fool.

[@truth7733]

Poor panties in a bunch

[@ZekeMan62]

@@a-a-ron4679 They'd have conquered us if they could have, but they couldn't so they didn't. However, the "Reconquista" is well underway in soft form via immigration. End result is the same. Southern to central Texas/Arizona, New Mexico, and California are now basically Northern Mexico.

[@hotrod2804]

American by birth, Texans by the grace of god.

[@getphuked2]

BORN Texan, American by INVASION. If it wasn't for the TRAITORS, COCKSUCKING PALE SKINS would not be here now.

[@knivesloveliberty9329]

Same here. It cost everything to get here. God bless TEXAS!

[@432Tx]

Amen

[@cchairez1947]

Being a fellow Texan who loves history, I am astonished with the wealth of information provided in this video! Thank you for your research and excellent presentation!

[@paradoxstudios6639]

Sounds like it's narrated by Pecos Hank.

[@davidpolk9259]

President James k Polk

[@tommybickford4236]

As a young child, I grew up in Northshore and, on a clear day, could see the top of the Texas monument. I was always proud of our history and always will be. God bless Texas.

[@Robert31352]

My 5x great grandfather was a Texas Ranger and was killed in an indian skirmish in Young County on the Brazos River in 1841. He was buried there after the battle by his brother and nephew who were also Texas Rangers. His grave is lost to history; however he has a memorial marker at Ft Belknap Cemetery from the State of Texas commemorating his service to the Republic of Texas, which is only a mile from where he was killed. His name was Abram Trig Smith. I am a resident of Quanah Texas.

[@fastsetinthewest]

Godspeed Robert.

[@ironmyno]

I read a few books about the Comanche last year. Your kin went through 7 kinds of hell. May they rest in eternal peace.

[@Robert31352]

@@ironmyno there is a great book written from eye witness accounts concerning the Indian tribes of Texas. It is called "Indian Depredations InTexas". It is a good read. Thanks for your comment.

[@PenelopePitstop888]

That's really cool to have that history and blood running through you today. He was very early to the Texas Ranger game, no pun intended. 😊

[@Robert31352]

@@PenelopePitstop888 his father was General Byrd Smith. He was at New Orleans with Jackson. He died of injuries the day the battle ended. I also had a relative die in the Alamo, on his birthday.

[@oldsalt7534]

I sat in my truck at the San Jacinto Monument and read every word of the inscription. It really moved me. Now when I think about what our beloved Texas has turned in to it saddens me deeply.

[@henrimatisse7481]

who's "beloved Texas"? Certainly not mine says a resident that pays taxes to support HS football

[@kristiskinner8542]

A fkn police state ran by christo-fascists, yep that is sad

[@bubbastill2040]

Son of the Hill Country here,been there as a child and read that inscription too,supremely moved.Much love from San Angelo/GOD BLESS TEXAS!

[@jackhays1194]

My beloved Texas

[@cindyjohnson5242]

​@henrimatisse7481 you must be a liberal from California. Perhaps you should go back.

[@rickwiiliamson8177]

I am from NC and love it. I have visited every state from NY south to Texas. If I had to move from the old north state Texas would be where I'd go. Loved the state and all the people I had contact with there. Didn't have interaction with any rude ,unpleasant people. All races,white , Hispanic, American Indians,black,anyone. Any color all had as much southern hospitality as I experience here in NC.

[@cowboywoodard2569]

I'm a rancher here in Flatonia Texas, in between Lagrange TX. And Gonzales Texas, I'm from a generation of Texicans, saying as much here not far down our ranch road are Black's their names are ARMSTRONG DERRY, they not only fought as freeman in 1776 and fought here in Texas, We have German,Czechs in my county we have gotten along for decades along with our Mexican family members as well. Go to the Alamo and many a Carolina man died here my good Friend ps I have done business in both NC.SC.FL.AL.AND MY HALF CHEROKEE WIFE FROM MISSISSIPPI!! I LOVE HISTORY AND YOUR WELCOME AT MY TABLE !! FOR REAL GOD BLESS YOU AND GOD BLESS TEXAS 😊

[@inthekitchen8842]

Glad to hear, but you obviously haven't visited near Fredericksburg, Texas. 😊

[@rickwiiliamson8177]

Was in Brownsville ,corpus christi,and Houston. Probably 25 yrsxago b4 the world and people in it got so crazy and irrational. Even drove over to matamoris Mexico which I wouldnt think of now.

[@cowboywoodard2569]

@inthekitchen8842 my family's ranch between Stone Walll and Johnson City Also I lived with my aunt in NEW BRAUNFELS ID SAY BEEN TO FREDERICKSBURG LONG BEFORE THE LIBERALS TURNED IT INTO A GODDAMN SHIT HOLE

[@jacobk3062]

@@inthekitchen8842Fredericksburg is nothing but big city people getting a weekend away now a days.

[@lonestar1637]

My husband ancestor, Joseph Ehlinger was at San Jacinto. He was Sam Houston’s drill sergeant. We are lucky to keep hold of the land grant South of San Antonio granted for service in the Texas Army. We still find arrow and spearheads and and other artifacts in our creekbed. Thank you for this great channel. Viva Texas y’all!

[@jamesgoode9246]

I really like your: "Viva Texas y'all!"

[@lavonneyounan2660]

We love Texas !! My relative fought at the Alamo !

[@Steven-rm2wx]

Would luv to come look for points n tell tales! My forefather was a Texas ranger.. native born Texan here! Y'all take care now

[@lonestar1637]

@@Steven-rm2wx for a Texan, your syntax is incorrect, congratulations on having a Ranger in your ancestry.

[@Steven-rm2wx]

@@lonestar1637 I picked up the Arkansas accent mostly I expect lol... Had to move there when about 10

[@TEXASdaughter]

My husband's family arrived in Texas in 1833. My family came in 1846. We are Sons and Daughters of the Republic of Texas. I love Texas.

[@jonbrown7868]

My mother's great grandfather was sentenced to transportation from the isle of Mann, but my father's family came down from Arkansas after a hard life from fighting British with Washington. I'm first generation, all I can say is how thankful that I am here. Thank your family for my beloved Texas. The stars at night are big and bright!

[@TEXASdaughter]

@@jonbrown7868 Glad you are here in Texas. I got into genealogy because no one in our families knew where we came from, we had been in America for so long we had lost our family history. Now we know.

[@bingo7799]

That's cool. Deep roots in Texas.

[@henrimatisse7481]

and who did your family kick off the land?

[@bingo7799]

@@henrimatisse7481 Texas was mostly unoccupied in those days. Why do you assume anyone was kicked off? Public school?

[@rt3box6tx74]

Control the food, control the people.

[@larrymor]

Elements of my ancestors were massacred near Marlin in 1837 by Comanches. Only a five year old boy and a teen-aged girl survived. She was scalped and left for dead but survived. The young boy played dead. Yes, these folks were tough.

[@adanrodriguez3865]

The Europeans killed native Americans women and children by the hundreds. Those were the real massacres the Comanche were just protecting their land and families from these thieves.

[@dylantyt6654]

We are subscribed to identical channels, and have both been on youtube for 11 years 😂

[@tannerlane9669]

Good

[@phillipswisher1447]

I was born in Houston in 1967. One of My Ancestors was one of these S.O.B. types. He signed the Decleration of Independence, and the Constitution of the Republic. They named Swisher County after Him, and the Swisher House is in Austin. I am very proud of this, and I REFUSE to feel any guilt or shame over the extreme violence He, and the other founders of Texas engaged in to build the World I was born into. It is easy to talk bad about these Men , when sitting in a climate cotrolled house, with abundant food, and clean water made possible by building on Their Blood, Sweat, and Tears.

[@MrCtr210]

One of my elementary school teachers was a descendant of Quannah Parker. I'm 50 now and am glad to hear more of her story. She was a good person and proud of her heritage. San Antonio , Tx. Susan Parker was her name God rest her soul.

[@mmasor9326]

knowing the history at the Quanah mom Cynthia is story that should be told. Sadly its almost too brutal to become a movie and would outdo even Kurt Russel's Bone Tomahawk

[@dennishorn8636]

If you have any interest in the history of the Comanches and Texas, "Empire of the Summer Moon" is absolutely a must read.

[@Hunpecked]

Read it. Loved it.

[@acechump3284]

Good recommendation.

[@anchorsaweigh9893]

💯 Concur 👍🏽

[@glennw9927]

A must read! So well written. I’ve given it as a gift many times.

[@rt3box6tx74]

Quannah Parker's life in OK is another topic to explore. He leased his land out to ranchers and became quite prosperous with a nice cattle herd of his own. In the early 1900s my maternal grandfather ran cattle on ranchland south west of the Palo Duro about 50-60 miles as the crow flies. Even as late as the mid 1920s he had braves who'd "jumped" the reservation on a hunting trip come around wanting a beef. My mom, born in 1919 told of her father negotiating with small groups of starving Indians over which cattle he was willing to give them. Cowmen who didn't negotiate were liable to find beef left rotting in their pasture. My grandfather would give them two midsized steers. One to kill and butcher right away and another to drive back home for their families. He furnished a Bill of Sale, but suspected they sold the second beef. He had a very desirable breeding horse herd, so two beef steers were a better trade than losing a broodmare or two.

[@nomaderic]

I haven't touched up on the history of him in OK but while there last month I did visit Lake Quanah Parker in the Wichita mountains. Beautiful place

[@rt3box6tx74]

@@nomaderic I wish I could remember the source of the stuff I remembered about QP while watching this video. It may have been S.C. Gwynne's book, "Empire of the Summer Moon". I read that around a decade ago. I never recommend it, thought it was over-romanticized. I would review it, but since I've been unable to locate it, I probably passed it on.

[@billyrayervin3433]

@RT3 BOX6 TX you can still get it online, I got mine 1 year ago a great book

[@jefferygambill2026]

The Starr house in Cache Oklahoma is his last residence and my mom bought the lot of his old house there outside of Cache on the Quannah Parker Trailway... The Star house is tourist attraction now

[@janjohnson3363]

Quannha Parker was my great grandmother first & second cousins. She was Annie Parker first cousin taken as a 6 year old with Annie aunt. The rest of the William Parker family killed in a Comanche raid. My great great grandmother was married to Quannha Parker dad's youngest brother. Witch made them first cousin. Ellen was there daughter at that time the Comanche tribe was starving. So they sold children for cattle and horses. My great grandmother Ellen was sold as a half breed slave. To a wealthy cattle rancher. Witch in time they married and had 3 sons before she was 14. When he dead with her help. She became the ranch owner. The small part of the ranch is still in our family. Over by west side of Comanche tx. By the graveyard where she donated the land for a town graveyard.

[@redsammy7789]

I worked as a landman years ago in South Texas and ran title on land back to the mid to late 1800's, had to read wills and trace back all the descendants to the original land grant owners, just about every large tract of land a movie could be made out of the family's stories. There are many ranches that are still owned by the family's of men who fought in the Texas revolution that were given land in Lew of money for their service because Texas was cash broke in 1836 but rich in land.

[@cornpop7176]

May those lands stay in their families hands for eternity

[@BobSmith-ke4jg]

Most of the largest tracks of land in Texas is privately owned and most of them have archeological sites that will never be known to the general public which is a shame.

[@nastypiglosi1788]

@Bob Smith there are archeological sites under Manhattan and Beverly Hills. Go dig those up first

[@marthagomez7335]

All stolen property from Mexico and Mexicans. They are all in hell for their greed. The Texas Rangers committed genocide against Mexicans in southern Tejas and on both sides of the border. I’m not proud of those Aholes. Scum! Hell is full of greedy people

[@marthagomez7335]

@@cornpop7176 may those lands return to their original Mexicans who owned them before they were stolen.

[@brushcountry6361]

Robert E Lee learned many of his battle tactics from the Comanche . The town Robert Lee is named for him.

[@jimpalmer4916]

Robert E Lee freed the slaves!

[@pauljackson4075]

This is an extremely well done video. Those early Texans were some tough S.O.B.’s. Many came from Appalachia where they had been settled by the English to serve as a buffer between frontier Indian tribes and the eastern colonies. Taking and occupying territory has occurred throughout human history and throughout the world. I maintain pride in the accomplishments of my forebears.

[@stxrynn]

One of the longest recorded shots in history happened at the second battle of Adobe Walls. One of the buffalo hunters took a 1500 yard shot and hit one of the Indians on horse back. Billy Dixon and a 50-90 Sharps rifle. The Comanche took that as a sign to quit.

[@victorbergia3237]

Read about this in the life of Billy Dixon. Quanah stood out because of his height. I believe Bat Masterson was also at this battle

[@johnglover489]

Well done. These early settlers had a lot in common with the Boers in S Africa.

[@blackshatemyplaylist8643]

Spanish are in Texas before ANY Anglo saxons

[@winniecooper842]

I recognized Fort Mason immediately. I visited Mason every summer and briefly went to school there. Fort Mason is on a hill overlooking the town of Mason. A strategic post built to protect settlers from Comanche raids and eventually became a post where Robert E. Lee started his military career and became a confederate base.

[@danbgt]

My ggggrandfather came to Texas from Ohio in early 1836, joined Sam Houston’s army and fought in the revolution. He was awarded a land grant for his service. That land has been gone from the family for years but the family has been here from the beginning. I am a sixth generation Texan.

[@thejohnbeck]

lol the best way to abbreviate grandfathers i've ever seen.

[@lyleswavel320]

Didn't people get 3500 acres or 7000 acres land grants in Texas

[@danbgt]

@@lyleswavel320 My ggggrandfather received 5,000 acres.

[@lyleswavel320]

@danbgt Praise The Lord, 5000 acres is a good start, I live in Mount Vernon Texas and theirs a couple families that got land grants around here like that, one still probably has 1500 acres, sold the hardwood timber off probably 25 years ago to help pay taxes I figure, but family members keep having to sell there part and move closer to town on 5 acres and a big house

[@lyleswavel320]

@danbgt we moved from Marion Ohio in 1980, the land here in Northeast Texas was like 300 a acres and Ohio was $3000 an acres in late 70s and early 80s, liking this 75° high and rain

[@jamesmolley8636]

This video was the Best history teaching on Texas history I have seen since college days. Thanks Secrets of Texas!

[@rt3box6tx74]

You might like "Unworthy History" channel.

[@carloso1886]

DONT YOU KNOW IS ALL BULL

[@johntimmins2551]

The Texas Rangers were NOT formed in 1836 as he stated, but in 1823. Makes me wonder what else he got wrong

[@katbot2190]

That was very interesting. I love Texas history but at 61 I don't remember everything they taught in school. I used to get in trouble because we were only supposed to read a couple of paragraphs and then discuss it but I kept on reading because it was so fascinating. I'm very grateful for your videos. You speak very clearly and precisely so I don't need CC. I only paused the video to read the plaques.

[@freeto9139]

Me too ... Loved going back and forth to view the terrain, plaques and skyscapes! Mom was quite right; it's G-d's country (may it always be).

[@garymanuel4710]

Yup i will be 65 this month, & was the same with the history text book, i guess i should have paid more attention at the math book lol

[@johnmorgan7947]

😳..do they teach U.S. HISTORY " in schools? ...c.r.t." more likely..

[@macintyrerose6843]

Excellent video. It's good to show people that sometimes you have to get bloody to secure a quarter of a billion acres from all threats foreign and domestic.

[@Austin8thGenTexan]

The "domestics" fight a little harder when it's their ancestral land that's being taken from them... 🏹

[@kellystoner277]

You mean kill innocents and steal their country! right?

[@garrywilliams4449]

In other words, you have to get bloody to take land from the owners that have it already.

[@juansalas6259]

It's just history man.. you either have the power to keep what you have or you don't. Sooner or later someone is going to take from you what you can't defend... ANY QUESTIONS?

[@gvibration1]

@@garrywilliams4449 Who had taken from others before them.

[@TheFartattack1]

Thanks for this amazing piece of history. People like you have taken over from what PBS the History channel and A&E have thrown to the curb side a decade ago!

[@luperamos7307]

From what I have read is that many of the settlers that pushed West were actually Germans and arrived at nearby harbors from Germany. That is why so many cities there either have German or Spanish names.

[@mmhthree]

Yup!, the Paramount Plus show "1883" shows what they went up against traveling even further west than Texas. I hear a brochure had made the rounds in Germany hyping up America as the greatest place ever, but they had been lied to and found a hellhole that was filled with undeveloped land and violence. It was nothing like the developed cities of Europe they were accustomed to, and they had zero survival skills. Hard to believe so many even survived those times.

[@marthagomez7335]

The Germans to were massacred by the greedy texians who weren’t even from Tejas.

[@MrJohnny5555]

Yes...Galvaston was a major immigration port for german, check, Scandinavia and other europeans.

[@judegrant6664]

I lived in San Antonio. Somewhere there I encountered a history of a street sign back in the day that tried to convey the same instructions to the local populations who spoke mostly Spanish, English, or German. The sign asked the English-speaking locals to please not ride their horses at full gallop over this bridge. The same sign advised Spanish-speaking individuals that galloping on horseback across the bridge would entire enot be tolerated, (no penalty specified). The same sign advised German-speakers that anyone galloping a horse across the bridge would be shot on the spot. The point of this author was actually trying to convey how different cultures convey their taboos or trespasses.

[@csx9457]

They brought the accordion 😮

[@mikemckenna8530]

Fantastic presentation! I live a few miles from the Battle of Walker's Creek site and I often think about how difficult it must have been to travel the hill country with no modern amenities.

[@David-wc7lx]

...and people wonder why Texans are so proud. My family came to Texas from Tennessee in 1839. We pushed into Erath and Nolan counties. We have always done our best to pass our stories to the next generation. This video will help! Thank you!

[@johnschuh8616]

This folks were Anglo-Celts whom brought their fighting skills from Ulster. mainly . Still the majority in Appalachia. MacKenzie was probably of the same stock. Somehow this great Indian fighter has never become a film character.

[@louisewelch5451]

My mother was born in Maryville, TN in 1920. What part of TN do you come from. My family had lumber yards in East Tx...

[@johnschuh8616]

@@louisewelch5451 I was born in Texas.When the oil boom, the Kilgore area had an extensive lumber business. My Dad had a house built in 1931. Before I sold it in 1966. I was up in the attic and the quality of the lumber was much higher than one could get new that year. If I had had time I would have tried to sell the place for the price of the lumber. Would have got more than I did by selling the house because it sat on leased land which today is once again covered by forest,

[@marthagomez7335]

Texians weren’t even from Tejas. Land thieves, pirates! Viva Juan cortina!

[@David-wc7lx]

@@marthagomez7335 yes, we kicked your asses

[@davidfromtexas9681]

This was perhaps the finest video you’ve ever made. Well done sir!

[@secretsoftexas6872]

Thanks, I put a lot effort into this one. I honestly ran of gas and just uploaded it.

[@kellystoner277]

It's complete garbage!

[@joelmclamore1898]

@@kellystoner277 🤮

[@m118lr]

@@kellystoner277 ..SUCH A SAD ‘dweeb’. I pity you..not knowing if I should.

[@1911Earthling]

No it’s not it’s pure racial superiority as a explanation as to why these settlers prevailed against the Mexicans and Comanche. It wasn’t racial superiority it was other easily documented reasons. This guy is a racist! Geeeesh

[@delawar3]

Texans never fail to impress me. Impressive storytelling too by the way. Thank you for sharing this video with us. Respect.

[@nomaderic]

This is one of it not your finest bodies of work. Superb in every way. A couple months ago I explored that whole commanche area of Texas and let me tell you there are alot of cool places and remarkable stories to be told out that way. Many of the places I've visited up that way I learned about from your videos. This was a fantastic collage of those stories into the great tale you told today.

[@johntimmins2551]

except the Rangers were formed in 1823 and not 1836 as he said...what else did he not get right?

[@user-vy6qn5hb2w]

Outstanding video. My family moved into the small settlement of Dallas in 1865, and endured several Comanche raids.

[@johnschuh8616]

My family is Chickasaw, After they settled west of the Choctaw, just east of the Cross Timbers, they had to endure Comanche raids. Famous in previous generations as warriors--one of my ancestors was a captain leading the Chickasaw fighting with the Americans at Fallen Timbers-- these farmers had to pick up rifles and learn how to fight again as rangers.

[@brenkelly8163]

If your family moved into somebody else's country, they were lucky they lived.

[@user-vy6qn5hb2w]

@@brenkelly8163 Before it was Comanche country, it had been the Kiowa's, and others. In fact,, the Comanches were not even from that area,, having migrated down only a couple of hundred years before.. The Comanche's took it from the Kiowas, and my ancestors helped take it from the Comanche. It was an untamed wilderness and ultimately belonged to whomever was strong enough to take it. History is a long series of conquests.

[@rt3box6tx74]

@William I think the Comanche migrated to my region of the NW TX Panhandle/Eastern NM from Montana or Wyoming territory. Thanks for your grown up narrative of the inevitable conquests. It's perfect. The juveniles have me disgusted.

[@user-vy6qn5hb2w]

@@rt3box6tx74 You are correct. Ironically, the Comanche were outstanding horsemen, but they were originally on foot until the Spanish reintroduced the horse to North America in the 16th/17th Century. You are also spot on with regards as to how people look at things today, as if the conquest of the Americas was somehow unique to history.

[@johnoltrogge6333]

Thank you for providing such wonderful information about that time in Texas history. It used to seem like that was so far back in history, but now I realize that it was just several years less than I've been living, which only strengthens my connection to the land and those times. Our ancestors may have been a little rough around the edges, but I'm so proud of them for their toughness and paying the price for the life I enjoyed.

[@Butcho108]

Great Texas historical video. Even as a kid at San Antonio Military Academy I loved learning Texas history. My ancestors were ranching in McClellan County, China Springs area, Eichelberger family. Thank you again for this piece!

[@theweldonator]

Thank you so much for doing this. I really love learning about this wonderful States' past. Proud to be born and raised here. Ride That Tasty Wave

[@kristiskinner8542]

"Pride" in something you had 0 choice, option etc in smh foolish pride

[@cbrvo8440]

I just found this channel. It appears from this historical account to confirm what I have gathered reading Western history. That the skirmishes, battles and wars fought by the Americans across America from the Atlantic to the Pacific prepared them in depth to fight in the First World War and to win in the Second World War.

[@fredboat]

Thanks,Enjoyed, Native Texan and proud of it. The Republic Of Texas. #1.

[@the12thbear86]

Beautifully done. I love showing my students pieces of your content.

[@carloso1886]

YOU LIKE TO TEACH LIES

[@the12thbear86]

I teach curriculum and put my background knowledge on one sided views.

[@johntimmins2551]

The Texas Rangers were formed in 1823, NOT 1836. I stopped watching at that point but I wonder what else he got wrong.

[@carloso1886]

@@ZekeMan62 the cowboys were the first people that love beans, they use them in cow rides and to get accross the land that didnt belong to them

[@carloso1886]

@@ZekeMan62 nothing you can say, just shut up

[@blakelockhart7931]

Superb video. Thanks. This period of Texas history has always interested me and there are several books written by the men and women who pioneered the state (many can be found in digital form for under a buck). I'm currently writing an historical fiction novel which takes place (mainly) between 1864 and 1875. It's basically a letter of admiration to the state, the land and the people; the resources and the brave souls, on all sides, who fought over her.

[@kellystoner277]

'Very fine people, on both sides'? Ok Trump Chump!

[@joelmclamore1898]

@@kellystoner277 🤡

[@m118lr]

@@kellystoner277 ..BACK..to your Mom’s BASEMENT!

[@mmhthree]

@@kellystoner277 That isn't what he said... he said all sides.. which would be the Indians, Mexican's, Black slaves and ex slaves, and white American settlers. Believe it or not, the current political spectrum wasn't even thought of by these folks. Nice try though, I guess... sigh...

[@americanpatriot7247]

@@kellystoner277 Was that nasty statement you made necessary? Try to become the person you think you are. Have a good one.

[@outlawandoutdoorstv9901]

My friend I think it's safe to say that all our ancestry were tough SOB. As you said survival of the fittest, my ancestor arrived in America and settled in Virginia and the later Wes Virginia in 1606. My ancestors were rugged mountain men and women who live and thrived in Appalachias mountains and that ancient mountain chains foothills and river valleys. Sometimes I wish I could have lived back then. I would love to see the endless forests and breathe the clear crisp air, drink straight from the rivers and streams as well as eat the fish ! Americas ancient landscape would leave all of us in AWE and her beautiful scenery and wildlife would be breathtaking! It makes me so sad what we've done to our great Mother earth !

[@lanstarphoenix4189]

as a Texan who lived in Virginia for a spell I totally agree w everything you said👍

[@garycole520]

“Survival of the fittest” is a myth; it’s more like “he who can reproduce fast enough wins”. The Native tribes just didn’t have the manpower to resists a sustained influx of bodies pouring in from the east and Europe.

[@marilynaderson6568]

The herds of buffalo, traveling with the seasons. Life was beautiful - food plentiful. The Native peoples did not understand the concept of ownership - fences - smallpox - extermination for greed - the trails of tears - confiscation of tribal burial lands - generational homes of eons. They went from welcoming in peace and Thanksgiving - serving as a role model for our Constitution and then fighting for the very right to live with honor in this incredible land.

[@demsakawalkinglatetermabor7ion]

Another tough character from the past was DeWitt County resident, Orlando Camilla Hanks who had many aliases and is known as Deaf Charley. He would ride, rob and murder with the Wild Bunch Gang and Butch and Sundance. He was 14 years old when he killed the murderers of his stepdad James W. Cox, Homer Estell and son. They killed his stepdad as part of the Sutton-Taylor feud, deadliest Texas feud with 118 deaths. I believe it was larger than the Hatfield-McCoy feud.

[@Austin8thGenTexan]

I learned a lot from this video! When you mentioned that Capt. Jack Hays married Susan Calvert, I realized he had married my 3rd cousin. He later became the sheriff of San Francisco, CA. Direct descendants of their family still live in California (some of them married quite well into High society).

[@brianmccarthy5557]

Jack Hays is also famous as a California Ranger. Then, as now, we had some of the worst and meanest outlaws in the West. Hollywood never made Westerns about them because the studio execs also developed real estate. You don't want potential customers aka rubes to think your state is full of violence. My people came here in the early days and expected it to be rough. The newcomers have had to learn the hard way.

[@johnschuh8616]

Why Jack Hays is not considered a major western hero escapes me. He could have eaten Wyatt Earp or Bill Hickok or Jesse James for lunch.

[@tomsmith5216]

​@@brianmccarthy5557 My family settled in Sonoma in 1846 . The first family member, Andrew Guinn Patten, went to Caligornia with the Bartleson-Bidwell party, the 1st overland wagons into California, in 1841-42. He stayed yil 1844, returned to Missouri, and his brothers, including my great-great grandfather, went ther in 1846. Andrew died of scarlet fever before they all left.The Pattens of Sonoma have some important history in California...

[@jameslow5536]

As a Texan let me assure yall .... we still produce some of the toughest proudest and kindest hard handed sons o'b****s the world will ever see... notice I added kindest... not nicest... BIG difference.. Y'all have a nice day now ya hear

[@jbflores01]

Excellent video! I love Texas history and have traveled to most of the places you visited.

[@sharonp4446]

I love out Texas, A Dogwood Trails Texan, born and bred. I’ve traveled many times here and fore across our great state. Always outstanding sites, lakes, canyons, trees and people. I’m 70

[@donh4907]

If you want the long version and more detail read Empire of the Summer Moon - Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History Written by S. C. Gwynne. As exciting as a novel. The video does more justice to the colt revolver and Texas Rangers and book more justice to Quanah/Indians and Mackenzie/US Calvary. Quanah's transition from Indian Brave to Indian Chief to Diplomat to Rail Roader to Entrepreneur is astounding. FYI survivors of the great buffalo heard are alive and well at Caprock Canyon State Park. Great KZbin!

[@mmhthree]

Sounds like a new movie about it needs to be made!!

[@kenneth9874]

The most powerful? Weren't they pushed out of their native lands?

[@mntmantimes]

Empire of the Summer Moon is an amazing book detailing the history of the Comanches. They were an unstoppable force in the plains for decades. That house at 18:30 is quite impressive. Does anyone know more about it?

[@Objective-Observer]

I had to move backwards several seconds to 17:57 to find 'a house.' The voice over was discussing 'MacKenzie was stationed at Fort Concho. ' I am a living historian in this area so I've been to several of the forts mentioned in this presentation. 1. That house is NOT at Fort Concho, and the pristine block masonry of that building is NOT from this era. Our area had some remarkable masons in that time frame, in that, most of the rock/stone buildings built at that time, and in the decades afterwards , are still in use. The wood inside had to be replaced, but the rock walls on the outside are still solid. Wood was scarce but rock and stone was plentiful. Fort Concho is one of the best preserved Westward Expansion forts in the nation. You can see numerous structures with masonry of the late 1800s at their site. 2. From what I can see, the house you are curious about appears to be in the style of officer quarters of that time: a breeze way down the middle of the structure with rooms on either side of the breeze way. Large sweeping covered porches surrounding the structure and exertior rock walls that are literally 12 inches thick. All of that was to combat the extreme heat in this part of Texas. 3. I don't know where this house is located. It's not at Fort Concho, nor Phantom Hill, nor Fort Griffin, nor Fort MacKavett- where Ranald MacKenzie rebuilt much of the fort with Buffalo Soldiers. Since the house is in a valley with mountains on both sides, I'm guessing... really guessing, this house is in the Texas Hill Country. I'm thinking the Fredericksburg, Tx area, but it's not at Fort Martin Scott, either.

[@wdtaut5650]

@@Objective-Observer Could he have meant the building at Fort Mason, 15:10, or, perhaps, the structure at 15:26? Except that they are stone, the house at 15:10 and the one at 17:57 resemble dog-trot houses.

[@fastsetinthewest]

Mountain, excellent source you cited. Godspeed.

[@herbertbrown119]

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[@jeromebarry1741]

While Quanah Parker's Star House still stands, it is in disrepair and was not shown in this video.

[@GeorgeSmith-np2hw]

I was born and raised in the Panhandle. My grandfather and his family crossed the Llano Estacado in an oxen pulled wagon at the end of the last century. In many ways, remnants of the family haven’t left even until this day. As a young man, I was allowed by a very generous rancher to both help on roundups and backpack in his slice of the Palo Duro Canyon. I wish I could do justice with words to the majesty of the land I came know. Your videos have brought back so many wonderful memories. Although I’m not there physically, these stories brought me back to that patch of land that is so rough, only God could love. And He must have loved it. He made so damned much of it!

[@randyvalentine8393]

I am a Texan born and bred ! It's good to learn more about our history! I have been looking into Texas history alot lately ! Very interesting!

[@williambolton4698]

I don't think anyone has anything to apologize for. The native American tribes fought, killed and displaced one another, the Mexicans displaced some of the Indianans, the Americans displaced the Mexicans, the Spanish had colonized Mexico, Spain had been colonized by North Africans and Arabs, and on and on it goes. The history of the human race is just one long story of people taking over from others. That is what men did and if you look to the east and Ukraine, you will see Russians trying to do the same today.

[@marktaylor8659]

Thanks for a great narrative on this part of Texas History. Also, some great cloud video at Fort Phantom Hill.

[@lindaleslie5634]

Love your channel and deep focus on exploring and revealing our Great State‼️🙋‍♀️💖🇨🇱

[@Exit0Wound]

Great work!!

[@grannybee]

Definitely one of your best videos. This is an award winning video. Thank you for creating this video.

[@carloso1886]

AN AWARD FOR THE LIES , WONT HAPPEN

[@grannybee]

@@carloso1886 so you are jealous

[@carloso1886]

@@grannybee I AM FROM TEXAS SO WAS MY GRAND FATHER AND GREAT GRAN FATHER, CAN YOU DO BETTER THAN JEALOUS, I KNOW THE REAL HISTORY, AND I CAN TELL YOU WHERE TO FIND IT.

[@bletchdroshek5984]

@@carloso1886 well pendejo, where's your channel telling us the "truth"? Pinche baboso just talking shit.

[@carloso1886]

@@bletchdroshek5984 I DONT HAVE TO TELL YOU, IF YOU WERE NOT THAT PENDEJO Y BABOSO YOU WOULD KNOW WHERE THAT INFO IS, THATS WHY YOUR LITTLE BUNCH BUY THAT BULL

[@hikingwithjackieboy]

Thank you for sharing. Thank you for sharing

[@weswalker1208]

That was amazing thank you

[@SeanOLennon]

Great work....great video. Thanks very much!

[@freeto9139]

Well, you sold me; I'm subscribing! Thank you for you presentation with a true Texas attitude ❣️

[@jeaniemcdonald1301]

Sir, you do wonderful work. Thank you.

[@texasuavpilot]

Great video, loved the story!

[@mikehamilton3833]

Great video. So much Texas history. I am currently reading a three book series by Elmer KELTON. Titles are THE BUCKSKIN LINE, BADGER BOY, and THE WAY OF THE COYOTE. These books cover exactly this Comanche and Texan struggle. Thanks for the Texas history lesson. Well presented. Thank you.

[@rt3box6tx74]

Kelton's books are great. I bought them for my son to read in the late 1970s- early 80s. I read most of them too. I looked online to see if I could pick out any familiar titles. "The Year It Never Rained" and "The Day the Cowboys Quit" were a couple we read. I think I was buying them at a western store we frequented in Texico, NM.

[@carloso1886]

THE INDIANS GET TO SAY NOTHING, IS ALL TEXAS LIES, ITS FUNNY WHY A GROWN MAN BELIEVES ALL THIS LIES.

[@johntimmins2551]

would have been better if it was factual...the Rangers were formed in 1823 and not 1836 which is what he stated. a phone call to the Rangers could have cleared it up

[@MrJohnny5555]

Also try Empire of the Summer Moon....great book

[@rudolfyakich6653]

I love hearing this subject matter again just having read a detailed book only a few months ago.

[@ScrewballMcAdams]

Great history lesson. Thanks!

[@corralhen]

I really appreciate your content ✌

[@carloso1886]

MOST OF THIS PEOPLE HERE, KNOW THIS IS ALL A LIE

[@jennifergarrett6809]

Talking about Cynthia Ann did you know that the buffalo robe that she wore is now on display at the Ft Worth Museum of Science and History. I went and saw it not long ago. It's suppose to be a permanent piece. And I recognize where you got the info. I read that book and it was excellent. You did a great job of giving the best highlights and information. It made a great video.

[@dreed1058]

I'm close to FTW, and will make a trip to see the robe - thks for that tidbit!!

[@jennifergarrett6809]

@@dreed1058 also there is a headdress there that belonged to Quanah. It's in a different room of the museum. Make sure to go see that as well.

[@dreed1058]

@Jennifer Garrett Will absolutely do that, thk you!!

[@PenelopePitstop888]

Thanks for a very informative video. I enjoy learning history and Texas history is particularly colorful.

[@haroldj.hutchinson9434]

Thank YOU for a great narrative. This is perhaps one of the finest I have seen. Thank YOU.

[@jbgood2209]

If Texas was still Texas it would still have parts of Oklahoma. Colorado and Wyoming .

[@law3344]

Such an awesome video. Some of the most rich history in the world right around us

[@anthonyrodd598]

Excellent commentary, thank you for gathering this research!!!

[@dean3405]

Great job tell the history of Texas. Thank you I was born here at but have been here most of my life since I was 4.5 and now knocking on the door of 60. Have always enjoyed history

[@cliffordolive1]

America was fought for, taken! and built! By Americans, for Americans! and no regrets! (C)

[@bobwallace1880]

Great job on this. I do highly recommend Empire Of The Summer Moon.

[@jamesbrownlow8587]

Well done, I love every single video!

[@2anthro]

Your astonishingly well done video answered 2 questions I've had for decades: -horse breeding: my great-grandfather by family lore was a horse breeder in the area of Coryell County that is now Ft Hood. I questioned the story as just that, family lore. But you mentioned they were breeding Arabians/Mustangs. -I've always known that Texans were a tougher breed. Your stating that we had been "weeded out" is absolutely correct, only the strong survived. Thank you for this accurate, thoughtful video.

[@rt3box6tx74]

My paternal grandfather was in college at A&M between 1902 and 1906. After watching a few football games he thought he'd enjoy being on the team. Not sure how the team fared when cadets were deployed to guard the Mexican border during his time there. When he passed at 86 y. o. he still had the bits from the bridle of the horse he rode. His major at A&M was soil sciences. I've done a little research and found nothing in his yearbook or from other sources mentioning the off season border activities.

[@garynelson5588]

As a displaced Texan, whose homeland has always been in my longing thoughts, this is your best video.

[@pczTV]

Your video of fort phantom hill is awesome. When I visited there I could see a storm front coming in and just got back to my car before the downpour … must be that part of Texas. Great video. Lived in Texas for 5 years and did a lot of similar exploring

[@aqueousmoments]

Absolutely wonderful video, thank you very much.

[@muttomaki1]

They were tough. No doubt. How are they going to handle the influx of Californians?

[@user-xx4so8fu9y]

My maternal great great grandfather emigrated from Austria, landing in Galveston in July of 1851. In 1854, after moving to San Antoinio he joined The Texas Rangers, serving under Captain William Henry (grandson of Patrick Henry), battling bandits on the border with Mexico. In later years he ran a stagecoach operated freight company shipping freight between San Antonio and Mexico. His son moved to Barstow, Texas to farm. If you've ever been to Barstow, or pretty much anywhere in Pecos County, the very idea of someone farming there tells you they were 9 kinds of tough. Proud to be a 5th generation Texas, born, raised, lived here all my life, and I expect I'll die here, too. God bless Texas.

[@michaelsonleitner5724]

Great video! Thanks for creating this.

[@jonbrown7868]

Hip hip! Hazzza! Three cheers for the greatest country in the United States of America.

[@samhianblackmoon]

Great video man 👍🏽

[@geckoproductions4128]

Excellent! Very well done. Thank you.

[@wesleyestill7653]

Thank you for sharing this history

[@theoriginalOSOK]

Ah that's right... we need to remember that Spain was using the American immigrants as a tool to settle Texas and handle the Comanches and Apaches - but this obviously backfired bc the new Texicans were also adept at dealing with the Spanish lol Lockhart! I lived there for 12 years. Captain Jack Hayes.

[@psychedelicprawncrumpets9479]

I enjoyed learning some Texas history. We don't get taught any of this in Aussie schools

[@herbertbrown119]

Well. We don’t get much Aussie history in ours

[@brt-jn7kg]

My people settled the state of Texas. My great-grandfather fought at the Battle of San jacinto and help settle Central West Texas. The Comanche and the Apache we're very very brutal. It took and way of life fight to stopped the butchery. Thank God for those men who settled America or the world would be incredibly different.

[@RP-ks6ly]

I like your shots of Washington on the Brazos. Great narration and story telling.

[@shirleyallen1418]

Noticed what i believe is my relatives picture william physic zuber near the end. He rode with Stephen f Austin and Sam Houston and wrote my eighty yrs in TX used for college courses in tx history classes

[@adampena6141]

Real history. I can appreciate the whites, Indians and settlers for all their efforts.bad ass group of people.

[@DJPTEXAS]

Great video, Thank you.... God bless all the souls who fought for what they thought was right.

[@davidlarned4315]

Great video !! Among your best !!!

[@scott-qk8sm]

It's a tragedy all that hard work and fighting to secure Texas from Mexico is now a distant memory, seeing as our open border is allowing a foreign invasion into America , very troubling

[@luperamos7307]

What? Texas is very Mexican. It may even have the highest percentage of Mexicans of any state in the US. But the vast majority of those have come in in previous decades and not recently. I know that this topic is on the agenda now, but it pales in comparison to what was going on in previous decades, but nobody cared at that time. Now they turned it into a big issue even though it's far less than before.

[@annaolivarez2578]

Please read, or re-read the cause of the Mexican American War, follow it up with the Treaties of Velasco whereby Santa Ana (coward) gave it up to save his sorry behind, then the Treaty of Hidalgo. Please bear in mind that Sam Houston became a Mexican citizen so he could have a stake in Texas. He became a “Texian” because “they” didn’t want to be associated with the Mexicans living in Texas at that time who were the Tejanos. If you live in Texas, you’re standing on ancient Mexico. Viva Mexico. The People never left, it was the boundaries that moved: Sabine, Nueces and finally the Rio Grande with the Treaty of Hidalgo.

[@luperamos7307]

@@annaolivarez2578 It needs to be said that Texas was sparsely populated, which is the reason slave owning whites were invited into the territory in the first place. So no, Mexicans came during the 20th century and in the highest numbers during the late 20th century. The US could have taken all of Mexico, but let Mexico keep the rest because it was too populated with Mexicans, which they didn't want. Also, Texas may have been part of Mexico for not even thirty years, but it belonged to Spain for much longer. And both of those countries just put a flag on it. The real inhabitants were the natives, but that is ignored here.

[@goatface6602]

Quit complaining and FIX IT YOURSELF. You waiting for someone else to do it is NOT the American way.

[@joebungus3447]

@@annaolivarez2578 if your standing on Sweden, your standing on Viking land😂, do you not hear how stupid you sound? Does Sweden belong to Vikings just because they once lived there a long time ago? I didn’t know the past dictates the present.

[@l.johnston5152]

WOW! This was by far the best Texas history video we have seen yet. This morning we were looking for Texas History videos to watch as part of homeschooling and your title promised adventure. What are the odds this video was just uploaded yesterday?! You did a GREAT job recounting our great home State's historical events, bringing to life historical figures and and their way of life, and showing related scenery and historical sites. Plus your smooth Texas accent presented the info in an enjoyable cadence and manner. We have subscribed and will check out your other videos. Thanks for your work. May God bless you.

[@johntimmins2551]

except the Rangers were formed in 1823 and not 1836 as he stated. what else did he get wrong?

[@markcrume]

Excellent production, kudos. An amazing story well said. The real "Lonesome Dove".

[@chilatelover]

Might makes right.. How brutal but still fascinating. Thank you for taking the time to make this. I lived in Amarillo for many years never fully appreciating all this history

[@DHTex11]

I would like to talk to you sometime. I am a Texan and love the land of may father TEXAS. I am part of TNM, one of many trying to return Texas to a Nation again by getting a vote by Texans.