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White County Heritage 1983, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Editor's Note
A Day to Remember by Tammy Forister
Community and Crew of Plane 543 by Shawn King
The Oldtimers of Northside by John Calhoun
A Short History of the Johnson Family by Claude Johnson
Claude Johnson Supplement: The Hillbilly Bible

• Introduction
• It's In The Bible
• The Hillbilly Bible
• God And The Boogy Man
• God's Funny Book
• The Long Snooze
• If The Good Lord Lives And Spares Us
• Our Expanding World
• We Are Infested With The Fidgets
• The End Of The Hillbilly
• Eternapality
• Faith Of Our Fathers
• His Eye Is On The Sparrow
• My Cup Runneth Over

John Muir Newsletter, November/December 1982, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies

Muir Center Newsletters (1981-2015)

Holt-Atherton Pacific Center for Western Studies University of the Pacific Stockton, Calif 95211 VOLUME 2 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1982 NUMBER 4 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H. LIMBAUGH, KIRSTEN E. LEWIS FUNDING UPDATE Christmas came in November for the John Muir Papers Microform Project. On November 16 we received word from Oakland, California, that the Muir Project had been awarded a $10,000 grant from the L.J. Skaggs and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation, a private agency which supports many environmental and educational activities. At the end of the month we received a call from N.H.P.R.C. headquarters in Washington, informing us that the Publications and Records …

John Muir Newsletter, September/October 1982, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies

Muir Center Newsletters (1981-2015)

Holt-Atherton Pacific Center for Western Studies University of the Pacific Stockton, Calif 95211 VOLUME 2 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 1982 NUMBER 3 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H. LIMBAUGH, KIRSTEN E. LEWIS FUNDING UPDATE Yes, we are alive and cautiously months! The long hiatus since our la temporary staff layoffs and in part from Washington relative to our fund arrived, and most welcome news indee victory recently when Congress overr 1982 supplemental appropriations bil authorized $1.5 million for NHPRC in they had received earlier this fisca that the 1983 NHPRC budget will also it stood prior to the fiscal wars of nationwide support for both …

William Tagupa's Review Of Thomas J. Osborne's "Empire Can Wait"; American Opposition To Hawaiian Annexation, 1893-1898, William Tagupa

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

John Muir Newsletter, April/May 1982, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies

Muir Center Newsletters (1981-2015)

Holt-Atherton Pacific Center for Western Studies VOLUME 2 University of the Pacific Stockton, Calif 95211 APRIL/MAY 1982 NUMBER 2 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H. LIMBAUGH, KIRSTEN E. LEWIS PROJECT UPDATE The project staff has made a major push to complete the preparation of control cards for the Muir correspondence, 1858-1914. The now completed series contains approximately 6,000 items, each having an individual, seven-segment control card. The original copy will be used as the target card when microfilming. The six carbon copies have been filed by author, recipient, place, date, repository, and accession number to assist Muir researchers and provide additional finding …

John Muir Newsletter, March 1982 Special Edition, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies

Muir Center Newsletters (1981-2015)

Holt-Atherton Pacific Center for Western Studies University of the Pacific Stockton, Calif 95211 VOLUME 2 MARCH 1982 NUMBER 2 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H. UMBAUGH, K1RSTEN E. LEWIS SPECIAL EDITION We have just received an urgent request from the Coalition to Save our Documentary Heritage. They need help in their effort to ' prevent a devastating budgetary cutback of the National Archives and to prevent termination of the seventeen year old National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the funding agency for the John Muir Microform Project. When the Office of Management and Budget submitted its 19 83 budget, zero funding was …

Archaeological Investigations Of Areas Slated For Expansion At Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas, Eric C. Gibson, Courtenay J. Jones, Dennis A. Knepper

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

During April 1982, archaeologists from the Center for Archaeological Research at The University of Texas at San Antonio conducted a cultural resource survey and evaluation of 31.68 acres slated as an expansion area for the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas. This was accomplished through two research methods: (1) a literature and archival search supplemented by interviews of knowledgeable persons; followed by (2) a planned subsurface archaeological testing program. One badly disturbed prehistoric site (41 BX 346) of unknown function and unknown chronological association was discovered as a result of these activities. Because the site is so …

A Cultural Resources Survey For Medina Electric Cooperative, Inc., In Uvalde, Medina, And Frio Counties, Texas, Augustine Frkuska Jr., Elizabeth G. Frkuska

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

The Center for Archaeological Research (CAR), The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), under contract with Alexander Utility Engineering, Inc., (letter dated May 5, 1980), conducted an archaeological survey for the Medina Electric Cooperative, Inc. Although the CAR was contracted in May 1980, at the request of Medina Electric Cooperative, Inc., the actual survey was not carried out until February 25-March 1, 1981. The survey, which was conducted in three neighboring south Texas counties (Fig. 1), was concentrated along proposed electrical distribution lines at D1Hanis in Medina County, north of Uvalde in Uvalde County, and southwest of Pearsall in …

Archaeological Investigations Of Areas Slated For Expansion At Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas, Eric C. Gibson, Courtenay J. Jones, Dennis A. Knepper

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

During April 1982, archaeologists from the Center for Archaeological Research I at The University of Texas at San Antonio conducted a cultural resource survey and evaluation of 31.68 acres slated as an expansion area for the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas. This was accomplished through two research methods: (1) a literature and archival search supplemented by interviews of knowledgeable persons; followed by (2) a planned subsurface archaeological testing program. One badly disturbed prehistoric site (41 BX 346) of unknown function and unknown chronological association was discovered as a result of these activities. Because the site is …

Excavations At 41lk67 A Prehistoric Site In The Choke Canyon Reservior, South Texas, Kenneth M. Brown, Daniel R. Potter, Grant D. Hall, Stephen L. Black

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

In 1977-1978 excavations were conducted at 41 LK 67 in Live Oak County, south Texas, by the Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio. The investigation of this prehistoric archaeological site was part of an extensive program of reconnaissance and excavation necessitated by the construction of the Choke Canyon Reservoir on the Frio River by the Bureau of Reclamation.

The site is situated in shallow colluvial deposits capping an old terrace remnant of the Frio River. The excavations involved 193 m2 in three separate areas and revealed Late Prehistoric and Late Archaic components. Recognizably older artifacts …

Excavations At Sites 41lk31/32 And 41lk202 In The Choke Canyon Reservoir, South Texas, Robert F. Scott Iv, Daniel E. Fox

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

Site 41 LK 31/32 is located in Live Oak County, southern Texas on a wide horseshoe bend of the Frio River, approximately 16 km west of the Frio's confluence with the Nueces River. Construction of the Choke Canyon Reservoir by the Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) had necessitated an excavation program at the site prior to destruction. Investigations conducted by the Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio, were carried out in two stages, culminating in a major excavation during the summer of 1978. An indication of the depth and significance of cultural deposits at the site …

Eagle Hill: A Late Quaternary Upland Site In Western Lousiana, Joel Gunn, David O. Brown

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

The Eagle Hill II site (16SA50) is located in a rolling upland area of western Louisiana known as Peason Ridge. Because of its location in a saddle, the locale accumulated colluvial sediments during certain intervals of the late Quaternary; in addition, it served as a habitation area for prehistoric groups. Sediments were preserved from the early and late Holocene, apparently reflecting the relatively cooler and moister conditions of those periods that were conducive to erosion-preventing vegetation. The site was excavated in a manner to provide both vertical and horizontal information on site occupation at relatively high resolution. A sampling design …

John Muir Newsletter, January/February 1982, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies

Muir Center Newsletters (1981-2015)

Holt-Atherton Pacific Center for Western Studies University of the Pacific Stockton, Calif 95211 VOLUME 2 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1982 NUMBER 1 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H. LIMBAUGH, KIRSTEN E. LEWIS STATUS OF PROJECT FUNDING Since our last newslette critical November debate for the Muir Project is and phone calls which ke December 23 we were noti and Records Commission h Fiscal Year 1982, with t when Congress takes up H Treasury, Postal Service looks grim for both the staff have been cut 50%, cutbacks in staff and pa that are now cut out of r-- rushed off the xerox mach s in Congress-- …

White County Heritage 1982, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Society Business in Retrospect by The Editor
Memorial to Claude E. Johnson by The Editor
Claude's Capers (a reprtnt of one of Claude's Columns)
Essay Writing Contest Guidelines
From the Life of Phillip Halker Pruett by J.B. Pruett
Beebe Public Library: A Tradition of Service by Ruth Couch
Missouri and Arkansas Railroad Museum (a letter)
For Sale: 36 Gallons of Whiskey (reprint)
M.M. Robison, Estate Settlement in 1898 (compiled by the Editor)
Stony Point by Renee Haines-Saine
Oak Tree Inn by Darla Jones
The Last Hanging in White County by Shannon Turley
The Crime and Hanging of …

Marcus Garvey And The Philosophy Of Black Pride, Sophia Teresa Skyers

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

The anomalous position of black people in the United States, following the first World War, set the stage for the arrival of marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association. Originally formed in Jamaica in 1914, Garvey transported the UNIA to the United States as the war was drawing to a close, and quickly rose to popularity as black people responded positively to Garvey and his movement.

Centered around the philosophy of black pride, Garvey’s movement set out to give black people a sense of worthiness in their race and colour. He gave expression to the frustrations of black people …

John Muir Newsletter, November 1981, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies

Muir Center Newsletters (1981-2015)

Holt-Atherton Pacific Center for Western Studies *_~fc~_j«t-fc University of the Pacific Stockton, Calif 95211 VOLUME 1 .NOVEMBER 1981 NUMBER 5 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H. LIMBAUGH. JANICE D. MAGDICH URGENT URGENT- .—-URGENT ■ URGENT 'We have just received word from the Coalition to Save our Documentary Heritage that Congress will act within the next few days on an appropriations bill(H.R. Ul2l) for the National Archives which includes an earmarked amount of "up to" three million dollars for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the funding agency for the John Muir Microform Project. Since each side has proposed separate legislation, a …

John Muir Newsletter, October 1981, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies

Muir Center Newsletters (1981-2015)

Holt-Atherton Pacific Center for Western Studies VOLUME 1 OCTOBER 1981 University of the Pacific Stockton, Calif 95211 NUMBER 4 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H. L1MBAUGH. JANICE D. MAGDICH UPDATE ON NHPRC FUNDING Yet final action on both an appropriations bill and an authorization measure for NHPRC must come soon. It is still not too late to phone or write your Congressional delegation, especially any members of the committes listed below, urging them to support at the very least a 75% refunding of NHPRC. And don't forget to make your opinion known at the .White House, since the President must ultimately approve …

Anna Held: A Biography, Michael Owen Hoffman

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis, a biography of the French actress, Anna Held (1873-1918), is an attempt to place her in proper perspective in American history. Essentially a record of Miss Held from birth to death, it highlights many events that made her famous. Included are examples of publicity generated by her manager-husband, Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.

Much credit can be awarded Ziegfeld for his expertise in publicity stunts and promotion. Undue praise, however, has been attributed to him for the origin of the Ziegfeld Follies and the success of Anna Held.

Anna was a Continental success long before she met him. His promotion …

Climbing Learners' Hill: Benedictines At White Earth, 1878-1945, Carol J. Berg Osb

Saint Benedict’s Monastery Publications

Benedictine sisters and monks administered and staffed a boarding school on the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota from 1882-1945, responding to a request from the local bishop and to the Peace Policy of President Grant. Church denominations were asked to cooperate with the government in Christianizing and “civilizing” the Indians—on and off-reservations. With significant aid from federal funds, various denominations, primarily Catholic and Protestant, built churches and schools to educate and “convert” Indians. This was done in the cause of assimilation, with most of the missionaries, lay or religious, deliberately undermining the traditional cultures. Benedictines came late to the Indian …

John Muir Newsletter, May/June 1981, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies

Muir Center Newsletters (1981-2015)

Holt-Atherton Pacific Center for Western Studies University of the Pacific Stockton, Calif 95211 VOLUME 1 MAY/JUNE 1981 NUMBER 3 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H LIMBAUGH. JANICE D MAGDICH STATUS OF MUIR PROJECT FUNDING After a long, drawn-out struggle to reauthorize funding for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the latest news from Capitol Hill is encouraging. Although the House version of the reauthorization bill was defeated early in May, on June 2 the Senate version (S. 1050) was approved on the consent calendar and now comes before the House with the backing of the Senate Republican leadership S. 1050 provides …

John Muir Newsletter, March/April 1981, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies

Muir Center Newsletters (1981-2015)

Holt-Atherton Pacific Center \\/ / University of the Pacific for Western Studies \ / Stockton, Calif 95211 VOLUME 1 MARCH/APRIL 1981 NUMBER 2 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H. LIMBAUGH. JANICE D. MAGDICH PROJECT FUNDING IN JEOPARDY On February 24, the Muir Project staff received a letter from Frank G. Burke, NHPRC (National Historical Publications and Records Commission) Executive Director, alerting all Grant Recipients that the Reagan Administration's budget recommendation to Congress eliminates all NHPRC grant funding after September 30, 1981. Congressional action on this recommendation is still pending, but Director Burke warns project directors to "begin planning for the cessation of …

The Sam Houston Home, 41wa46, Huntsville, Walker County, Texas: 1980-1981 Archeological Investigations And Monitoring, Jody C. Pevey

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

Additional archeological investigations and monitoring of restoration activities at the Sam Houston Home in Huntsville, Texas, are described in this report prepared by Jody C. Pevey. The original location of the Law Office was not found, but significant features relating to the Houston Home were discovered. Removal of the e¥isting east chimney and pad revealed the remnants of an earlier brick chimney pad with associated brick hearth supports. The types of bricks, mortar and construction techniques appear to be the same as those noted in a series of exterior and interior brick piers found along the south side of the …

Archeological Investigations At The Laredo Cemetery Site (41wb22), Webb County, Texas, Mary Jane Mcreynolds

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

In April, May and June of 1980, Prewitt and Associates, Inc. conducted archeological monitoring and excavations in specified areas of 41WB22, a late nineteenth and early twentieth century cemetery in the City of Laredo, Webb County, Texas. These investigations were directly solely towards locating and removing graves exposed by pit and trench excavation activities at the construction site of the Laredo Transit Operating Facilities. The result was the accumulation of data regarding the disinterment of twenty-two graves which contained twenty-three individuals; six of these were partially or totally removed during backhoe excavations prior to the initiation of archeological monitoring, and …

An Assessment Of Archeological Sites 41wy71 And 41wy72, Willacy County, Texas, D. William Day

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

Test excavations at two prehistoric archeological sites in eastern Willacy County, Texas, were conducted by Prewitt and Associates, Inc. during Ma y and July of 1981. The purpose of the investigations at sites 41WY71 and 41WY72 was to assess the potential eligibility of the sites for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. It is concluded that site 41WY71 does not warrant nomination to the Register, but that site 41WY72 is of sufficient importance that it should be considered to be eligible for nomination to the Register.

Current work at these two sites has been accomplished under terms of …

Archaeological Survey And Testing At Rancho De Las Cabras, Wilson County, Texas, James E. Ivey, Anne A. Fox

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

During summer 1980 a program of archaeological survey and testing was carried out by the Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Anionio, for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department at the site of Rancho de las Cabras near Floresville, Texas. The site is reputed to be the livestock ranch of Mission San Fran~isco de la Espada in the late 18th century. Large areas of the site were surveyed to determine if prehistoric sites were present. The limits of the historic occupation were determined through surface survey and shovel testing. Archaeological testing within and adjacent to the …

Archaeological Investigations At The San Pedro Aceqnia San Antonio, Texas, Augustine J. Frkuska Jr.

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

The irrigation system in San Antonio was an integral part of its early history. Within the San Antonio area irrigation was a necessity to extend the planting season. An extended planting season would allow for diversified crops with different harvesting periods. The first municipal irrigation system was the San Pedro Acequia. It was constructed to serve the town with fresh water for household use and agricultural purposes. As the population increased and technology improved, the acequias changed in both appearance and function. In time, the San Pedro Acequia system became part of San Antonio's forgotten past.

Recently, excavations on the …

Test Excavations At Mission San Francisco De La Espada, Anne A. Fox

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

In early May 1981, the Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio conducted test excavations at Mission de la Espada. In an area north of the church, planned for future parking, three test units were excavated to determine the soil stratification and whether construction would impact architectural or cultural features. No indications of such features was found. In an area outside the east wall, where apparent wall foundations appear in aerial photographs, testing revealed that all but a few traces of a structure built in the early 1900s have since been removed.

Cultural Resources Survey: Freeport, Harbor, Texas, (45-Foot) Navigation Improvement Project, Brazoria County, Texas, Anne A. Fox, James E. Ivey, J. Carroll Markey

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

In October and November of 1980, the Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio, conducted an intensive resource survey and limited testing in an area on either side of the mouth of the Brazos River in Brazoria County, Texas. A history was composed of the project area in relation to that of the Republic and State of Texas. A structural history of the town of Velasco was compiled from archival and historical research. Intensive survey and assessment of the project area resulted in the conclusion that, aside from a few possible subsurface indications at or below …

An Archaeological Survey For The Southwest Texas Electric Cooperative In Schleicher And Crockett Counties, Texas, Michael C. Woerner

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

In July 1981, the Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio, conducted an archaeological survey of power line right-of-ways in Schleicher and Crockett Counties. The survey was performed for the Southwest Electric Cooperative, Inc. Eight archaeological sites were located during this project. Three sites (41 SL 5, 41 SL 8, and 41 SL 9) are recommended for additional documentation if they are to be additionally disturbed. The other sites found need no further work.

The Santonio Project: An Archaeological Reconnaissance For Urex, Inc. Southeastern Webb County, Texas, Eric C. Gibson

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

In October 1980, archaeologists from the Center for Archaeological Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio, under contract to Fisher, Harden and Fisher, Inc., completed an archaeological survey of a proposed locality for solution uranium mining wells in southeastern Webb County, Texas. This survey produced evidence of Middle Archaic to Late Archaic prehistoric sites in the area. Twelve archaeological sites were documented. Five of these sites, located in the proposed mining area, were totally collected and mapped. The other seven sites outside of the proposed mining area were mapped and only those sites with cultural/historical significance were collected. No …