Welcome

Joined : 29 Nov 2007 Posts : 6

Hi, great forum here.

Subject: Re: Welcome Sun 02 Dec 2007, 4:25 am

Hello, Miles. Thanks so much, and welcome ! Smile

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The woman of the frontier made the best of her situation, for she had developed a respect for the land that gave her freedom as well as the courage to live in it.
~~~ from the perspective of Anne Seagraves

Age : 52 Joined : 08 Feb 2008 Posts : 1

Native Texan, out of state but heart in the cause. Angry son and nephews still in the Lone Star state. Hoping we won't get written off with history. Nice website.

Joined : 10 Feb 2008 Posts : 2 Localisation : England

Greetings from far afield.

Subject: Re: Welcome Sun 10 Feb 2008, 8:40 pm

Thank you, Patriot and Wulfstan. Welcome Smile

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The woman of the frontier made the best of her situation, for she had developed a respect for the land that gave her freedom as well as the courage to live in it.
~~~ from the perspective of Anne Seagraves

Subject: Re: Welcome Wed 05 Mar 2008, 3:13 am

Subject: Re: Welcome Wed 05 Mar 2008, 4:49 pm

Very pretty car. It's pretty amazing when you think of some cars that looked like you dad's and some of the others once you can see all rusted now in dumps on the side of the highway. Frank would like to do this but with a Corvette. I'm not sure if that's a good idea or not.

Wink

M

Wrangler Joined : 13 Mar 2008 Posts : 23

Hello. I don't have much knowledge of Texas but I was born there and lived in Texas when I was a little kid. I'm just trying to remember all that and learn more. Very good site.

Subject: Re: Welcome Sat 19 Apr 2008, 11:25 am

Will be away for a while ... painting a few leaves if God so blesses.

But I'll check in from time to time, as will dear Madelyn.

Happy Trails ~ sunny

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The woman of the frontier made the best of her situation, for she had developed a respect for the land that gave her freedom as well as the courage to live in it.
~~~ from the perspective of Anne Seagraves

Subject: Re: Welcome Tue 22 Apr 2008, 8:42 pm

I think you made the right choice. study

Subject: Re: Welcome Mon 28 Apr 2008, 9:54 pm

Ah, thank you, dear ... but I am just coming to understand what it means to be a Texan/ Texian (at last!), finding myself inspired to defend and take pride in the actions of my ancestors and their compatriots; standing in opposition to those who rather would demean them.

A Texian and a Southerner ~ identity confirmed following many years of wayfaring.

Thanks, sweet lady ... always and ever ....

sunny

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The woman of the frontier made the best of her situation, for she had developed a respect for the land that gave her freedom as well as the courage to live in it.
~~~ from the perspective of Anne Seagraves

Joined : 13 Jun 2008 Posts : 1

Hi, Don Allen here. I'm a decendent of the Wills clan that founded Wills Point, TX and the Allen's who were settlers in the Rio Grande Valley during the bandit wars down there.

I too have completely stopped accepting the PC garbage that demeans my ancestors. I'm proud of the courage and grace that they showed and that permiated my upbringing.

I look forward to posting here.

Subject: Re: Welcome Sat 14 Jun 2008, 11:21 pm

Hello, Don, and welcome sunny

Wills Point is a beautiful town and countryside ... the prairie transitioning there to bountiful woodlands. I am so honored to have this chance to greet a descendant of the pioneers who set down roots there.

And my own dear grandma (now passed to heaven above) told me of an unsettled period in the southern portion of our state and in the Southwest. For a time, in fact, she and her parents relocated to New Mexico so as to be nearer to family .... and were forced to take refuge behind boarded windows and sandbags (flour sacks?), in a community schoolhouse, while Pancho Villa made his raids across the countryside. Back they traveled to home and San Saba County.

Our family was here in Texas from the beginning -- by their reckoning -- and would be considered nowadays to have been horrendously un-PC. It is awfully easy to place such judgment on past generations when pondered safely from a desk, in a climate-controlled environment, with take-out available around the corner. But our ancestors? Oh, to have the chance to dust off their shoes, wipe their brows and laud their grit and courage!

Again, welcome!

Holly
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The woman of the frontier made the best of her situation, for she had developed a respect for the land that gave her freedom as well as the courage to live in it.
~~~ from the perspective of Anne Seagraves

Wrangler Joined : 13 Mar 2008 Posts : 23

Ok I know Pancho villa, the guy with the mustache. Didn't they name a picante sauce after him? So how far did he travel?

It's good to see yoooall back on again. Smile

Wrangler Joined : 01 Jul 2007 Posts : 30

Madelyn, I want to thank you for helping me get back on. Everything's new. There's a lot to read! Anne