Cradle of Texas Road

04/04/2022

For the Celebrating Togetherness: Cradle of Texas Road Celebrations all events will now be held at the Montgomery Community Center April 9th, 12pm-3pm Discussions and 3pm-6pm Celebrations on the Grounds.

04/04/2022

April 9th events in Montgomery, Texas! Celebrating Togetherness: The Cradle of the Texas Republic Sponsored by the Montgomery Historical Society and the Henderson Yoakum and Lone Star Chapter of the Sons of the Republic of Texas. Montgomery Community Center 12-3pm; Celebrations open to the public 3pm-6pm. Come celebrate with us! Alabama Coushatta Tribe of Texas, Texas Historical Commission Representative Teresa Caldwell, Signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence, Rolling Thunder Lone Star Volunteers, members of the Texas Army, Jack Shepherd, Pat Spackey, Kenny Lewis Cowboy Poet, and the ever famous Jacob Austin Band....and much much more!

03/21/2022

Teresa Caldwell State Coordinator, Texas Heritage Trails Program at Texas Historical Commission will be at our event April 9th at the Community Center in Montgomery headlining from 12-3pm. What is the Texas Heritage Trails program all about? Check out this website:

Making Connections:
Heritage Tourism, Historic Preservation
and the Texas Heritage Trails Program

03/21/2022

Dianne Kebodeaux is the leading lady of the Signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence. She is a go-getter and a member of several Texas Historical organizations and a joy to be around. Her love of Texas history is profound. Recently, a statue of her ancestor from Tennessee, Colin McKinney was placed in honor in Collin county.

The event will mark the end of nearly three years of debate regarding the subject.

03/21/2022

Learn more about the Descendants of the Signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence here. Dianne Kebodeaux will have a table at the Montgomery Community Center at 3pm on April 9th.

The Signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence It was March 2, 1836 when 59 delegates from Mexico, Scotland, England, Ireland and 12 U.S. states bravely met in Washington, Texas to make a formal declaration of independence from Mexico. Elected as delegates to the Constitutional Convention in 1...

03/21/2022

Larry Foerster, President of the Montgomery County Historical Commission will present at the Community Center at Noon. He has a wealth of knowledge and loves to share Montgomery County's history. His most recent book is a pictorial history of Conroe, previous to this endeavor, he wrote a historic timeline of Montgomery County history. You will always learn something new every time you speak to him!

Larry L. Foerster, an attorney who represents clients in the Montgomery County and has...

03/21/2022

Scott Collier, Chairman of the Walker County Historical Commission, will be presenting on the rich history of Walker County. The major claim to fame for Walker County Historical Commission is that they head the Sam Houston Birthday Celebrations in Huntsville on March 2nd every year. Scott Collier is a great guy to meet- and has had some fascinating endeavors!

Local leaders, members of the community and honorary Texans gathered Wednesday at the grave site of statesman and politician Sam Houston to celebrate the 124th Texas Independence Day.

03/21/2022

Vanessa Burzynski, Grimes County Clerk, is also a member of the Grimes County Historical Commission and a treasure of knowledge about Grimes County history. She has done some amazing work restoring and moving the archives to a new building in Anderson and digitization efforts of primary documents. She has also done some great work on newsletters for the commission.

Read GCHC NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 2019 by Grimes County Historical Commission on Issuu and browse thousands of other publications on our platform. St...

03/21/2022

Linda Evans has deep roots in Texas history. She is coming on April 9th to represent the Zuber Hadley Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas centered in Navasota area.

The Zuber-Hadley Chapter of the Daughter of the Republic of Texas were honored with a presentation given by Laura Malek, representing contractors. This firm is engaged in building the Republic of Texas Historical Center in Austin. Members attending were: Jo Crawford, Linda Evans, Ann Fuqua, Judy Men...

03/21/2022

Come and meet Dave Parsons, Texas State Poet Laureate, a local to the Cradle of Texas Road. Come and meet the living legend and hear his presentation at the Community Center April 9th.

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Dave read his poem TEXIAN at the Grand Opening of the Lone Star Monument & Historic Flag Park on April 21st, the 175th anniversary of San Jacinto Day: http://www.texasflagpark.com/

03/21/2022

Denton Florian is an amazing scholar and film producer. His work on the Sam Houston Project will be forever remembered in the annals of history. Come by and see him and maybe see about getting a copy of his wonderful work and a Sam Houston for President Bumper Sticker!

Houston was one of the most important political figures in the United States in the mid-1800s. He debated most of the key players of the period over the great issues of the time. Here are some of the people who had the greatest influence on his life, and places which were important to his life.