Texas Rising

[Fijimn]

Anyone watching this series on the History Channel. It's not bad, probably not terribly accurate. But entertaining.

I was telling my wife that now that we have another little one that in a few years we will get to do the tour of Texas history all over again...Alamo, Goliad, Battle of San Jacinto, etc. She was not as excited as I was.

 

[NDallasRuss]

Anyone watching this series on the History Channel. It's not bad, probably not terribly accurate. But entertaining.

I was telling my wife that now that we have another little one that in a few years we will get to do the tour of Texas history all over again...Alamo, Goliad, Battle of San Jacinto, etc. She was not as excited as I was.

We've been recording them to watch over the weekend.

My daughter was born in Texas, but we moved before she turned 1yo. She remains really into all things Texas. She's been back several times, and has seen the Alamo, San Jacinto, the Capitol, etc. I don't think she's been to Goliad though. I'm thinking about buying her a comprehensive Texas History book so she can read all the different stories.

 

[F4Gary]

I'd like to go see those mountains that are 20 miles from Goliad. It was filmed in Durango, Mexico.

 

[F4Gary]

Actually, I thought your thread title was about out lake levels. Lake Grapevine is 2 feet from going over the spillway. Was 20 below normal a couple of months ago. Lake Lewisville is already going over it's spillway.

 

[Fijimn]

Actually, I thought your thread title was about out lake levels. Lake Grapevine is 2 feet from going over the spillway. Was 20 below normal a couple of months ago. Lake Lewisville is already going over it's spillway.

The Bazos is going to crest on Sunday....I anticipate that Obama is going to blow the levees under the cover of Jade Helm operation as revenge on all those white people living in Sugar Land (I keed, I keed).

I have family in Olney and Wichita Falls...they finally got rain and the rive is over the spill way. It's been a brutal drought up there.

 

[cmanole]

I thought Texas was succeeding? Oh wait, they need some Federal money first...

 

[FSUTribe76]

I set up a recording as its squarely in my wheelhouse and made it halfway through the first episode before deleting the series.

It was black and White (whites are good, Spanish are bad) without even a hint of Gray considering we basically stole Texas from Mexico, pretty poorly acted and not very well written.

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

The Bazos is going to crest on Sunday....I anticipate that Obama is going to blow the levees under the cover of Jade Helm operation as revenge on all those white people living in Sugar Land (I keed, I keed).

I have family in Olney and Wichita Falls...they finally got rain and the rive is over the spill way. It's been a brutal drought up there.

You joke, but do you really think it's a coincidence that the military begins operations in Texas and all of a sudden it's raining and flooding everywhere? Chemtrails, man, chemtrails...

 

[alaskanseminole]

Actually, I thought your thread title was about out lake levels. Lake Grapevine is 2 feet from going over the spillway. Was 20 below normal a couple of months ago. Lake Lewisville is already going over it's spillway.

same here. we've been getting pounded by rain.

 

[dmm5157]

Anyone watching this series on the History Channel. It's not bad, probably not terribly accurate. But entertaining.

I was telling my wife that now that we have another little one that in a few years we will get to do the tour of Texas history all over again...Alamo, Goliad, Battle of San Jacinto, etc. She was not as excited as I was.

Growing up in San Antonio and constantly being beaten over the head with the Alamo, the Missions, and a plethora of historical sites around the city and area, I took all that for granted.

Kinda funny looking back now, as I'm working on a project with Texas parks and recreation at the San Jacinto Battleground Site State Park to fill in some wetland areas to create expanded park land. One of the PM's started giving me background on the Battle Ground site, and I stopped him to explain I was from Texas and had many years of history on the site as a kid. As a Texan and Mexican-American, well versed in the history in that area.

I did take my wife to the Alamo the first time she visited Texas about 5 years ago. The surrounding area looks quite different now than it did when I used to take field trips there as a kid. Ditto with the San Antonio Missions.

 

[SoProudNole]

I thought Texas was succeeding? Oh wait, they need some Federal money first...

LMAO at "succeeding".

 

[Fijimn]

Growing up in San Antonio and constantly being beaten over the head with the Alamo, the Missions, and a plethora of historical sites around the city and area, I took all that for granted.

Kinda funny looking back now, as I'm working on a project with Texas parks and recreation at the San Jacinto Battleground Site State Park to fill in some wetland areas to create expanded park land. One of the PM's started giving me background on the Battle Ground site, and I stopped him to explain I was from Texas and had many years of history on the site as a kid. As a Texan and Mexican-American, well versed in the history in that area.

I did take my wife to the Alamo the first time she visited Texas about 5 years ago. The surrounding area looks quite different now than it did when I used to take field trips there as a kid. Ditto with the San Antonio Missions.

That's great that they are going to finally clean up the San Jacinto battleground. Considering that Houston won the war on that site, it was in very bad shape. I understand that they are finding a lot of artifacts in that wetland area during the clearing. There is a Texas Travel show on PBS. The last one they went to all 5 (I believe 5) of the missions in the San Antonio/Bexar County area. I have never done that, so we are going to try to do that this summer.

The walking tour of Galveston (also called the ghost tour) was really fascinating if you are ever down there.

 

[NDallasRuss]

The Bazos is going to crest on Sunday....I anticipate that Obama is going to blow the levees under the cover of Jade Helm operation as revenge on all those white people living in Sugar Land (I keed, I keed).

I have family in Olney and Wichita Falls...they finally got rain and the rive is over the spill way. It's been a brutal drought up there.

I went to college in Wichita Falls. Their water supply had gotten so low that they were basically cleaning the sewage water and recycling it straight back into the water supply rather than returning it to the lakes where it can mix with lake water and be drawn back out later. It's still safe and doesn't taste any different, but it's got a negative image and is a pretty extreme step to take.

 

[TexSkills]

We're recording the series and just watched the first episode last night. As mentioned already, it isn't historically accurate and the storyline is just OK so far.

 

[NDallasRuss]

Actually, I thought your thread title was about out lake levels. Lake Grapevine is 2 feet from going over the spillway. Was 20 below normal a couple of months ago. Lake Lewisville is already going over it's spillway.

I saw a video that someone took of Lewisville spilling over its' dam. Other pictures of the lake flooding parks and peoples' homes are amazing.

 

[TexSkills]

I saw a video that someone took of Lewisville spilling over its' dam. Other pictures of the lake flooding parks and peoples' homes are amazing.

My Facebook news feed is filled with pics and videos that friends back home keep sharing.

A guy I went to high school with lives in Denison and he had a video of Lake Texoma breaching the spillway. Hell, there is flooding in Richardson.

 

[DanC78]

The water level rising really is a huge deal. Lake Travis needed it badly!

 

[Fijimn]

Dallas

 

[FreeFlyNole]

I am interested and will watch it in a few years when I can watch them all at once.

 

[Lemon Thrower]

 

[Fijimn]

That picture was taken immediately before the shootout in Waco.

 

[ATLNole1]

I recorded the first two episodes and only made it halfway through the first before giving up and deleting it. The acting and dialogue are just awful.

 

[Lemon Thrower]

That picture was taken immediately before the shootout in Waco.

lol

 

[F4Gary]

My neighborhood has a 25 slip boat dock. 2 months ago there were 6 foot high weeds growing in our dry cove. Now the water is even up over the high water access to it.

I've seen Grapevine go over the spillway twice in the last 30 years, and it looks like I'll see a third time.

 

[dmm5157]

That's great that they are going to finally clean up the San Jacinto battleground. Considering that Houston won the war on that site, it was in very bad shape. I understand that they are finding a lot of artifacts in that wetland area during the clearing. There is a Texas Travel show on PBS. The last one they went to all 5 (I believe 5) of the missions in the San Antonio/Bexar County area. I have never done that, so we are going to try to do that this summer.

The walking tour of Galveston (also called the ghost tour) was really fascinating if you are ever down there.

Very cool. Yeah, part of what I'm working with at the SJB site is making sure the material placed in the marshland does not make its way into the area where many of the remains of the Mexican soldiers were found (SW part of the site).

I've been doing a lot of work in Deer Park, mostly for private companies (Vopak, Enterprise Products, etc). I was surprised when we first started doing work out there about 5 years ago that the "San Jacinto site" (as those at Vopak referred to it) was the same thing as the famous battleground site in Texas history. It's now smack dab in the middle of a ton of industrial terminals, the Port of Houston facilities, etc.


As for historical sites: There are lots of historical sites to see in San Antonio. The Alamo, missions, Spanish Governor's Palace, San Fernando Cathedral, museums, etc. Each of those sites was pretty much yearly field trip locations for us in elementary school back then. They're all free and easy to access for the kids.

 

[Fijimn]

My first law job was in Pasadena off Hwy 225, I know the area very well. I was also surprised that there wasn't more to the Battlefield. Sherwood Cryer had a ice house on the feeder rode for 225 next to the Garlock facility. He's the one that opened up Gilley's with Mickey Gilley. Used to roll up there on Friday's for entertainment. I'm sure it is shut down now. Deer Park is a nice place.

 

[timbo37059]

Growing up in San Antonio and constantly being beaten over the head with the Alamo, the Missions, and a plethora of historical sites around the city and area, I took all that for granted.

Kinda funny looking back now, as I'm working on a project with Texas parks and recreation at the San Jacinto Battleground Site State Park to fill in some wetland areas to create expanded park land. One of the PM's started giving me background on the Battle Ground site, and I stopped him to explain I was from Texas and had many years of history on the site as a kid. As a Texan and Mexican-American, well versed in the history in that area.

I did take my wife to the Alamo the first time she visited Texas about 5 years ago. The surrounding area looks quite different now than it did when I used to take field trips there as a kid. Ditto with the San Antonio Missions.

My fiancee and I moved to SA a year ago. I haven't been to the missions or the battlefield. I do enjoy history any other places in the area that are worth visiting? TIA

 

[goldmom]

I'd like to go see those mountains that are 20 miles from Goliad. It was filmed in Durango, Mexico.

I watched it the first night, but the accuracy is such a joke. Goliad is flatter than a pancake! The young woman is a fictional character by the actress's own admission during an interview.
Brendan Frasier is a Native American, eh?

The Comanches didn't really wander that far south, and were not really into creating elaborate buffalo head dresses.

I taught enough Texas history to just shake my head. (It is mandatory for seventh graders in Texas to take an entire year of Texas history).

 

[dmm5157]

My fiancee and I moved to SA a year ago. I haven't been to the missions or the battlefield. I do enjoy history any other places in the area that are worth visiting? TIA

Start with the sites downtown, most notably the Alamo. Most of the main sites are easily walkable between each other downtown. Just pick a "cool" morning, which may not necessarily be possible again this year until the fall. If you're in decent shape and don't mind the warm weather, it won't be an issue any time of year.

Quick Google search brings up Frommer's walking tour here. Not all the spots are really that necessary, but I'd certainly be sure to hit Alamo, Menger Hotel (next door to Alamo) , Spanish Governor's Palace, and the spots along the Riverwalk.

http://www.frommers.com/destinations/san-antonio/675255#sthash.QcrzNpml.dpbs

Then you can tour the Missions, but they will require driving. It's probably been 20 years since I've been to any of them, but back then the spots around some of the Missions is shady in the less than desirable side of town. There are free guided tours at each site, but the buildings are mostly just open air structures that allow visitors to walk them solo.

Besides that, there are many museums all over town, with most of the older ones being in and around downtown.

 

[TexSkills]

The Comanches didn't really wander that far south, and were not really into creating elaborate buffalo head dresses.

Actually, the edge of Comanche territory was Central Texas so it is possible but not likely. Bidai and Karankawas were more prevalent around the areas of Goliad, Victoria and Gonzales. Tonkawas were found around San Jacinto.

The landscapes they used to film this series don't jive with what that area actually looks like.