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  • Who Was Lottie H. Hargrove?

    Who Was Lottie H. Hargrove?
    Jun 30 2025
    Who was Lottie H. Hargrove, the author of Texas History in Rhyme? There's not a lot of information but I was able to dig up some interesting material. Be sure to check out Texas History Lessons on Substack as well. Visit the ⁠Texas History Lessons Substack ⁠and help support the show. ⁠If you are enjoying Texas History Lessons, consider buying me a cup of coffee by clicking here!⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Help make Texas History Lessons by supporting it on Patreon⁠⁠. And a special thanks to everyone that already does. Website: ⁠⁠texashistorylessons.com⁠⁠ email: ⁠⁠texashistorylessons@gmail.com⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    16 min
  • Lottie H. Hargrove's Era of Discovery and Missions

    Lottie H. Hargrove's Era of Discovery and Missions
    Jun 23 2025
    This episode shares the first section of Lottie H. Hargrove's 1910 book, Texas History in Rhyme. Visit and subscribe to the ⁠Texas History Lessons Substack ⁠. You can follow along with the text, get bonus content and help support the show. ⁠If you are enjoying Texas History Lessons, consider buying me a cup of coffee by clicking here!⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Help make Texas History Lessons by supporting it on Patreon⁠⁠. And a special thanks to everyone that already does. Website: ⁠⁠texashistorylessons.com⁠⁠ email: ⁠⁠texashistorylessons@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    20 min
  • The Road To Ruin: The Music of the American Cowboy

    The Road To Ruin: The Music of the American Cowboy
    Jun 16 2025
    This episode continues an exploration into the myth and music of the cowboy, specifically focusing on the work of John A. Lomax and J. Frank Dobie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    40 min
  • Cowboy Life in West Texas by John A. Lomax

    Cowboy Life in West Texas by John A. Lomax
    Jun 8 2025
    One of the people that inspired J. Frank Dobie to devote his career to writing about Texas and preserving the stories and folk ways of the Southwest was John Avery Lomax. Lomax lived from 1867 to 1948 and during those years he did a considerable amount of work to preserve and record American folk music, especially the folk music of the cowboys. He was born in Mississippi but came to Texas in 1869 in a covered wagon. His family settled on a farm near Meridian and he spent many of his formative years growing up near the Chisholm Trail and witnessed the trail drives passing by firsthand. Lomax was also instrumental, along with another of Dobie’s mentors, Leonidas Warren Payne, in creating the Texas Folklore Society in 1909, and three of Lomax’s children also went on to preserving American folk songs. He published several books on folklore, including Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads in 1910 and Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp in 1919. He published his autobiographical Adventures of a Ballad Hunter in 1947, not long before his death in 1948. This episode shares some information from a presentation Lomax gave at a folklore society meeting in San Marcos. In it he shares some knowledge on the Texas cowboy’s speech and mode of living. You might think that you know everything about cowboy culture but I’d bet there’s something in it that will surprise you. I’ve edited it slightly to make it more readable in print form and a little bit more polite in a couple of places. Visit the Texas History Lessons Substack and help support the show. If you are enjoying Texas History Lessons, consider buying me a cup of coffee by clicking here!⁠ ⁠Help make Texas History Lessons by supporting it on Patreon⁠. And a special thanks to everyone that already does. Website: ⁠texashistorylessons.com⁠ email: ⁠texashistorylessons@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    26 min
  • A Texan's Guide to Life -- J. Frank Dobie

    A Texan's Guide to Life -- J. Frank Dobie
    Mar 9 2025
    This episode evaluates the life and work of J. Frank Dobie and I pick a fight with Larry McMurtry. If you are enjoying Texas History Lessons, consider buying me a cup of coffee by clicking here! Help make Texas History Lessons by supporting it on Patreon. And a special thanks to everyone that already does. Website: texashistorylessons.com email: texashistorylessons@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    56 min
  • Bride Neill Taylor's Beginnings of the Texas State Historical Association complete

    Bride Neill Taylor's Beginnings of the Texas State Historical Association complete
    Mar 6 2025
    This episode shares a little bit more about the remarkable Bride Neill Taylor and presents her memories on the establishment of the TSHA in its entirety. If you are enjoying Texas History Lessons, consider buying me a cup of coffee by clicking here! Help make Texas History Lessons by supporting it on Patreon. And a special thanks to everyone that already does. Website: texashistorylessons.com email: texashistorylessons@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    51 min
  • Bride Neill Taylor and the Foundation of the Texas State Historical Association Part 2

    Bride Neill Taylor and the Foundation of the Texas State Historical Association Part 2
    Feb 20 2025
    This episode concludes Bride Neill Taylor's historical sketch on the Texas State Historical Association. If you are enjoying Texas History Lessons, consider buying me a cup of coffee by clicking here! Help make Texas History Lessons by supporting it on Patreon. And a special thanks to everyone that already does. Website: texashistorylessons.com email: texashistorylessons@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    39 min
  • Bride Neill Taylor and the Foundation of the Texas State Historical Association

    Bride Neill Taylor and the Foundation of the Texas State Historical Association
    Feb 12 2025
    This episode considers the significance of the establishment of the Texas Historical Association with the first hand account of Bride Neill Taylor, one of its pioneer members. If you are enjoying Texas History Lessons, consider buying me a cup of coffee by clicking here! Help make Texas History Lessons by supporting it on Patreon. And a special thanks to everyone that already does. Website: texashistorylessons.com email: texashistorylessons@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    42 min