The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 61, July 1957 - April, 1958 Page: 539
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Texas Collection
A splendid piece of Texana is in the October, 1957, Bulletin
of the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio. This is Gene
North's "The Tafts Went to Texas," an account of the remark-
able principles and practices of diversified farming and ranching
introduced into the coastal area of Texas around Corpus Christi
by Charles P. 'Taft. Charles P. Taft was from Cincinnati, Ohio,
and a half-brother of President William H. 'Taft, who visited
Charles P. at La Quinta, Taft Ranch headquarters, in 19o9.
Charles P. 'Taft and associates were founders of the towns of
Sinton, Taft, and Portland. These were men of vision and what
they began to do for their area around the turn of the century
still bears fruit today in the Coastal Bend section of the state.
Miss North, the author, is a Junior Historian Sponsor in Cor-
pus Christi and a splendid local historian in her own right.
The South Texas Historical Association has issued as its first
historical publication a pamphlet entitled Joachin de Orobio y
Bazterra and the Exploration of the Gulf Coast which is ably
edited, with introduction and notes, by Carlos E. Castafieda. This
is Vol. I, No. 1, and the promise of other fine contributions to
follow.
The winter number of the Georgia Historical Quarterly car-
ried an article by Ben H. Proctor on "John H. Reagan and the
Confederate Post Office Department." Proctor is now a member
of the history department of Texas Christian University. The
subject of his doctoral dissertation assignment at Harvard Uni-
versity is John H. Reagan.
The Second International Congress of Historians of the United
States and Mexico will be held on November 4-6, at the Univer-
sity of Texas, Austin, Texas. This Congress will be a part of the
celebration of the 75th Year of the University of Texas. Its spon-
sors in the United States are the University of Texas, the Amer-
ican Historical Association, and the Texas State Historical Asso-
ciation; the Mexican sponsors are the University of Mexico, the
Institute of Anthropology and History, and the Academy of His-
torical Sciences of Monterrey. Distinguished scholars from Argen-
tina, Brazil, Spain, France, Britain, and the British Common-539
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 61, July 1957 - April, 1958, periodical, 1958; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101164/m1/647/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.