The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 44, July 1940 - April, 1941 Page: 257
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Texas Collection
to all who are concerned with Houston's past history and its
evident great future. The author considers the Ship Channel
as both a cause and a result of the rapid growth of the city
from a "tent town" on Buffalo Bayou to its present rank.
Buffalo Bayou traffic brought Houston its first prominence
as a trading and shipping center in the early days of the Re-
public. Agitation to make the stream more navigable covered
the period from 1840 to 1870. In 1910 the "Houston Plan"
was adopted which proposed to match dollars with the govern-
ment in order to bring twenty-five feet of water to the city.
The indefatigable industry of the author has resulted in a
splendid piece of historical writing. If the thesis, with its
abundance of references to sources, should be published, it
would be of considerable interest to Houstonians and of value
to those who are curious about this inland port. Mr. Weinberger
teaches in the Houston schools.
Lawrence R. Sharp has written the history of Panola County,
once the home of the Caddo and Hasinai Indians. There deep
in East Texas Spanish missionaries and French traders clashed
and dominated the peaceful natives for a century. During the
first two decades of the nineteenth century filibustering Ameri-
cans over-ran the region, harried the Indians out of the country,
and left the land a waste. It was a part of the Neutral Ground
and the home of the Regulators and Moderators who rode the
wooded bypaths and took law enforcement into their own hands.
This work is of particular interest because of the author's skill
in portraying the social life of the people. Mr. Sharp's story
closes in 1860.
The Texas Collection of books in the University library is
always under great pressure from students, and especially is this
true in the summer session. During the month of June, the
Texas Collection had a circulation of 9,000 volumes.
The first publication in a series entitled Contributions from
the McDonald Observatory includes a "Biography of William
Johnson McDonald." The life of this quiet citizen of Lamar257
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 44, July 1940 - April, 1941, periodical, 1941; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth146052/m1/280/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.