The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 47, July 1943 - April, 1944 Page: 231
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A Comprehensive History of Refugio County, Texas
By HOBART HUSON
To be published about January 1, 1944.
The Author: An attorney of 28 years standing, who has practiced at
Refugio for past 14 years, during which he has taken statements of old-
time citizens, including memoirs of the late Philip Power, (last surviving
son of the empresario) and Judge William L. Rea. Each Memoir contains
over 200 pages MS. He has built up at "Dawgwood" probably the finest
collection of Refugiana extant.
Territory: The history initially covers the area of original Refugio
County, which was coextensive with the Power and Hewetson Colony, and
comprised the ten littoral leagues between the Nueces and Guadalupe-
Coleto, together with off-shore islands, including St. Joseph's and Mus-
tang. The history is restricted as the basic territory is reduced by creation
of Bee, Aransas, (present) San Patricio counties, and boundary adjust-
ments w;th Victoria, Calhoun and Goliad counties.
Coverage: The history covers the period from the aborigines to the
present Global War. It is planned as a county history, but its legitimate
ramifications are such as to make it almost a sectional history of this part
of the state. It contains much pertaining to Aransas, Bee, Goliad, Victoria,
Calhoun, San Patricio and Nueces counties, and is an indispensable
source book for those counties. Where topics have been developed by
general histories the background of local events is lightly touched upon,
while cases such as the Tamaulepetecan influence, Dimmitt's Garrison,
Fannin's Command, Federalist Wars, Border Wars, Hobby's Regiment,
Ford's Regiment, etc., which have not been thoroughly treated elsewhere,
are exhaustively covered. Family histories have been eiminated and
biographies reduced to nil. Refugio County has been cosmopolitan in its
aspects and it is surprising how many men of prominence elsewhere have
been its citizens. The history therefore savors of the cosmopolitan and
ought to be of general as well as local interest.
Mechanical: The manuscript will run over 2,000 finely handwritten
pages, of which over 1500 had been completed on August 24. This does
not include index, bibliography, etc. About 1500 printed pages will be
required to carry the text, which is painstakingly documented, there being
about 5,000 reference foot-notes. The binding will be durable. The
author expects to elaborately index the work, but reserves the right to
curtail the index, bibliography, and appendices, if cost of publication of
text exceeds the estimated cost.
Price: $15.00 the copy, plus C.O.D. charges. If payment is made in
advance of publication, price delivered will be net.
HOBART HUSON
Refugio, Texas.LIMITED EDITION
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 47, July 1943 - April, 1944, periodical, 1944; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth146054/m1/231/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.