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Michael Phillips is an American historian specializing in the history of Texas, racism in the United States, right-wing extremism, and apocalyptic religion in the United States. [1] He became involved in a free speech controversy surrounding his employer Collin College in 2022, after he alleged that the school had fired him because of his ...
A Brief History of the East Texas Oil Field (East Texas Oil Museum) Oil and Texas: A Cultural History (Texas Almanac) Oil Boom (The Depot Museum, Henderson) Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum; Texas Energy Museum, Beaumont "Santa Rita No. 1 – Big Lake ~ Marker Number: 4587". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. Texas Historical Commission. 1965.
Michael Garibaldi Hall (born January 8, 1926) is an American educator, historian and academic. He is associated with University of Texas' Department of History as Professor Emeritus. [1] Hall's principal research focused on early American History, mainly the seventeenth century. He has also worked on Puritan New England and World History. [2]
White Metropolis: Race, Ethnicity, and Religion in Dallas, 1841–2001 is a 2006 book by Michael Phillips, published by the University of Texas Press. It discusses race relations in Dallas, Texas, from the city's founding until the time of publication.
The first European to see Texas was Alonso Álvarez de Pineda, who led an expedition for the governor of Jamaica, Francisco de Garay, in 1520.While searching for a passage between the Gulf of Mexico and Asia, [17] Álvarez de Pineda created the first map of the northern Gulf Coast. [18]
Michael the Syrian (Arabic: ميخائيل السرياني, romanized: Mīkhaʾēl el Sūryani:),(Classical Syriac: ܡܺܝܟ݂ܳܐܝܶܠ ܣܽܘܪܝܳܝܳܐ, romanized: Mīkhoʾēl Sūryoyo), died AD 1199, also known as Michael the Great (Syriac: ܡܺܝܟ݂ܳܐܝܶܠ ܪܰܒ݁ܳܐ, romanized: Mīkhoʾēl Rabo) or Michael Syrus or Michael the Elder, to distinguish him from his nephew, [1] was a ...
Michael Late Benedum (July 16, 1869 – July 30, 1959) was a wealthy businessman from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who made his fortune in the oil and natural gas industry in the early 20th century. Benedum accumulated immense wealth and became one of the richest men in America.
The first US president to visit Austin, William McKinley pictured here with Texas governor Joseph D. Sayers, did so to great fanfare [41] Between 1880 and 1920 Austin's population grew threefold to 34,876, but the city slipped from fourth largest in the state to tenth largest.