Freedom Colonies

Freedom Colonies

There was a wonderful story in Austin American Statesman on Sunday about a Bastrop County Historical Museum project to document the freedom colonies in the Bastrop area. The Bastrop County Historical Museum is looking for oral history and documents and artifacts.  https://epaper.statesman.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=84fa79db-7a42-4bd9-bd22-386977d3dbe4&pbid=0bd3b62f-2574-4676-88da-58d1361460ab&utm_source=app.pagesuite&utm_medium=app-interaction&utm_campaign=pagesuite-epaper-html5_share-article Ten of the Bastrop County freedom colonies have been already been recorded by Andrea Roberts, Texas A&M professor […]

A Texas Tale of the Three Duval Brothers

A Texas Tale of the Three Duval Brothers

Texas Capitol circa 1870 In both Texas and Florida, the Duval name is scattered through  place names and history. Duval County in South Texas is named after Burr Duval.  Duval County in East Florida is named after his father, William Pope Duval.  There is a bit of controversy about the origin of the naming of Duval Road in Austin. Burr […]