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The paperback edition of my research, Brimstone and Butchery: The Parker Family’s Pilgrimage to Texas, is now available. There’s information in the book you won’t find published anywhere else, and I truly hope it exceeds your expectations.
Here’s the link:
amazon.com/Brimstone-Butcher…
Drawing from family records, religious writings, and historical sources, the opening chapters trace our Parker family’s origins in Virginia and their migration across the early American frontier through Georgia, Tennessee, and Illinois. These chapters examine the religious convictions that shaped the family, with particular attention to the influence of Elder John Parker and the controversial theology of his son, Daniel, while placing their experiences within the broader expansion of American settlement. Subsequent chapters follow the Parkers into Mexican Texas and the turbulent years surrounding the Texas Revolution, culminating in the Comanche attack on Fort Parker in 1836. Particular attention is given to the captivity of Rachael Parker Plummer and the struggles of her father, James Parker, as he sought to reconcile the family's profound misfortunes. The final chapters explore the Parkers' long aftermath and the family's enduring legacy in Texas.
I greatly appreciate your consideration in reading and sharing my research. God Bless Texas!
On this day in 1835, Texans and Mexicans skirmished near San Antonio at the Battle of Concepción, the opening engagement in the siege of Bexar. Some ninety Texans under the command of James Bowie and James W. Fannin, Jr., defeated a force of 275 Mexican soldiers and two cannons. Mexican losses included fourteen killed and thirty-nine wounded, some of whom died later. Texas losses included one killed and one wounded.
Portrait: James W. Fannin, Jr. (1804-1836)
Source : @TxStHistAssoc
The Texas State Board of Education’s revised social studies standards, published on October 23, reference Fort Parker, Cynthia Ann Parker, and Quanah Parker (see below). The rules become effective July 1, 2027, with eighth-grade classroom implementation beginning in the 2032–2033 school year.
To all Texas educators, instructional coordinators, and curriculum specialists, if you require resources explaining the Parker family’s place in Texas history, I’m here to assist. My research, “Brimstone and Butchery: The Parker Family’s Pilgrimage to Texas,” draws extensively on primary sources to provide a detailed account of the Parkers. It also examines related events, including the Council House Fight, the Battle of Neches, and the Battle of Plum Creek. Please contact me if you are interested in arranging a school visit or presentation, or need help finding reliable sources. Feel free to share this to the educators in your life.
The published standards read, in part:
“[The] Texas Revolution and the Republic … the student is expected to … identify that conflicts between Texans and American Indian groups, including Fort Parker with Cynthia Ann Parker, the Council House Fight with Matilda Lockhart, the Battle of Neches with Chief Bowles, and Plum Creek with John "Jack" Hays, contributed to concerns that Texans could not live safely with American Indians.”
Pic: Back cover of “Brimstone and Butchery.”
@TXSBOE @teainfo
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FYI: The “Texas Monthly Presents” episode with some of our Parker descendants and a few of my SRT brothers will be airing on various Texas PBS stations:
Waco PBS: today at 6pm
Austin PBS: today at 6pm
Dallas PBS: today at 11:29am and 10/24 at 6:30pm
Houston PBS: today at 6:30pm; 10/19 at 10.45am; 10/22 at 5pm; and 10/23 at 11:30pm
Midland/Odessa PBS: today at 6:30pm and 10/22 at 8pm
San Antonio PBS: today at 4:30pm
Amarillo PBS: today at 6:30pm and 10/22 at 8pm
College Station PBS: today at 6pm and 10/22 at 8pm
Lubbock PBS: today at 6:30pm and 10/22 at 8pm
El Paso PBS: 10/22 at 8pm
Corpus Christi PBS: today at 6:30pm
