Legends & Lore of the Texas Capitol
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“Statement of the Late Vernal Ray Ramsey on Death of Ed Wheeler.” Typescript, n.d.
“Trip to Austin Dedication of the State Capitol.” Photocopy from handwritten diary, author unknown. Author’s collection.
Theses
Greer, Joubert Lee. “The Building of the Texas State Capitol, 1882–1888.” Master’s thesis, University of Texas, 1932.
Jones, Diane Susan. “The Preservation of the Texas Capitol.” Master’s thesis, University of Texas, 1980.
Mabry, Robert Smith. “Capitol Context: A History of the Texas Capitol Complex.” Master’s thesis, University of Texas, 1990.
Miller, Mick. “Cattle Capitol: Misrepresented Environments, Nineteenth Century Symbols of Power, and the Construction of the Texas State House, 1879–1888.” Master’s thesis, University of North Texas, 2010.
Books
Austin and Its Architecture. Austin: Austin Chapter American Institute of Architects/Women’s Architectural League, 1976.
Baker, T. Lindsay. Building the Lone Star: An Illustrated Guide to Historic Sites. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1986.
Barkley, Mary Starr. History of Travis County and Austin, 1839–1899. Waco, TX: Texian Press, 1963.
Casad, Dede Weldon. Farwell’s Folly: The Rise and Fall of the XIT Ranch in Texas. Dallas, TX: privately published, 2012.
Cates, Ivan. The XIT Ranch: A Texas Legacy. Channing, TX: Hafabanna Press, 2008.
Connor, Seymour, James M. Day, Billy Mac Jones, Dayton Kelley, W.C. Nunn, Ben Proctor and Dorman H. Winfrey. Capitols of Texas. Waco, TX: Texian Press, 1970.
Cox, Patrick, and Michael Phillips. The House Will Come to Order: How the Texas Speaker Became a Power in State and National Politics. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2010.
Duke, Cordia Sloan, and Joe B. Frantz. 6,000 Miles of Fence: Life on the XIT Ranch of Texas. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1961.
Fowler, Mike, and Jack Maguire. The Capitol Story, Statehouse in Texas. Austin: Eakin Press, 1988.
Franke, Gertrude. The Inheritance. Austin: Nortex Press, 1987.
Goar, Marjory. Marble Dust, the Life of Elisabet Ney: An Interpretation. Austin: Eakin Press, 1984.
Gould, Lewis L. Alexander Watkins Terrell: Civil War Soldier, Texas Lawmaker, American Diplomat. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2004.
Haley, J. Evetts. The XIT Ranch of Texas and the Early Days of the Llano Estacado. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1953.
Harris, August Watkins. Minor and Major Mansions & Their Companions in Early Austin, A Supplement: Buildings of the Seat of Government 1840–1861. Austin: privately published, 1959.
Kerr, Jeffrey Stuart. Seat of Empire: The Embattled Birth of Austin, Texas. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 2013.
Landa, Harry. As I Remember… San Antonio, TX: Carleton Printing Company, 1945.
Miller, Thomas Lloyd. The Public Lands of Texas, 1519–1970. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1972.
Morehead, Richard. Richard Morehead’s Texas. Austin: Eakin Press, 1982.
Nordyke, Lewis. Cattle Empire: The Fabulous Story of the 3,000,000 Acre XIT. New York: William Morrow & Company, 1949.
Rathjen, Frederick W., Ruth Alice Allen, Robert C. Cotner and F.T. Fields, eds. The Texas State Capitol. New York: Pemberton Press, 1968.
The Texas State Capitol: Selected Essays from the Southwestern Historical Quarterly. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1995.
Ward, Mike. The Capitol of Texas: A Legend Is Reborn. Atlanta, GA: Longstreet Press, 1995.
Williamson, Roxanne Kuter. Austin, Texas: An Architectural History. San Antonio: Trinity University Press, 1973.
Zeller-Plumer, Jeanine Marie. Haunted Austin. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2010.
Monographs
Andrus, M. Walter. “Behind This Cornerstone: The Story of the Texas Capitol.” Austin: Chapman Printing Company, 1956.
Bateman, Audray, and Katherine Hart. Waterloo Scrapbook: 1972–1976. Austin: Friends of the Austin Public Library, 1976.
Quinan, George. “Address Delivered by Honorable George Quinan of Wharton: At the Laying of the Cornerstone of the New Capitol at Austin, Texas, March 2, 1885, the Anniversary of the Declaration of the Independence of Texas.” Galveston, TX: Clarke & Courts, 1885.
“Report of the Ceremonies of Laying the Corner Stone of the New Capitol of Texas, Austin, March 2, 1885.” Austin: Warner & Company, 1885.
“Texas Capitol Restoration Celebration April 1995.” Austin: GSD&M Advertising, 1995.
Journal Articles
Allen, Ruth Alice. “The Capitol Boycott: A Study in Peaceful Labor Tactics.” Southwestern Historical Quarterly 42, no. 4 (April 1939): 316–26.
Bowden, J.J. “Title Cloud Over the Texas Capitol.” Password 19, no. 1 (Spring 1974).
Harper, Marjory. “Emigrant Strikebreakers: Scottish Granite Cutters and the Texas Capitol Boycott.” Southwestern Historical Quarterly 95, no. 4 (April 1992): 465–87.
Roberts, O.M. “The Capitals of Texas.” Texas State Historical Association Quarterly 2, no. 2 (October 1898): 117–23.
Magazine Articles
Carefoot, Jean. “State Capitol Marks 100th Anniversary,” Texas Libraries, Winter 1987–88.
Chicago Illustrated Graphic News. November 1, 1887.
Cofer, H.E. “The Chambers’ Claim to the Capitol of Texas.” Texas Law Review 9, no. 60 (1931).
Fields, F.T. “The Texas Capitol: A Tour of the Treasures.” Humble Way 11 (January–February, 1956).
Fowler, Gene. “A Capitol Celebration.” Texas Highways (March 1995), 5–13.
Harper’s Weekly. “New Capitol of Texas.” May 12, 1888, 341–42.
Maguire, Jack. “The Texas Capitol, You Can Take It for Granite.” Texas Highways (February 1982): 2–9.
Pollard, R.M. “The Evolution of a Great State’s Capital.” Illustrated American (January 16, 1897): 108.
Potts, Robert J., Jr. “Cloud Over the Capitol Grounds.” Texas Parade (October 1963).
Steely, Jim. “A Capitol Idea.” Texas Highways (May 1998): 20–29.
Texas Libraries.“The Biggest Thing in the Biggest State.” April 1953.
Newspapers
Austin American-Statesman
Austin Daily State Gazette
Austin Southern Intelligencer
Austin Statesman
Brenham Weekly Banner
Chicago Inter Ocean
Chicago Tribune
Dalhart Texan
Dallas Daily Herald
Dallas Morning News
Fort Worth Gazette
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Galveston News
Houston Chronicle
Pampa News
San Antonio Express-News
San Antonio Light
San Marcos Free Press
Waco Examiner
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
An elected member of the Texas Institute of Letters, Mike Cox is the author of thirty nonfiction books. Over a freelance career of more than forty-five years, he also has written hundreds of articles and essays for a wide variety of national and regional publications. His bestselling work has been a two-volume, 250,000-word history of the Texas Rangers published in 2008. When not writing, he spends as much time as he can traveling, fishing, hunting and looking for new stories to tell. He lives in the Hill Country town of Wimberley, only thirty-nine miles from the historic structure he writes about in this book.
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