Shown here is "Austin's Last
Journey" (24" by 36") This painting depicts the moment near noon on
December 29th, 1836 when the body of "The Father of Texas" was loaded on the
historic steamboat Yellow Stone at present-day East Columbia for a trip to the
Austin family's cemetery at Cedar Point, just a few miles down the Brazos
River. Nine years later on this date- nearly to the hour- the Texas
national flag (The first version of which, designed by Lorenzo De Zavala, is
shown here on the ninth day of its official existence) would be lowered to be
replaced by the American flag in ceremonies recognizing Texas' admittance to the
Union. This somber moment represents a fitting swan song for the Yellow Stone.
The most historically significant steam vessel since Fulton's Cleremont, the
Yellow Stone seems to disappear from the public record shortly after this date.
The Heroes of the Alamo Write their Wills. |
March 31 -April 1, 1836- The Runaway Scrape: Loading the
Yellow Stone at Groce's Plantation. This work and a panoramic painting
depicting the last moments of the defenders of the Alamo in San Antonio
(March 6, 1836)can be seen (beginning in January) at the Taste of Texas
Restaurant on the Katy Freeway in Houston, Texas. |
| March 12, 1836-Counting the Troops near Peach Creek.
This work can be seen at the Sam Houston Memorial Museum in Huntsville,
Texas. In the distance one can see the smoke rising from the burning of
the town of Gonzales, from which Houston, the army of the fledgeling
republic and the town's population had fled the evening before. The mad
flight which would later be named "The Runaway Scrape" had begun on
hearing from Suzanna Dickinson of the fall of the Alamo- and with it the
deaths of some forty citizens of Gonzales. Here, in a feat of P.R. only he could pull off Houston seeks to raise the spirits of the people by counting the size of his army. He announced the presence of 800 "able-bodied" men, and then claimed to be ready to "...whip ten to one of the enemy!" |
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The Lon Morris College
Millennium Mural
As the father of four school-aged children I am very concerned
with educational issues. Many of my projects have been directed at schools and
intended for educational purposes. A good example of this is the Scott E. Johnson Memorial
Mural at Scott Johnson Elementary School in Huntsville, Texas. This mural
tells the story of a man who didn't have the chance to go to school at all until
he was twelve, only to make his way all the way to a graduate degree in
Education from the finest black college in America. He then used that
education to educate blacks in Walker County, TX. Click on the image for an
explanation of the mural.
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