Trevor P. Wardlaw

Eighth Generation Texan | Quanah Parker Cousin | Numbers Guy Identifying as Wordsmith | Recovering Rugby & MMA Addict

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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:
https://t.co/QT09fV1AH9

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!

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@SaltyDGalveston God Bless Texas!

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Chasing that gorgeous Texas sunrise here in McGregor this morning! God Bless Texas!

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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
#TexasHistory #TXEd #FortParker

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Have a great Monday, friends!
Pic: Brownsville, Texas, in abt 1942 by Arthur Rothstein

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@walkntall75 Awesome!

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Have a blessed Sunday, friends.
Pic: San Jacinto Monument in abt 1951

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@IkmetzKevin Thank you for the kind words.

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Good morning, friends!
Pic: Hughes Springs, Texas, in abt 1907

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@eddienicasio Love it! Where exactly in South Texas?

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Good morning from Fort Parker (Groesbeck) and God Bless Texas!

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Good morning, friends!
Pic: Breckenridge, Texas, in abt 1921

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Have a great day, friends!
Pic: Borger, Texas, in 1926

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Have a nice afternoon, friends!
Pic: Navasota, Texas (ca. 1919)

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Have a great week, friends!
Pic: San Augustine, Texas, in abt 1939 by Russell Lee

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@Save_US_Jimmy Good question. I had to look it up! According to @TxStHistAssoc: “On December 14, 1917, the irrigation company sold 30,000 acres at ninety dollars an acre to the W. E. Stewart Land Company, from which the name Weslaco is derived.”

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Have a blessed Sunday, friends.
Pic: Weslaco, Texas, in abt 1939 by Russell Lee

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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

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Happy Saturday afternoon, friends!
Pic: Spur, Texas, in abt 1939 by Russell Lee

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An evening at Lake Waco.
God Bless Texas!

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@lostntheblind God Bless Texas!