Then began the horrors of the “Runaway Scrape." Dilue Rose Harris When news of the Alamo’s fall reached the towns and farms east of San Antonio fear settled over the land. When news of the massacre at Goliad reached those same towns and farms panic settled in the hearts of Texans. The estimated 25,000 Anglos—Texians, as they called themselves—set out in a mass exodus eastward, in what became known as the
Gosh those people were tough! 🙌 What an amazing account!
Poor girl must have been traumatised after such an ordeal. Glad to hear she lived to a good age. By strange coincidence I was watching the author John Le May on the "Chasing Billy" YouTube channel today, discussing J. Frank Dobie. Thank you for sharing this wonderful history! 🤠
Thank you so much, Misty. Those folks back then were born from horn and hide. That’s the stock we came from.
I’ve not heard of the “Chasing Billy” YouTube channel. I’ll have chase that down. 😉 Thanks for mentioning it. Dobie was a Texas treasure.
I’m so grateful to have you had a reader. Blessings.
Gosh those people were tough! 🙌 What an amazing account!
Poor girl must have been traumatised after such an ordeal. Glad to hear she lived to a good age. By strange coincidence I was watching the author John Le May on the "Chasing Billy" YouTube channel today, discussing J. Frank Dobie. Thank you for sharing this wonderful history! 🤠