The yesteryear of Gonzales County conjures images of the deep scramble of life in southcentral Texas. Pioneering men and women established footholds for themselves in the sepia tones of wagon wheels, cattle drives, courthouses, and land deeds. Early Gonzales County was a world full of laughter and light, danger and disease, all amidst the spectacles of building the home, running the farm, and establishing schoolhouses and community churches. And still, what happens when the lens is focused on the black-American and those colonies that knit themselves into the fabric of this pioneer tapestry? Perhaps by examining the people that history books often leave out, a clearer picture can emerge relative to the way it really was...
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