The Green Mountain Boys Size:Heroic Size (63 by 42 inches)

The Green Mountain Boys Size:Heroic Size (63 by 42 inches)Local militias were a popular and common form of community defense in the sparsely populated English colonies on America's eastern seaboard. They were especially important along the edges of the frontier. Most able bodied men from a wide range of ages answered the call to serve their community and then returned to the civilian pastimes as soon as the crisis was resolved. Perhaps one of the most memorable militias formed in the years before the

and were ready and willing to fight for it

which began operation in September of 1858 with an annual subsidy of one million dollars from the federal government

emblazoned with the cap and staff as well as the sword of Justice

They were especially important along the edges of the frontier

the Texas Legislature appropriated 3

By 1907 a second jetty had been installed

You can also find the historic reproduction in the Historic Texas Map Print section of our website

The Fort Worth & Rio Grande Railway was chartered in 1885 in order to construct a line between Forth Worth and Brownwood

was commissioned along with William Wharton and Branch Archer

Mining was the county's leading industry until the mid 20th century

Orozimbo (this was a large sugar cane plantation in Brazoria County) and Tenoxtillan

rivers and Spanish presidios