PLAY PODCASTS
Wise About Texas Episode 002- The 1948 Senate Election

Wise About Texas Episode 002- The 1948 Senate Election

In this episode, we celebrate the rough and tumble world of Texas politics by examining the 1948 Senate election. This election had strange events, Texas Rangers, guns and lawsuits! Download this episode to learn how a small precinct in a small South Texas county changed the course of U.S. history! George B. Parr Gov. Coke Stevenson (holding cigar) at the hearing in Alice. The infamous Box 13  

Wise About Texas

November 2, 201520m 8s

Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (media.blubrry.com) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.

Show Notes

In this episode, we celebrate the rough and tumble world of Texas politics by examining the 1948 Senate election.  This election had strange events, Texas Rangers, guns and lawsuits!  Download this episode to learn how a small precinct in a small South Texas county changed the course of U.S. history!

George B. Parr

George B. Parr

Gov. Coke Stevenson (holding cigar) at the hearing in Alice.

Gov. Coke Stevenson (holding cigar) at the hearing in Alice.

The infamous Box 13

The infamous Box 13

 

Topics

Texashistorytexancowboysanjacintotexashistorytexasculturetexans