Walker County Namesake History Collection
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one large caricature drawing of the exchanging of namesakes statues for Walker County, Texas. Also included is the newspaper article said drawing featured in, 'The County That Changed Heroes in the Middle of History'.
Dates
- Creation: 1974
Conditions Governing Use
The materials represented in this finding aid have been made available for research, teaching and private use. For these purposes, you may reproduce (print, make photocopies, or download) these items without prior permission on the condition that you provide proper attribution of the source in all copies. Please contact the Newton Gresham Library's Special Collections and University Archives department to request permissions to reproduce materials for any other purpose, or to obtain information regarding the copyright status of a particular digital image, text, audio or video recording.
Biographical / Historical
Walker County, Texas underwent a change to it's namesake after the original honoree, Mississippi Senator Robert John Walker, angered the people of Walker County by aligning with President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. Therefore, Walker County chose a new man, Captain Samuel Walker, to bestow the honor of namesake for the County. Samuel Walker served as a Captain during the Mexican American War and fell while fighting in Mexico. He worked with renowned Gunsmith, Samuel Colt, on a new gun for Texas Rangers. Out of his and Colt's designs came the Walker Revolver.
Extent
1 file (Housed in the Single Item Collections Drawer 1)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by material type in one oversize folder, housed in the Oversized Single Item Collections Drawer 1
- Title
- Walker County Namesake History Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- M. Clements
- Date
- 11/2024
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Thomason Special Collections & SHSU University Archives Repository