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TOPICS AND WINNERS OF THE TEXAS HISTORY ESSAY CONTEST 1974-1996
1996"Cherokee Indians and the Republic of Texas"
  • Carrie Ritter, Corpus Christi, $3000 scholarship
  • Heather Hardy, Houston, $2000 scholarship
  • Mary Ann Johnson, Gilmer, $1000 scholarship
1995"Santa Anna's 1836 Campaign and the 'Runaway Scrape' "
  • Mark Tarpley, Commerce High School, Commerce
  • Jacqueline Miller, Brock High School, Weatherford
  • Dylan Schafer, Waco High School, Waco
1994"Remember Goliad! The Battle of Coleto and the Goliad Massacre"
  • Kathleen E. McCloskey, Bastrop
  • Jeff Tan, Houston
  • Frank Chamberlain, Gordon
1993"The Annexation of Texas to the U.S.A."
  • Cynthia R. Barta, Houston
  • Marnie Leonard, Houston
  • Jason Luong, Houston
1992"The Mier Expedition"
  • Rebecca Schoff, San Antonio
  • Laura Bussa, Houston
  • Dwayne Polk, Bellmead
1991"The Defense of the Alamo: Events Leading up to the Conflict, the Causes of the Conflict, and Heroic Defense Itself, and the Results"
  • Christopher G. Turner, Dallas
  • Julie Nelson, Houston
  • Ted J. Tarpley, Commerce
1990"Sam Houston After the Texas Revolution and During the Republic of Texas, 1836-1846:An Evaluation"
  • Tom Shugart, Houston
1989 "The Siege of Bexar and Its Effects on Texas"
  • Rachel J. Hays, Bellaire
  • Jean Twenge, Irving
  • Stephanie Hamilton, Houston
1988 "The Texas Constitutional Convention of 1836 and Its Members"
  • Lisa Klenk, Madison
  • Lori Smithson, Trenton
  • Toan Tran, Palacios
1987 "Mirabeau B. Lamar and His Place in History"
  • Robin M. Warren, Madisonville
  • J. Hoyt Meyer, Richardson
  • Lindabeth Wiley, Austin
1986 "The Battle of San Jacinto and Its Effect on Texas and United States History"
  • Minica Miksch, San Antonio
  • Catherine Schoenfeld, Lumberton
  • David Tritico, Jr., Houston
1985 "The Empresarios of Texas"
  • Stacy K. Perry, Garland
  • Tabitha Maxey, Diboll
  • Beth Harris, Petty
1984 "The Indian Tribes of Texas"
  • Michelle Wetzel, Liberty Hill
  • Lisa VanBreedham, The Woodlands
  • Beth Blair, Lumberton
  • Linda J. Moulton, Vidor
1983 "The Goliad Massacre"
  • Jeannine Stahl, Katy
  • Diedre K. Baxter, Houston
  • Brad Brock, Madisonville
1982 "Sam Houston, His Service Leading to and During the Texas Revolution"
  • Beth Dewees, Katy
  • Mandy McKeever, Stamford
  • Jill Ward, Diboll
1981 "The Texas Navy, with Emphasis on its Role in Winning and Maintaining the Independence of Texas"
  • Gary Rose, College Station
  • Tina Burke, Wharton
  • Marilyn Clair Ford, Victoria
1980 "Stephen F. Austin's Role in the Development of Texas"
  • Micheal R. Moore, Seguin
  • Lisa Garner, Odessa
  • Debora Kay Hill, Cameron
1979 "The Battle of San Jacinto: Events Leading up to the Conflict, the Causes of the Conflict, and Heroic Battle Itself, and the Results"
  • Natha Wetzel, Liberty Hill
  • Marlisa Crow, Midland
  • Linda Hicks, Devine
1978 "The Defense of the Alamo: Events Leading up to the Conflict, the Causes of the Conflict, and Heroic Defense Itself, and the Results"
  • Merry Lynn Byrd, Kerrville
  • Price Ainsworth, Lubbock
  • Karen Huth, San Antonio
1977 "Texas Declaration of Independance, Signed at Washington-on-the-Brazos March 2, 1836"
  • Ruth Graves, Katy
  • Robert W. Michaels, Wichita Falls
  • Micheal Lawler, San Antonio
1976 "A Comparison of the Causes and Effects of the American and Texas Revolutions"
  • Karly Robins Boyd, Houston
  • David Plaisance, Pasadena
  • Mark Sibley, Katy
1975 "Purposes and Results of the Santa Fe Expedition of the 1840's When President Mirabeau B. Lamar's Expansionist Philosophy Led Texans to Attempt to Establish Political and Military Authority over Claimed Territory and to Direct Trade to Texas"
  • Chris Cocek, Houston
  • Gary Landers, Hereford
  • Caroline Freeman, Houston
1974 "Help Given by Citizens of Cincinnati, Ohio, Who Sent the Twin Sisters and Assisted Colonel Sidney Sherman to Recruit 50 Volunteers from the Newport, Kentucky, and Cincinnati, Ohio, Area"
  • Mary Jane Ricks, Burton
  • Andrew McGown, San Antonio
  • Karen Boudreaux, Houston

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