Texas Cotton Palace 1894 Board of Directors

ID: 756 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University
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Texas Cotton Palace 1894 Board of Directors

The directors pose with the ease of men confident in their immediate success.Their attire speaks to their various professions ranging from commerce to farming and ranching.

This file appears in: The Texas Cotton Palace

By Jim Stingley
When Stephen F. Austin led the first Anglo-American settlers into Texas including areas along the Brazos River, they brought with them their strong agricultural tradition based on cotton-growing. From the period of annexation until well into the…