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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

I was thinking along the same lines but unsure of my memory.  Boone, 
Crockett, Bowie, Houston were all Southern..................

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--- On Thu, 12/4/08, Clansgian AT wmconnect.com <Clansgian AT wmconnect.com> wrote:

> From: Clansgian AT wmconnect.com <Clansgian AT wmconnect.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Geography was: Tell me again why Republicans are 
> good for peo...
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Thursday, December 4, 2008, 8:00 AM
> > > I'd be curious to know where all of you think
> Texas falls
> 
> Southern.
> 
> Texas was colonized largely by Tennessee.  Before Sam
> Houston was President 
> of Texas and Governor of Texas he was Governor of
> Tennessee.  
> 
> Our pattern of speech in Appalachia is from the Cherokee
> influence.  Texas 
> speech is closely related to Tennessee speech.  Sam Houston
> spent a great deal 
> of time among the Cherokee and his wife was Cherokee.
> 
> There are other influences in Texas to be sure, but the
> backbone of the 
> culture is Southern.
> 
> 
> Deo Vindice
> 
> James
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