Telegrams on Trouble at Sandy Point,
July-August, 1877
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The 1870s were the most violent and lawless period in
Texas history. Outlaws, vigilantes, and desperados made the Texas
frontier their playground. Vigilantes carried out home-grown justice
according to their own lights. Horse thievery and cattle rustling
were a constant problem. And racial animosity between whites, Hispanics,
and African Americans brewed beneath the surface of many incidents.
This dramatic series of telegrams shows an outbreak
of violence at Sandy Point in Brazoria County and how Governor Hubbard
reacted. Hubbard's correspondent is Will Lambert, a Houston-area journalist,
aide-de-camp to Governor Hubbard, and colonel in the Texas State Guard.
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Dated Houston TX 1877
Received at Austin July 14
To Gov R.B. Hubbard
Negroes in armed force
at Sandy Point in
superior numbers to the
whites give me orders
to use troops to
disperse the rioters
Will Lambert
Col A.D.C.
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Telegrams on Trouble at Sandy Point,
July-August, 1877, Records of Richard Hubbard, Texas Office of the
Governor, Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State
Library and Archives Commission.
