Montgomery County News Articles
Below is a list of articles written by Kameron Searle for the Montgomery County News about the history of the
Lake Creek Settlement and the Founding of the Town of Montgomery, Texas. Click on the link to read the
article.
- Election Returns from
Lake Creek Settlement
Article about Washington and Montgomery County Texas election information from 1836, 1837 and 1838.
- Lake Creek Settlement
Goes to War - Part 1
Article about the army volunteers from the Lake Creek Settlement who fought in the Texas Revolution in 1835 and
1836.
- Lake Creek Settlement
Goes to War - Part 2
Article about the army volunteers from the Lake Creek Settlement who fought in the Texas Revolution in 1835 and
1836. This article focuses on John Marshall Wade who manned the Twin Sisters during the Battle of San
Jacinto.
- Lake Creek Settlement
Goes to War - Part 3
Article about the army volunteers from the Lake Creek Settlement who fought in the Texas Revolution in 1835 and
1836. This article focuses on Jacob H. Shepperd and his military career in Texas.
- Day Book of Charles B.
Stewart
References to the Lake Creek Settlement in the Day Book of Charles B. Stewart.
- Petition for a County with "No
Name"
The petition that resulted in the creation of Montgomery County in 1837. Signed by the citizens of Washington
County on the east side of the Brazos River, the original petition did not specify a name for the new
county.
- Letter to the Editor -
Indian Trading Post
Letter to the Editor of the Montgomery County News regarding the Indian Trading Post that preceded the town of
Montgomery, Texas.
- Letter to the
Editor - Montgomery Family Tradition
Letter to the editor describing the changes made in Montgomery family tradition in the 1950's and its effects
on the written history of the town and county of Montgomery, Texas.
- Letter to the
Editor - Kameron Searle's Response to Robin Montgomery's Letter to the Editor
Letter to the editor by Kameron Searle responding to Robin Montgomery's May 20, 2009 letter to the editor.
- News From Lake Creek - Like a Chinese Menu
Article about the Montgomery Trading Post Myth and the ease with which local "historians" have adopted and discarded
nonhistorical details regarding the Indian trading post that preceded the founding of the town of Montgomery, Texas.
- Evolution of
the Montgomery Trading Post Myth - Part 1
Newspaper article discusses the lack of primary historical sources for an alleged indian trading post allegedly
operated by Jacob Shannon in a community supposedly named after James and Magaret Montgomery. Article also
points our how the history of the so-called Montgomery Trading Post has evolved over time.
- Evolution of
the Montgomery Trading Post Myth - Part 11
Newspaper article discusses the lack of primary historical sources for an alleged Indian Trading Post allegedly
operated by Andrew Montgomery. Article also points our how the history of the so-called Montgomery Trading Post
has evolved over time.
- Evolution of
the Montgomery Trading Post Myth - Part 12
In 1952, J. L. Montgomery advised that Montgomery County, Texas was named after William Montgomery. 23 three
years later, his grandson wrote that the county was named after Andrew Montgomery. Why?
- Evolution of
the Montgomery Trading Post Myth - Part 13
Newspaper article regarding problems with history that alleges Andrew Montgomery operated an Indian trading
post on land he did not own from 1823-1829 in Mexican Texas and in Austin's Colony.
- W. W. Shepperd - The Founder
Newspaper article from the Montgomery County News about W. W. Shepperd the founder of the Town of Montgomery,
Texas.
- Lemuel Montgomery
Namesake of Montgomery, Texas
Letter to the Editor of the Montgomery County News written by Carrol D. Cagle regarding the naming of the Town
of Montgomery, Texas after Lemuel Montgomery.
Click here to read more detailed information about the Lake Creek
Settlement.
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