I’m baack!🤪

 Wow! It’s tough figuring out how to post on here!

I think I’ll plant a tree today

Because someday I may want a shade

And when MY tree is a few years old

Let it be shelter to MY creatures from the cold

And a few years later it can be a shade 

Oh! what a miracle I have made!

And a back scratcher for a big black bear

And while it’s at it, let it clean the air.

Let it drop some branches so people can have fire 🔥 

And it’s shadow follows time so we know the hour

Let it bear fruit for man and beast

Let it be a home for all my creatures at least

Lets it be a place for birds to rest

And raise their families safe in a nest

Let it have holes for raccoons and squirrels 

Let it’s branches hold swings for boys and girls

And when it dies it leaves lumber for homes and all the books pages

Let it leave it’s seeds behind to continue through the ages

I’m not planting this tree for me you see

It’s all for you that I planted this tree ❤️🕊️

By God

Through Bob Stillwell

5/24/23

 Trees are the fingers of God giving us food, shelter, warmth, clean our water and air.

I’m still here!

 Been some years…

I’ve gotten old

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Patrick Williamson Obituary - Nacogdoches, TX

Patrick Williamson Obituary - Nacogdoches, TX

Nacogdoches History

HISTORY - IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING

Texas' oldest town is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the state. People come to Nacogdoches to discover the city's historic past, research their ancestors and to enjoy the slow-paced and relaxing atmosphere.

A local legend says the Caddo Indians founded of Nacogdoches. It is said that an old Caddo chief who lived near the Sabine River had twin sons. One son had dark hair and dark skin and the other had blond hair and light skin. When the sons grew to manhood and were ready to become leaders of their own tribes, the father sent one brother three days eastward toward the rising sun. The other brother was sent three days westward toward the setting sun. The twin who settled three days toward the setting sun was the blond-haired brother, Nacogdoches. Natchitoches, the dark-haired twin, settled three days to the east in Louisiana. The two brothers remained friendly and the road between the two communities was well traveled. This road became a trade route and the eastern end of the El Camino Real or Old San Antonio Road.

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Caddo Indians of Texas

The Caddos came to East Texas from the Mississippi Valley around 800 A.D. Their territory included parts of Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and East Texas. At the height of their mound-building culture - around 1200 A.D. - the Caddos numbered 250,000 people.

The Caddos were the most advanced Native American culture in Texas. They lived in tall, grass-covered houses in large settlements with highly structured social, religious and political systems. The Caddos raised corn, beans, squash and other crops. They also hunted the bear and deer of East Texas and headed west for annual buffalo hunts.

The Hasinai were the largest confederation of Caddos in Deep East Texas. They lived along the Neches and Angelina rivers, with one of their most powerful settlements being in the present Caddo Mounds area west of Alto. The Nacogdoches tribe is included among these Hasinai Caddos.

The Caddos were travelers and traders and they greeted the Spaniards, when they met them in the seventeenth century, with the cry of "Taychas!" which meant "friend." The Spanish subsequently called the Caddos the "Tejas," and Spanish land east of the Trinity became known as the Province of Tejas, which later gave its name to all of Texas. 

Nacogdoches remained a Caddo Indian settlement until 1716. At that timeDomingo Ramon established five religious missions and a military presidio in East Texas, including Nuestra Senoria de Guadalupe de los Nacogdoches del Pilar. That was the first European activity in the area, but a mission was not a town — it was a church. The mission struggled until strengthened by the Marques de Aguayo in 1721, but even then it endured more than prospered. The “town” of Nacogdoches was established after the Spaniards decided that the French were no longer a threat and that maintaining the mission was far too costly. After France ceded claims to lands west of the Mississippi River.

With the coming of the Europeans, the Caddos of East Texas were reduced in numbers and in territory. In the early 1840s, they were moved west to the Brazos River; they were moved again in 1855 to the Brazos Reservation near present-day Graham. Anglo pressures continued and, in 1859, all remaining Caddos - about 1,000 people - were moved to the Washita River in "Indian Territory."

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Channel Catfish

This report will tell you everything you need to know about channel catfish!

A channel catfish lives fifteen to twenty years. By the time the channel catfish is twenty years old it has grown to a maximum length of twenty inches. The catfish can reach up to sixty pounds, but the average weight of a channel catfish is five to twenty pounds. The channel catfish has a blue-gray tail, silvery-gray sides, and a white belly. The younger channel catfish have scattered black spots that disappear as the catfish grow older. The channel catfish also has whiskers called barbels.

This section is going to be about the channel catfish’s eating habits.

 The channel catfish eats aquatic insects, crayfish, mollusks, crustaceans, and smaller fish. The catfish feeds only at night. The catfish uses it’s barbels to feel around the bottom for food. Usually, the channel catfish feeds on the bottom, but sometimes the channel catfish will feed at the surface. The channel catfish is also an omnivore.

This paragraph is going to be about the channel catfish’s habitat.

 The channel catfish live in fairly warm rivers and streams.  They prefer a warm, dry climate, but will tolerate cooler and wetter climates. They also prefer clear water, but they will live in muddy water too. They are usually found in North America, Canada, and Mexico.

This section is about babies, eggs, and spawning.
 The channel catfish mate in the early spring. They nest under banks or logs. They spawn from May to July. The female can lay from two thousand to twenty-one thousand eggs. The female prefers to lay her eggs in water that is seventy to eighty-five degrees Fahrenheit. The eggs are a dirty yellow color, and they blend in with the muddy bottom. When the eggs are laid the male swims over and fertilizes them. When the eggs are fertilized the male drives the female away from the nest and guards the fry himself. (Fry is what they call a group of channel catfish babies.)  The babies hatch in six to ten days. When they are one year old the babies are four inches long. When they are four years old they are twelve inches long or a foot.

The world record weight was 58 pounds.

A channel catfish has mild venom in their pectoral and dorsal fins.

The remedy for getting stung by the fins is rubbing the fish’s belly on the wound.

A channel catfish doesn’t have scales, but instead it has tough skin.

The scientific name for a channel catfish is Ictalurus Punctatus.

Scientists say that the channel catfish have lived in North America for over 3000 years.

Fisherman’s Tip:

The worse your bait smells, the more likely it is that the channel catfish will bite it.

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