Here are documents 1 - 10 out of 10 available: 1. (0.791) Handbook of Texas Online: BIRDWELL, ALTON WILLIAM of several professional associations. He was in great demand as a speaker and spoke in cities throughout the United States. Some 200 of his speeches are in the Birdwell Collection in the Stephen F. Austin State University Library. Birdwell married Margaret Shipe in 1915. He died on October 25, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. (0.782) Handbook of Texas Online: BIRDWELL, JOHN E. II 8, 1929, in Ralls, Texas, to John Lowry and Cordelia (Golden) Birdwell. He was named Joe Earnest, but he later changed his name to John E. Birdwell II. He attended grade school in Ralls and in Lubbock, where his family moved in 1939. He attended Lubbock High School and then -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. (0.633) Handbook of Texas Online: STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY Birdwell qv was elected president when the site was chosen, but with the entrance of the United States into World War I, qv the legislature, in October 1917, repealed the appropriation for the school. In April 1921 the -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. (0.522) Handbook of Texas Online: SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE Birdwell offered to sell 300 acres of his cattle ranch to the government for one dollar. Congress accepted. Later an additional 500 acres was added to the site. Construction of the base began on June 12, 1941, and was completed on October 17. The training facility was named Sheppard Field -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. (0.520) Handbook of Texas Online: BRIDWELL, JOSEPH STERLING Birdwell was married and had two daughters. He died may 9, 1966, in Wichita Falls. In 1972 the Archer County Historical Commission placed a historical marker for Bridwell in Bridwell Park, on U.S. highway 281 south of Windthorst. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Cattleman , June 1966. Mary Basham Loggie, Joseph -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. (0.518) Handbook of Texas Online: NEWCOMB, SAMUEL PIERCE Birdwell Union . In 1859 he went to the frontier for his health. He was among those who helped in 1860 to organize Stephens County (then Buchanan County), where he served as the first county clerk and in 1861 surveyed Breckenridge town lots. Newcomb married Susan Emily Reynolds in 1862 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. (0.518) Handbook of Texas Online: BEN FRANKLIN, TX Birdwells and Hogues, arrived in the area in 1835 and were among the first settlers. The first post office was established by Isaac B. Nelson in 1853 at his one-room cabin on the crossroads. The community, at that time in Lamar County, supported cotton gins, the Greenville Smith sawmill -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. (0.469) Handbook of Texas Online: GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION FOR WOMEN Birdwell of the Texas Employment Commission, operated without permanent staffing or funding and disbanded when Connally left office in early 1969. Their primary legacy was the preparation of a report on the status of women in Texas, based on research in such areas as education, home and community, employment practices -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. (0.438) The Handbook of Texas Online -- Browse - B BEWLEY, ANTHONY BEWLEY, MURRAY PERCIVAL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. (0.429) delta county Birdwell, Simmons, and Wilson families had established the little village of Ben Franklin. In 1840 the Congress of Texas formed Lamar County, which included present-day Delta County, from Red River County. In March 1846 the new state legislature organized Hopkins County, which absorbed the southern two-thirds of Delta http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/cgi-bin/web_evaluate?query=Birdwell&dataset=tsha.dst