TEXAS AND CANADA
         It's a safe bet for anyone who wants to find me to look in one of two countries: Canada or Texas, yes and I did say Texas, because as most proud Texans will tell you Texas was a country of its own for about 10 years in the 19th Century after winning their war of independence from Mexico. I am a history lover, and I was fascinated to learn that there were numerous Canadians involved in the fight for Texas independence. At the famous battle of the Alamo, when Colonel Travis drew his line in the sand it was a Canadian named Tapley Holland who was the first to cross. In the fight that first liberated San Antonio from the Mexican army a Canadian named William Graham was cited twice for bravery. Canadians were among the killed at the Goliad Massacre and it was a Canadian, Dr Nicholas Labadie who patched up Sam Houston at the battle of San Jacinto.
          The founding father of the city of Galveston was a Canadian, it was two Canadians who explored the Canadian River in north Texas, Henry Cresswell, one of the big Texas ranchers was Canadian and on the reverse side at least one of the presidents of the Royal Bank of Canada was a Texan. And as well, the one police force in the world who the famous Texas Rangers are most often compared to is none other than the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Likewise, as a Catholic Texan, I was proud to see that it was the Canadians who took the lead in the restoration of the Catholic Church in Texas following independence when Church property was restored and a local hierarchy established. Canadians also played a major part in reviving the Church in the border region of Texas where the faith had lapsed during the period of the Mexican republic and Texas independence.
          In particular, the Canadian Province of Alberta could be called the Texas of Canada. Both are home to the strongest presence of cowboy culture in North America, both have gained great wealth through the discovery of oil and both have populations that are conservative, hold fast to their traditions and are fiercely independent. In fact, if the rest of Canada and the United States went completely nuts, I'd say that Texas and Alberta could work well together as independent nations on their own. Of course, every place has its flaws, but there is no state I'd rather be in than Texas and no province I'd rather be in than Alberta. So, if you see me heading due south it is a safe bet that Texas is in front of me, and if going due north, you can follow me to Alberta.
A Canadian Doctor in the Texas War for Independence

Some of the Famous Canadian Texans of History

A Canadian at the Alamo: First of the Brave

The New Orleans Greys in Texas

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