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	Mirabeau B. Lamar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar (August 16, 1798 – December 19, 1859) was the second president of the Republic of Texas.
		Lamar was born near Louisville in Jefferson County, Georgia.
		Houston and Lamar had different views on virtually every topic relating to the development of the new Republic, from finances to dealing with Texas Native Americans (of whom he favored eradication) to the Annexation of Texas into the United States (which he opposed).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mirabeau_B._Lamar (443 words)

	Lamar, Mirabeau Buonaparte - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		LAMAR, MIRABEAU BUONAPARTE [Lamar, Mirabeau Buonaparte], 1798-1859, president of the Texas republic (1838-41), b.
		Lamar did not favor annexation to the United States at this time and planned to make the new republic self-sufficient, but his various ventures (including filibustering expeditions to New Mexico) disarranged the republic's finances.
		Lamar later came to favor annexation, served in the Mexican War, and was U.S. minister to Nicaragua and Costa Rica (1858-59).
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/L/Lamar-M1i.asp (210 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Mirabeau B. Lamar High School, Houston
		Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar High School is a high school located at 3325 Westheimer Road in the River Oaks district of Houston, Texas.
		Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar (August 16, 1798 - December 19, 1859) was the third president of the Republic of Texas.
		Lamar High School is the largest school in the Houston Independent School District.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Mirabeau-B.-Lamar-High-School,-Houston (660 words)

	Mirabeau B. Lamar Bio
		Mirabeau was so devastated over the loss of his wife, that he withdrew from the re-election race for Senator, closed his home, and left little Rebecca in the care of his mother.
		Lamar's administration was criticized for his determination to eradicate the Cherokee Indians from Texas and for bringing Texas close to bankruptcy.
		Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar was definitely a major figure himself in the history of Texas and the United States.
	members.aol.com /eleanorcol/MBLamarBio.html (979 words)

	Expulsion of the Cherokees - Texas State Library
		Lamar believed that the Indians had no integrity; thus, there was no possibility of peaceful negotiation or co-existence.
		Lamar sent a commission of leading hard-liners, including David G. Burnet, Thomas J. Rusk, and Albert Sidney Johnston, to negotiate the removal of the tribe to the Arkansas territory.
		In this letter to Shawnee chief John Linney, Lamar denounces the Cherokee alliance with the Mexicans and urges the Shawnees to remain neutral in the event of war.
	link.tsl.state.tx.us /exhibits/indian/war/page1.html (652 words)

	Mirabeau B. Lamar V (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		M.B. Lamar V being honoured in June 2004 by the Veterans of Foreign Wars for contribution of U.S.D. 3.6 million for rehabilitation of veterans wounded in the Gulf and Iraq Wars.
		The Lamar Group has positioned itself to supply more than thirty percent of the equipment needed for the project, a venture which many analysts regard as the most risky undertaken by a man whose career has been built on doing what most experts throught was impossible.
		Lamar's deep drawl and good-old-boy demeanour has often led competitors to regret underestimating the man who graduated first in his class in Petroleum Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin and completed a doctorate at the London School of Economics three years later.
	soiuser.hyperchat.com /mirabeaublamarv (533 words)

	Mirabeau B. Lamar, Texas president
		Lamar joined the army in response to the tragedy at the Alamo, where such heroes as Jim Bowie, William Barret Travis and Davy Crockett lost their lives.
		Lamar’s life was more than luck and glory however, early in his career he lost his wife and daughter to illness and went through dark periods of depression over this loss, although he was able to recover adequately to go on to make serving his country his focus.
		Various educational institutions are named after Mirabeau B. Lamar, as a tribute to his passion for education, as is Lamar Boulevard in Austin a tribute to his work to establish the state capital.
	wywy.essortment.com /mirabeaublamar_rqpc.htm (356 words)

	Mirabeau B Lamar
		Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar was born in Georgia in 1798, the son of a successful planter.
		Lamar orchestra member Lauren Ibarra was selected by the faculty as the top string player at the...
		Extensive resources on the Republic of Texas and President Mirabeau B. Lamar, MIRABEAU BUONAPARTE, statesman, president of the Republic of Texas; born in Louisville...
	www.logicjungle.com /wiki/Mirabeau_B._Lamar (320 words)

	GeorgiaInfo - Carl Vinson Institute of Government
		Near this point Mirabeau Lamar established a newspaper office in May 1828.
		He, with his wife Tabitha Jordan Lamar, and his daughter, Rebecca Ann, lived in a cottage near the Chattahoochee River.
		As Lieutenant Colonel, Lamar served in the War between the United States and Mexico at Monterey and Laredo.
	www.cviog.uga.edu /Projects/gainfo/gahistmarkers/mirabeaulamarhistmarker.htm (211 words)

	Lucius Mirabeau Lamar of Georgia
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	genforum.genealogy.com /lamar/messages/729.html (180 words)

	Definition of lamar hunt
		1: '''Howard Roberts Lamar''' (born [[1923]]) is a [[historyhistorian]] of...
		Lamar, situated in southeast Colorado, is east of [[Pue...
		1: The '''Lamar River''' is a tributary of the [[Yellowstone Rive...
	www.wordiq.com /search/lamar+hunt.html (594 words)

	Mirabeau B. Lamar - Chapter #5 Richmond, Texas
		A brief reminder of the next meeting of the Mirabeau B. Lamar Chapter #5 which will be at 7PM this Thursday, August 25th at the Tyree House (next door to the Fort Bend Museum Building) of the Fort Bend Museum in Richmond, Texas.
		The Mirabeau B. Lamar Chapter #5 was reactivated on June 18, 2005 in Richmond Texas with much fanfare.
		Mirabeau B. Lamar, President of the Republic of Texas is buried in Morton Cemetery in Ricmond, Texas.
	samhoustonchapter.tripod.com /id30.html (366 words)

	Sam Houston - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The settlement of Houston was founded in August 1836 by brothers J.K. Allen and A.C. Allen and named in Houston's honor and served as capital.
		The city of Houston served as the capital until President Mirabeau Lamar signed a measure moving the capital to Austin on 14 January 1839.
		He was a major critic of President Mirabeau Lamar, who advocated continuing independence of Texas and its extension to the Pacific Ocean.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sam_Houston (2420 words)

	Barton County MOGenWeb - History
		George Ward in honor of the military president Mirabeau Lamar of the Republic of Texas.
		Quantrill and his raiders and the occupation of Lamar by Union troops in 1864.
		Lamar's population is 4,577 and is located about 120 miles south of Kansas City.
	www.rootsweb.com /~mobarton/history.htm (325 words)

	Re: Lucius Mirabeau Lamar of Georgia
		In Reply to: Lucius Mirabeau Lamar of Georgia by Luis L Elizondo
		The Lucius Mirabeau Lamar you refer to was my grandfather, born in 1866.
		His elder brother, Lavoisier Lamar, was a civil engineer who built many of the railroad bridges in northern Mexico (and in a number of other countries).
	genforum.genealogy.com /lamar/messages/741.html (217 words)

	Lamar-Chappel Collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		His daughter, Loretto Lamar Chappell (1895-1987), perhaps because of her grandfather's books, was a bibliophile and become the city's best know librarian.
		A.H. Chappel's wife was Loretto Rebecca Lamar, the sister of Mirabeau Lamar who started the Columbus Enquirer in 1828 before moving to Texas and becoming the Republic's second president.
		His daughter, Loretto Lamar Chappell (1895-1987), perhaps because of her grandfather's books, was a bibliophile and became the city's best know librarian.
	archives.colstate.edu /findingaids/mc1.shtml (1184 words)

	www.MackBrown-TexasFootball.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The process went through several versions, all of which are still preserved in the UT archives in the Center for American History.
		Battle himself changed the motto to Mirabeau Lamar's famous quote, "A cultivated mind is the guardian genius of democracy," which at the time regularly appeared on the inside covers of most University publications.
		In the lower and larger field are the historic wreath and star of the Great Seal of the State of Texas; in the upper field is an open book, fit symbol of an institution of learning.
	www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com /pages/proudtrads/seal.html (949 words)

	Parent Reviews of Lamar High School - Houston, Texas - TX
		There are some excellent programs at Lamar, but I found it necessary to be a very active parent to get the most of opprtunities for my child.
		However, there were occasional evidences of drug use and fighting on campus that she saw.
		Lamar is fine for students who are not easily overwhelmed by its size and diversity, not so good for shy kids.
	www.greatschools.net /modperl/parents/tx/3449 (439 words)

	Historical Resources - Thunder On The Brazos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		A native of Georgia, Lamar was a newspaper editor, fought in the Texas Revolution, served as vice-president and president of the Republic, and was responsible for the endowment of a system of public education in the Lone Star State.
		And the efforts you made in telling the story of Mirabeau Lamar in such an unbiased way was a welcomed change.
		Obviously a man of culture with a classical education, Lamar was highly literate, a poet, an editor and the son of a Georgia plantation family.
	www.booksonhistory.com /bk-brazos.htm (554 words)

	UED6005 Missouri Courthouses: Barton County, MU Extension
		Lamar, county seat of Barton County, was laid out in 1856 by Allen Petty on property given to the county by Elisha Peters.
		The town of Lamar reportedly was named after Ward's school friend Mirabeau Lamar, a military hero in Texas.
		An election in 1882 gave voters the option for a new courthouse, but it was not until November 1887 that a proposal passed.
	muextension.missouri.edu /explore/uedivis/ue6005.htm (722 words)

	Show Me The Ozarks : Origins/Settlement of Barton County
		The town was named Lamar in honor of Mirabeau Lamar, who was a military governor of Texas, and a school friend of George Ward.
		Barton County and Lamar were laid to waste during the Civil War.
		Allen Cockrell brought a cannon from Gunboat Benton to Lamar and for years it was fired on July 4th and other rally days.
	www.showmetheozarks.com /GoToPosting.ashx?PostingID=450 (913 words)

	Mainseek
		Mirabeau B. Lamar excelled in his youth as a horseman, writer of verse, and painter in oils.
		Mirabeau's fall and aftermath, during the french Revolution, from the history of Thomas Carlyle.
		Mirabeau's thundering speech (23 June) addressed to the Marquis de Dreux-Brézé, master-of-ceremonies to Louis XVI, the king himself...
	www.mainseek.com /mirabeau.html (284 words)

	American History - Sam Houston
		He maintained peace with Mexico and served a term that was relatively calm.
		Prohibited by law from seeking a successive term, Houston was replaced by Mirabeau Lamar.
		Houston kept his political ambition and drive to success by election to the fourth and fifth congress.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/america/houston.htm (654 words)

	Lamar Bios
		Columbus, Ga., 6 April 1906, interred Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville; son of Congressman Absalom Harris Chappell and Loretta Lamar C. of Milledgeville; married Henrietta Kincaid, an organizing Regent of the Daughter of the American Revolution; first president of Georgia Normal and Industrial College, now Georgia College and State University.
		Judge Lamar presided over the murder trial of a local Methodist preacher who was charged with death of his wife's fifteen year old sister.
		Several years later, in Mississippi, another condemned murderer confessed to the crime, and Judge Lamar, despondent that he had executed an innocent man, took his own life in his Milledgeville garden.
	members.aol.com /eleanorcol/LamarBios.html (316 words)

	Lamar High School
		Lamar High School will host the fourth annual Grandparents’ Appreciation Day on Thursday, September 7, 2006.
		Lamar High School will hold its Fall Open House on Tuesday, September 12, 2006
		The registered and approved volunteers from last school year do not need to fill out a VIPS or Background Check form.
	hs.houstonisd.org /lamarhs (142 words)

	LCol Jefferson Mirabeau Lamar
		But its lieutenant colonel, Jefferson M. Lamar, held them to their impossible work until he had been twice shot, once mortally.
		By holding on to the last possible moment Lamar bought time for Howell Cobb to assemble a last-ditch stand in the gap, further forestalling Union penetration into Pleasant Valley where it would compromise Gen. Robert E. Lee's tenuous hold on South Mountain and with it the Confederate expedition into Maryland."
		He married his cousin Mary Ann Lamar in July 1861 - she was also neice to Mrs.
	www.aotw.org /officers.php?officer_id=972 (264 words)

	Mirabeau B. Lamar High School, Houston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar High School is a secondary school located at 3325 Westheimer Road in River Oaks district of Houston Texas.
		, Otra Democracia Es Posible, Fletcher Hartsell, Andrew Brock, Mirabeau B. Lamar High School, Hamilton C. Horton, Hamilton Horton, Jr.
		Roger West, Ciudadanos Agobiados y Cabreados, Lower peninsula of Michigan, About this article.
	www.freeglossary.com /Mirabeau_B._Lamar_High_School%2C_Houston (220 words)

	Bookreporter.com - THE BORDERLAND: A Novel of Texas by Edwin Shrake
		Rapid growth of the community has made it a pearl for the thirsty leadership of the young republic.
		Its second president, Mirabeau Lamar, chooses to move the capital from Houston to Austin.
		The man is capable of grossest inhumanity and will place blame on any that stand in his way to power in the new territory.
	www.bookreporter.com /reviews/0786865792.asp (500 words)

	Heritage Title Company of Austin, Inc.
		So wrote Indian fighter James Jones in a letter to then President of the Republic of Texas, Mirabeau Lamar.
		The year was 1839, and the three and a half year old republic was in search of a worthy site to build their capitol.
		In April of that year Lamar moved the Capitol to Waterloo and renamed it Austin, in honor of Stephen F. Austin, the Father of Texas.
	www.heritagetitleofaustin.com /austin/austin_basics.htm (189 words)

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