Texas Historical Documents

Texas Timeline - 1923

Texas Timeline Index

1923 May 28 The Santa Rita No. j gusher brings the University of Texas vast oil fortunes.
1923 July 30 Roy Mitchell is strung up in Waco; his is the last legal public hanging in Texas.
1923 November 08 Hubert Knickerbocker of Yoakum witnesses Hitler's beer hall putsch and begins a writing career that leads to the Pulitzer Prize.