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Theodore Brasher “T. B.” Baker

T. B. Baker was born on July 11, 1875 in Washington, Iowa to William Abner Baker and Luranah Grayson Baker. He was the youngest of seven children. His father was listed as being a farmer in most of the federal census reports and they resided in Kansas. T. B. was a single man of 25 in the 1900 census and was living with his parents in Eureka, Kansas, managing a hotel.

Jesse Robinson & Sally Scull

Jesse Robinson was born in Kentucky on February 11, 1800 to Charles Michael Robinson and Nancy Wood (or possibly Jannet Ray Robinson, as genealogy records differ). Jesse Robinson is rarely mentioned without reference to his first wife, Sally Newman, more famously known as Sally Scull, or Skull.

Future Texans in the War of 1812

The War of 1812 is not customarily considered to directly be part of Texas history although some historians view the various filibuster events involving expeditions into Texas and clashes with Spain during those years to be associated with the War of 1812. Regardless, these years predated both the rise of Mexico to control the area and the Texas Revolution. However, a number of individuals who served in the northern and southern theaters of the War of 1812 later came to Texas.

Marlboro Men

We do not advocate smoking. The health risks of smoking have been widely communicated to the American public for decades. Despite significant declines over the last 60 years, tobacco use continues and smoking is still considered the leading cause of preventable death in the United States.

For many years, there were no governmental restrictions on advertising nicotine products. Print, audio and video advertisements used images and slogans such as these to promote their products.

“Come to where the flavor is, come to Marlboro Country”
“Winston tastes good, like a cigarette should”
“I’d walk a mile for a Camel”
“Come up to Kool”
“Lucky Strike means fine tobacco”
“Call for Phillip Morris”

Hotel Dieu, El Paso

Often mentioned in old newspaper accounts and obituaries is an early regional medical center in El Paso, Texas known as the Hotel Dieu. An injured or critically ill person would sometimes be noted as having been transported to the Hotel Dieu in El Paso for an operation or some other kind of treatment. It might seem to be an unusual name for a medical center, but this El Paso hospital was in business for about one hundred years.