History Detectives

Texas

Directed by Emma Davies, Helen Demeranville, Carl Ginsburg
TV-PG
S1 • E7    Aug 4, 2003    60m
The Depot That Made Dallas The Place: Dallas, Texas A local historian calls in the History Detectives to find out if a disused depot was the first railroad station in Texas and if it was responsible for putting Dallas on the map.

Mexico Peso The Place: San Antonio, Texas Searching through his great-grandfather's belongings, a San Antonio man finds Mexican currency and suspects a link to infamous bandits Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa. Did this money play a part in the Mexican revolution in the 1910s and how did it end up in the hands of a quiet family man?

Pirate Spyglass The Place: Texas City, Texas Jean Lafitte was a fearsome pirate, an ingenious privateer, and a war hero. A Texas library is donated a spyglass said to be handed down from Lafitte to his ship captain. Was it?

Where to Watch History Detectives - S1 • E7

  • Wes CowanSelf - Auctioneer and Appraiser
  • Elyse LuraySelf - Auctioneer and Appraiser
  • Tukufu ZuberiSelf - Professor of Sociology
  • Gwendolyn WrightSelf - Professor of Architectural History
  • Emma DaviesDirector / Producer
  • Helen DemeranvilleDirector / Producer
  • Carl GinsburgDirector / Producer
  • Jorge AguirreAssociate Producer
  • Nick CatliffExecutive Producer
  • Nicholas BlairCinematographer
  • John HazardCinematographer
  • Gary SteeleCinematographer
  • Naomi GeraghtyEditor
  • Janice KeuhnelianEditor
  • Lucas SabeanEditor
  • Antony TackaberrySeries Producer

 

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