“The Ecology of the Red River in 1806: Peter Curtis and Early Southwestern Natural History”, 1989

This collection includes one typescript of a speech, and copies of two articles published by the author. It has been arranged into the following series: 1. Speech, and 2. Published Articles. Dates range from 1989-1991. The speech, entitled “Texans and the Land”, was given by Flores at the Texas State Historical Association meeting in 1991. The two articles include “The Plains and the Painters,” a page proof as it was to appear in the Journal of American Culture, Summer 1991, vol. 14, no.2. The second article, “The Ecology of the Red River in 1806,” is a reprint originally published in Southwestern Historical Quarterly, and is signed by the author. This article won the Carroll Award from the Texas State Historical Association and the Billington Prize from the Western Historical Association.