Maria Josefa Martinez

Maria Josefa Martinez 1800-1823

A gravestone inscription in Spanish provides most of the extant information about Dona Maria Josefa Martinez's life. She was born on October 22nd, 1800, in Pensacola, Florida. She married Don Juan Brosnaham in 1816 and they ...

Joseph and Mary Robinson Martin House

Prominent Austin contractor George Fiegel completed this house in 1903 for Joseph Anthony (1867-1947) and Mary (Robinson)(d. 1934) Martin. A noted wild game conservationist, Joe Martin primarily is associated in Austin business history with the Austin White Lime Company. After ...

Attempt On The Life Of Jose Marti

1893

In a small isolated cottage located in this vicinity, an attempt to poison Jose Marti, the leader of the Cuban Insurrection of 1895, was made by two Spanish agents. Marti's intuition saved his life. The traitors repented and Marti forgave ...

Jose Marti

Apostle of Cuban Freedom

Born in Havana, Cuba, on January 28, 1853.

Patriot, writer, poet, lawyer, and orator.

A lover of liberty and justice, his ideas and personal example

were a universal inspiration for the world as well as for the

Cuban people. He perished ...