Gone to Texas (1978)

Year Published: 1978

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: This educational film made by the Texas Education Agency portrays a man telling the story of early Texas to his two children as they ride horses along the Brazos River. The narrator, played by Texas actor Guich Koock, tells the story of the first Texas settlers and how both Moses and Stephen F. Austin worked to bring the first colonists, the “Old Three Hundred,” to Texas and distribute land grants. The film describes the struggles of the Anglo settlers and the role they played in early politics between the Spanish, Mexican, and United States governments.