Ep. 142: A Disturbing Set of Events (Anahuac, 1832)
Wise About Texas
Ken Wise
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
In 1832, things in Texas were chaotic to say the least. There was conflict between centralists and federalists on two fronts. The Texas settlers wanted their freedoms and opposed the chaos that was the Mexican government. Within the Mexican government, there was conflict between Mexico City and the state governments. Trouble was brewing. In Anahuac, Col. Juan Davis Bradburn added fuel to the fire by jailing first and asking questions later. He jailed a State Commissioner, then he arrested William B. Travis. Disturbances ensued…and revolution was near. Hear about the Anahuac Disturbances in this episode of Wise About Texas.
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| 0:00.0 | Howdy and welcome to Wise About Texas, the Texas history podcast. |
| 0:11.8 | This is your host, Ken Wise. |
| 0:13.4 | Thanks so much for tuning in today for a little bit of Texas history. |
| 0:16.8 | We're recording and releasing this podcast in January of 2026. |
| 0:21.7 | Happy New Year to everybody. |
| 0:22.8 | Hope everybody had a good holiday. |
| 0:24.7 | Finally getting some cool weather down here in Texas, southern part of Texas, |
| 0:28.8 | which is always a welcome thing, but doesn't never last long. |
| 0:33.8 | What's coming up this spring? |
| 0:35.3 | We're in the 190th anniversary of the Texas Revolution, of course. |
| 0:40.3 | This time, back in 1836, we had already seized Bayhar and we're occupying the Alamo. |
| 0:48.2 | And little did we know that Santa Ana was on his way and would arrive in a couple of weeks. |
| 0:54.3 | So that's what was going on 190 years ago. |
| 0:59.3 | Upcoming event in Irving, Texas, March 4th through 7th, is the annual meeting of the Texas |
| 1:06.9 | State Historical Association. |
| 1:08.5 | So if you're not registered for that, get on it. It's going to be |
| 1:11.5 | great. I'm going to be hosting one presentation as a commentator. It's going to be interesting, |
| 1:16.8 | the biography of two former governors. We're going to have some tremendous programming, and it's |
| 1:22.9 | always the place for Texas historians. Anyone serious about Texas history will be there. |
| 1:30.1 | And you can add to your book collection, as we always do every year. |
| 1:35.6 | So be sure and register for that. |
| 1:37.6 | You could go to AM.TSHA. |
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