Walter Prescott Webb's guest appearances

Walter Prescott Webb

Texas Originals

Sam Houston

Barbara Jordan

William Cowper

Jack Johnson

Scott Joplin

Alan Lomax

James Walker

Quanah Parker

Andy Adams

Bessie Coleman

George Thomas

Horton Foote

Stephen F. Austin

Belle Starr

Charles Franklin

OwlTail

Born in 1888, Walter Prescott Webb remains one of Texas's most significant and influential scholars. Webb taught at The University of Texas throughout his career. He served as director of the Texas State Historical Association and spearheaded the creation of The Handbook of Texas, the definitive encyclopedia of the state's history. In 1950, a survey of historians identified his 1931 study The Great Plains as the single most important work in U.S. history written since the turn of the century.