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The Lawyer - Texas Governor Series LbNA #65922

Owner:Boots Tex
Plant date:Sep 1, 2013
Location: Oakwood Cemetery
City:Fort Worth
County:Tarrant
State:Texas
Boxes:1
Found by: Silver Eagle
Last found:Nov 4, 2020
Status:FFFFFFFFF
Last edited:Sep 1, 2013
Charles Allen Culberson, state attorney general, governor, and United States senator was born in Dadeville, Alabama, on June 19, 1855. His family moved to East Texas in 1856. Charles attended school at Gilmer and Jefferson, entered Virginia Military Institute in 1870, graduated in 1874, and later graduated from the University of Virginia law school. He was admitted to the bar at Daingerfield, Texas, in 1877 and was elected county attorney of Marion County shortly thereafter. After being elected attorney general in 1890 by an overwhelming margin, Culberson was involved in several landmark federal cases, including the successful defense of the newly established Railroad Commission. He was reelected in 1892. Two years later, with the help of Edward Mandell House, he became governor. The People's party was at the height of its popularity in the 1890s, but Culberson, conservative and penny-pinching in a period of mostly national depression, and his efficient political allies easily beat back the Populist gubernatorial challenge in both 1894 and 1896. The most talked-about event of his administration was the proposed prizefight featuring James J. Corbett, heavyweight champion of the world, and Bob Fitzsimmons, challenger (1895). An old political foe from East Texas, Dan Stuart, and others had already expended a fortune promoting the fight in Dallas when Culberson called the legislature into special session and passed a law making prizefighting a felony. Corbett later described the action as nothing but a grandstand play for the voters, but the fight was cancelled. The next year Roy Bean staged an outdoor "championship" fight just across the border in Mexico. He was a staunch opponent of the Ku Klux Klan, which hurt him in his later political endeavors.
Any evaluation of Culberson is difficult because of his caution and a reserve bordering on aloofness. These qualities with his intellect and good looks made him a tempting target for opponents. Many contemporaries speculated on how far he could have risen had he been a brash, forceful politico with more "color." In his favor were the respect in which the king-maker House and other prominent men held him, his undoubted abilities as a lawyer, his reputation for adhering to party discipline, his honesty, and his ideas regarding strict accountability for the public purse. While residing in Washington, Culberson died of pneumonia on March 19, 1925. He was returned to Fort Worth for burial in the plot owned by his wife's (Harrison) family.

Directions:
The box is located in Oakwood Cemetery, 701 Grand Ave, in Fort Worth, Texas. Find the Grand Avenue entrance and drive through the gate. Immediately turn left around the chapel, then right at the first road. Stop at the "T" and look straight ahead to the gray Harrison monument, then down and to the right for the gravestone and historical marker for Governor Culberson. Park on the side of the road and face the marker.

To the box:
Look left to find the two large multi-trunk cedars that shade the graves of the McCalls. The box is buried pretty deeply in the middle of the tree on the right among dead cedar droppings and sticks. Be sure to bury it as you found it.