Being a collection of biographical sketches of men who reside in what is now called Texas, this pamphlet portrays over 40 creoles and mestizos of the 18th and 19th centuries who were varying combinations of priest, teacher, rancher, city father, political activist, revolunionary, counterrevolunionary, politician, adventurer, military leader, civil servant, statesman, scholar, author, merchant, etc., and also portrays 7 contemporary Mexican Americans (2 artists and 1 each of scholar-author, Federal Judge, educator, Federal Congressman, and director of a center for Mexican American studies). Along with the biographies in the pamphlet, 4 passages add historical perspective on the Mexican Texans. There are 45 illustrations. (BO)