{"id":23303,"date":"2013-06-03T21:35:50","date_gmt":"2013-06-04T02:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=23303"},"modified":"2013-06-03T21:35:50","modified_gmt":"2013-06-04T02:35:50","slug":"erastus-deaf-smith-little-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2013\/06\/03\/erastus-deaf-smith-little-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Erastus &#8220;Deaf&#8221; Smith &#8211; Little History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><object width=\"480\" height=\"360\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/-FTvAiKs_eg?hl=en_US&amp;version=3\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/center><strong>Erastus &#8220;Deaf&#8221; Smith &#8211; Little History<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can learn more about Deaf Smith at <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deaf_Smith \" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deaf_Smith <\/a><\/p>\n<p>On May 25, 1985 the Austin Association of the Deaf hosted the world premiere of the short two-act play called \u201cDeaf Smith: the Great Texian Scout\u201d at the Texas School for the Deaf. The historic play was produced by the students and staff of SWCID and Howard College, written by Dr. Stephen C. Baldwin, and directed by Timothy H. Haynes.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/deaftexas.org\/wp\/inside-tad-2\/video-blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">Go and watch video here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Also, there&#8217;s cool <a href=\"http:\/\/deaftexas.org\/wp\/inside-tad-2\/texas-deaf-history-film \" target=\"_blank\">Texas Deaf History Film DVD<\/a>, you can purchase online and\/or purchase <a href=\"http:\/\/deaftexas.org\/wp\/blog\/2012\/06\/28\/deaf-smith-booklet-updated\/\" target=\"_blank\">Special Edition of Deaf Smith Booklet <\/a>by Dr. Stephen C. Baldwin for small fee to support Texas Association of the Deaf. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23304\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/texas-republic-five-dollars.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23304\" data-attachment-id=\"23304\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2013\/06\/03\/erastus-deaf-smith-little-history\/texas-republic-five-dollars\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/texas-republic-five-dollars.jpg?fit=699%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"699,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"texas republic five dollars\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/texas-republic-five-dollars.jpg?fit=300%2C128&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/texas-republic-five-dollars.jpg?fit=560%2C240&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-23304  \" style=\"border: 0px none; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;\" alt=\"texas republic five dollars\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/texas-republic-five-dollars.jpg?resize=500%2C200\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-23304\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Famous Deaf Smith 5 dollars during Texas Republic period before State of Texas become part of United States of America.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erastus &#8220;Deaf&#8221; Smith &#8211; Little History You can learn more about Deaf Smith at http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deaf_Smith On May 25, 1985 the Austin Association of the Deaf hosted the world premiere of the short two-act play called \u201cDeaf Smith: the Great Texian&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2013\/06\/03\/erastus-deaf-smith-little-history\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[11812,985],"class_list":["post-23303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deaf-news","tag-erastus-deaf-smith","tag-history"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p752R-63R","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42346,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2021\/10\/07\/free-webinar-the-texas-revolution-and-erastus-deaf-smith-10-29-2021\/","url_meta":{"origin":23303,"position":0},"title":"Free Webinar: The Texas Revolution and Erastus &#8220;Deaf&#8221; Smith 10\/29\/2021","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"October 7, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The Texas Revolution and Erastus \"Deaf\" Smith Date: Friday, October 29th, 2021 Time: 2:00pm - 3:30pm Program Type: Arts, Culture, & Literature Age Group: Adult Registration for this event will close on October 29, 2021 @ 11:00am. 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