Episode 5: ‘That’s Typical, You Know?’

Fort Bend ISD says it’s not going to fund any more research on the Sugar Land 95, so a familiar group takes control. But is that group the best for the job? Plus, we start our own genealogical journey.

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Principal Research Group's antiquities permit application submitted Sept 2019.

Source: Obtained from the Texas Historical Commission under the Texas Public Information Act

Emails between Bill Martin at the Texas Historical Commission and archeologist Reign Clark from Aug 2020 discussing the Back to Bondage report.

Source: Obtained from the Texas Historical Commission under the Texas Public Information Act

Texas Historical Commission spokesman Chris Florance answers questions about Principal Research Group and the Sugar Land 95 cemetery.

Source: Sugar Land Podcast

Jack Mitchell's Harris County grand jury indictment from October 1900.

Source: Harris County District Clerk

List of convict labor camp locations from 1878-1910, curated from biennial reports of the director and superintendent of the Texas State Penitentiary.

Source: Texas State Library and Archives Commission

List of 133 men who could be buried in the Sugar Land 95 cemetery.

Source: Texas State Library and Archives Commission via Ancestry.com
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