Rocks Off spent a good chunk of the afternoon today competing in RodeoHouston's annual media Rodeo Roundup (more on those exploits tomorrow), so he's feeling especially nativist today - and with good reason.
On this day almost a century and three-quarters ago - 173 years, if you're counting - as Santa Anna's army lay siege to the Alamo in San Antonio, 41 delegates gathered at Washington-on-the-Brazos near Navasota ratified the Texas Constitution - they elected David G. Burnet, wh