Center for Texas Studies Director, Dr. Gene Allen Smith, will describe his journey as he follows the trail a Frenchman in Louisiana into Spanish Texas through the Spanish Archivo de Indies http://www.mecd.gob.es/cultura-mecd/en/areas-cultura/archivos.html. It is far more than tapas, cervezas, and wonderful jamon iberico.

Gene Smith is a professor of history at TCU specializing in American naval/maritime history, Gulf territorial expansion, and the War of 1812. He is a co-founder of the Center for Texas Studies at TCU and has served as its director since 2003.