“Gone To Texas” or GTT as it was commonly abbreviated, was the expression when someone up and left for Texas during the 1800s. In a post Civil War time, life was hard. The economy was all but gone and the reconstruction presented many new regulations and changes that drastically effected the southern states. Many husbands, fathers, brothers and sons had been lost in battle leaving wives and children to fend for themselves. For many citizens with little in their pockets and on the cusp of losing their farms, stories of a new start in Texas were appealing. For very little one could purchase thousands of acres of land for farming and ranching. The newly annexed Texas seemed to march to the beat of it’s own drum.
