WALTER PRESCOTT WEBBApril 3, 1888–March 8, 1963 Walter Prescott Webb remains one of Texas’s most significant and influential scholars.Born in 1888, Webb grew up in Stephens County. In 1904, an Atlanta literary magazine published a letter written by a young Webb asking how he could become a writer. Remarkably, a New Yorker named William E. Hinds read the letter and became Webb’s benefactor, sending him books, money, and encouragement. With Hinds’s support, Webb entered the University... Read More