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HOUSTON’S MOST CAREFULLY PRESERVED SECRET STANDS IN PLAIN SIGHT. Beneath a sprawling live oak in Founders Memorial Cemetery waits the city’s true hanging tree—the living witness most Houstonians believe stands elsewhere, in a safe, polished park.

They are wrong.

This is the real one.

Its roots drink from ancient indigenous middens. Its branches once carried the weight of dying men: the “official” noose that ended John Hyde in 1856, then the midnight lynchings that terrorized Black Houston during Reconstruction—while yellow fever ravaged the wards and Buffalo Bayou floods erased evidence.
From the vanished worlds of the Atakapa and Karankawa through the Allen brothers’ empire of cotton and slavery to Civil War blood and Huntsville’s modern execution chamber, The Oak Remembers unearths the history Houston paved over.

The city spends fortunes keeping this tree alive—pruning, fertilizer, root treatments. The ground beneath it still carries every drop of blood and poison it was fed. The rope changed form, changed venue, changed name.

But it never left.

Every trial lawyer needs a reliable system.

The Jury Trial Companion is a practical case-management notebook created for prosecutors and defense lawyers who want to prepare deliberately, stay organized, and learn from every case they handle.

Designed to follow 100 criminal matters from intake through disposition, each two-page spread gives the lawyer a dedicated place to capture the essential information that drives a case. The CASE page organizes the charge, court, pretrial preparation, discovery, witnesses, motions, defenses, plea negotiations, and other critical work. The TRIAL page focuses the lawyer on theme, prosecution theory, defense theory, strategy, trial preparation, verdict, and the lessons that should be carried forward.
The Companion also includes:A master index for all 100 cases
Structured pretrial and trial work-up checklists
Space for plea offers, strategy, notes, and outcomes
A comprehensive objections reference
A volume line, allowing lawyers to build a lasting professional archive
Whether you are preparing your first trial or your hundredth, disciplined preparation builds confidence, and repetition strengthens judgment.

Prepare the case. Advocate with purpose. Refine the process.

The Daily Achievements Journal is a guided daily journal designed to help you focus on what matters most, build momentum through consistent action, and reflect on meaningful progress over time.

Each day includes space to identify priorities, record accomplishments, capture important thoughts, and reflect on lessons learned. Inspirational quotations from leaders, thinkers, writers, athletes, and innovators provide encouragement throughout the year.

Undated and flexible by design, The Daily Achievements Journal can be started at any time and used at your own pace. Whether you are pursuing personal goals, professional growth, or simply seeking a more intentional daily practice, this journal provides a structured system for focus, reflection, and progress.

Begin today. Build momentum. Record the journey.

The Memorable Travel Diary is a thoughtfully designed travel journal created to help you document the places you explore, the experiences you share, and the memories that remain long after you return home.

Designed to preserve 100 memorable journeys, each four-page section provides dedicated space to record the practical details of the trip as well as the impressions that made it worth remembering. Capture accommodations, companions, activities, reservations, favorite stops, memorable meals, hidden gems, unexpected moments, and the observations that photographs often miss.

Take the journey. Preserve the memory.