DEFINITION of 'Traveler's Check'. A medium of exchange that can be used in place of hard currency. Travelers' checks are often used by individuals who are traveling on vacation to foreign countries.The checks were first introduced by American Express back in 1891.REAKING DOWN 'Traveler's Check'. Travelers' checks provide a safe way to carry currency abroad. Security is provided against lost or stolen checks by the issuing party-usually a bank.
Stonewall, TX. Sponsored Topics. Stonewall is a census-designated place (CDP) in Gillespie County, Texas, United States. The population was 469 at the 2000 census. It was named for Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson, by Israel P. Nunez, who established a stage station near the site in 1870.
General Stonewall Jackson was badly wounded in the arm at the battles of Chancellorsville, and had his arm amputated. The operation did not succeed, and pneumonia setting in, he died on the 10th inst., near Richmond, Virginia.he towns of Stonewall in Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas and Kentucky are named in his honor, as are Jackson County in Oklahoma and Stonewall County in Texas.