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The first railroad built in Texas is called the Harrisburg Railroad and opened for business in 1853. [21] In 1854, the Texas and Red River telegraph services were the first telegraph offices to open in Texas. [21] The Texas cotton industry in 1859 increased production by seven times compared to 1849, as 58,073 bales increased to 431,645 bales. [22]
On February 11, 1858, the Seventh Texas Legislature approved O.B. 102, an act to establish the University of Texas, which set aside $100,000 in United States bonds toward construction of the state's first publicly funded university [15] (the $100,000 was an allocation from the $10 million the state received pursuant to the Compromise of 1850 ...
June 19, 1865 - Juneteenth is an American holiday that commemorates the June 19, 1865 announcement of the abolition of slavery in the U.S. state of Texas. [ 13 ] 1892 - First annual road race of the Magnolia Cycling Club was held on shelled roads in the Houston Heights .
Texas Declares Independence. Austin and Tanner map of Texas in 1836 Detail of the Republic of Texas from the Lizars map of Mexico and Guatemala, circa 1836. March 2 – The Texas Declaration of Independence is signed by 58 delegates at an assembly at Washington-on-the-Brazos and the Republic of Texas is declared. [1]
1842 - Texas seat of government relocated from Austin to Houston. [1] 1845 - Austin becomes part of the new U.S. state of Texas. [2] 1846 - Texas seat of government relocated back to Austin from Houston. [1] 1850 - Population: 3,841. [4] 1854 - Swenson Building and Ziller Building constructed. [5] 1855 Texas State Capitol built. [2]
The first European to see Texas was Alonso Álvarez de Pineda, who led an expedition for the governor of Jamaica, Francisco de Garay, in 1520.While searching for a passage between the Gulf of Mexico and Asia, [17] Álvarez de Pineda created the first map of the northern Gulf Coast. [18]
1843 – The Treaty of Bird's Fort between the Republic of Texas and several Indian tribes was signed at Bird's Fort in present-day Haltom City, Texas.Article XI of the treaty provided that no one may "pass the line of trading houses" (at the border of the Indians' territory) without permission of the President of Texas, and may not reside or remain in the Indians' territory.
On March 19 the Texas troops marched into an open prairie outside of Goliad during a heavy fog. When they stopped to rest their animals, Urrea and his main army surrounded them. The Texas force numbered at least 300 soldiers, and the Mexicans had 300 to 500 troops. With no choice but battle, James Fannin chose to stand and fight near Coleto Creek.