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From a Watery Grave: The Discovery and Excavation of La Salle's Shipwreck, La Belle. College Station: Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 978-1-58544-431-1.. Calloway, Colin G. (2003). One Vast Winter Count: The Native American West Before Lewis and Clark. History of the American West. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0-8032-1530-6..
As conditions deteriorated, La Salle realized the colony could survive only with help from the French settlements in Illinois Country to the north, along the Mississippi and Illinois rivers. La Salle's last expedition ended along the Brazos River in early 1687, when he and five of his men were murdered during a mutiny. Although a handful of men ...
At the end of October La Salle decided to undertake a longer expedition and reloaded the La Belle with much of the remaining supplies. [25] He took 50 men, plus the La Belle's crew of 27 sailors, leaving behind 34 men, women, and children. The bulk of the men traveled with La Salle in canoes, while the La Belle followed further off the coast. [25]
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (/ l ə ˈ s æ l /; November 22, 1643 – March 19, 1687), was a 17th-century French explorer and fur trader in North America. He explored the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, and the Mississippi River.
The 2014 La Salle Lancers won the school's first-ever state championship. That team will be honored this Friday.
Fort Worth moved a highway about 1,000 feet to rejuvenate a part of downtown in the early 2000s. ... “One thing that happened is that the darkness of the underside of the freeway was moved 1,000 ...
La Salle County is a county in Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 6,664. [2] Its county seat is Cotulla. [3] The county was created in 1858 and later organized in 1880. [4] [1] It is named for René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, a 17th-century French explorer. [1]
La Salle won the Division I state basketball championship in 2011 with help from Brett Wiebell's senior leadership. Wiebell died in 2022 at age 29.