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Mercedes is located in southeastern Hidalgo County at (26.149315, –97.918675 It is bordered to the west by Weslaco and to the east, in Cameron County, by La Feria.. The Interstate 2/U.S. Route 83 freeway passes through the northern side of Mercedes, leading west 21 miles (34 km) to McAllen and east 14 miles (23 km) to Harlingen.
This map is the earliest recorded document of Texas history. [ 18 ] Between 1528 and 1535, four survivors of the Narváez expedition , including Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and Estevanico , spent six and a half years in Texas as slaves and traders among various native groups.
In the winter of 1636, former Puritan leader Roger Williams was expelled from Massachusetts. He argued for freedom of religion, writing "God requireth not an uniformity of Religion to be inacted and enforced in any civill state." [38] Williams later founded Rhode Island on the principle of religious freedom. He welcomed people of religious ...
As the 100th anniversaries of both cities approach, Merced County historian Sarah Lim writes about some of the key moments of their incorporation. Atwater and Livingston at 100: What did these ...
Its origin can be traced to the group "Om Mandali", founded by Lekhraj Kripalani (1884–1969). 1939 – 1945: Millions of Jews were relocated and murdered by the Nazis during the Holocaust. 1947: Pakistan, the first nation-state in the name of Islam was created.
Also available for purchase in the Museum Gift Shop is the 2023 Merced County Historical Society calendar, which features the first 100 years of Merced County high school history (1895-1995).
1833 map of Coahuila and Texas; Austin's Colony is the large pink area in the southeast. The colony encompassed an area that ran from the Gulf of Mexico on the south, to near present-day Jones Creek in Brazoria County , Brenham in Washington County , Navasota in Grimes County , and La Grange in Fayette County .
Spanish missions within the boundaries of what is now the U.S. state of Texas. The Spanish Missions in Texas comprise the many Catholic outposts established in New Spain by Dominican, Jesuit, and Franciscan orders to spread their doctrine among Native Americans and to give Spain a toehold in the frontier land.