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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.
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]
In addition, the Handbook of Texas Online is provided by the TSHA for historical internet research of Texas. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly (initially the Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association) is the oldest continuously published scholarly journal in Texas. The journal features 16 articles per year, covering topics in a ...
A new pop-up exhibit at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum helps clear the air. Located on the second floor, it includes pages — originals and copies — of the treaty, which are on loan ...
When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott introduced his fellow governor from Tennessee this week at a border press conference, his words made reference to a bedrock piece of Lone State lore.
S. San Antonio Sporting District; San Antonio–El Paso Road; San Felipe incident (1835) San Patricio de Hibernia Monument; San Vicente, Texas; Sheep wars
Historic site Image Location Nearest city County Coordinates Supervising agency Notes Acton State Historic Site: FM 167: Acton: Hood: THC Barrington Plantation
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Texas, ordered by year.Since its admission to statehood in 1845, Texas has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the 1864 election during the American Civil War, when the state had seceded to join the Confederacy, and the 1868 election, when the state was undergoing Reconstruction.