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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]
San Antonio de Béxar, Historical, Traditional, Legendary. An Epitome of Early Texas History. Austin: Morgan Printing Company. Zelman, Donald L. (1983). "Alazan-Apache Courts: A New Deal Response to Mexican American Housing Conditions in San Antonio". Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 87 (2): 123– 150. JSTOR 30239788.
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]
Texas has a rich history of black historical figures that have made their mark in the Lone Star State. Here are a few landmarks to visit.
The oral history of the Klamath indigenous people describes the eruption of a volcano and subsequent creation of Crater Lake in Oregon, events that geologists date to almost 8,000 years ago.
The history of Galveston, Texas, begins with the archaeological record of Native Americans who used the island. The first European settlements on the island were constructed around 1816. The Port of Galveston was established in 1825 by the Congress of Mexico following its successful revolution from Spain.
Human history is long and complicated enough that things which end up affecting us every single day are sometimes wholly unknown to the vast majority of people. After all, so much of the world is ...