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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]
The Hangar 25 Air Museum is an aviation museum located focused on the history of Webb Air Force Base, and located on the site (now the Big Spring McMahon–Wrinkle Airport). Following the retirement of an assistant city manager in May 1995, Bobby McDonald, a member of the Big Spring Air Park Development Board, proposed preserving one of the ...
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 ...
March 1 – At the Convention of 1836, delegates from 57 Texas communities convene in Washington-on-the-Brazos to deliberate independence from Mexico. March 2 – At the Convention of 1836, the Republic of Texas declares independence from Mexico. March 6 – The Battle of the Alamo ends; 189 Texans are slaughtered by about 1,600 Mexicans.
December 15, 1836 - Congress selects Houston as the provisional capitol; President Houston signs the bill. [3] The Allen Brothers, John Kirby and Augustus Chapman, co-found Houston. First cemetery is established as "City Cemetery". It stills stands today as Founders Memorial Cemetery.
What started as four terminals, three runways and 66 gates — the biggest airport in the world at the time — is now a hub for more than 73 million passengers with five terminals, 168 gates, and ...
During this golden era of Galveston's history, the city was home to a number of state firsts that include: the first post office (1836), the first naval base (1836), the first Texas chapter of a Masonic order (1840), the first cotton compress (1842), the first parochial school (Ursuline Academy) (1847), the first insurance company (1854), the ...
The Republic of Texas had formed in 1836, after breaking away from Mexico in the Texas Revolution. The following year, an ambassador from Texas approached the United States about the possibility of becoming an American state. Fearing a war with Mexico, which did not recognize Texas independence, the United States declined the offer. [1]