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  2. History of Texas (1865–1899) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Timeline of the Texas Revolution - Wikipedia

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    After a thirteen-day siege, Santa Anna's army defeated the small group of Texians at the Battle of the Alamo and continued east. Many Texians, including the government, fled their homes in the Runaway Scrape. On March 19 the Texas troops marched into an open prairie outside of Goliad during a heavy fog.

  4. Timeline of the history of the United States (1860–1899)

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    March 4, 1877 – After only two days as president-elect and vice president-elect, Hayes becomes the 19th president and Wheeler becomes the 19th vice president; 1877 – Reconstruction ends; 1877 – Nez Perce War; 1878 – Bland–Allison Act; 1878 – Morgan silver dollars first minted; 1879 – Thomas Edison creates first commercially viable ...

  5. Timelines of modern history - Wikipedia

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    For a timeline of events prior to 1501, see 15th century § Events; For a timeline of events from 1501 to 1600, see 16th century § Significant events; For a timeline of events from 1601 to 1700, see Timeline of the 17th century

  6. Timeline of Houston - Wikipedia

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    1900s - Oil is discovered in Texas, from which a new industry will start. 1900. Population: 44,633. [15] Major hurricane strikes nearby Galveston, leading to development shifting north to Houston; 1902 - President Theodore Roosevelt approves a one-million dollar fund for the construction of the Houston Ship Channel.

  7. 1877 in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Timeline of United States history (1860–1899) ... Events from the year 1877 in the United States. ... (starting month and day unknown) Lieutenant Governor of Texas: ...

  8. Battle of Yellow House Canyon - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Yellow House Canyon was a battle between a force of Comanches and Apaches against a group of American bison hunters that occurred on March 18, 1877, near the site of the present-day city of Lubbock, Texas.

  9. History of the Texas Ranger Division - Wikipedia

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    By the early 1830s, the Mexican War of Independence had subsided, and some 60 to 70 families had settled in Texas—most of them from the United States. Because there was no regular army to protect the citizens against attacks by native tribes and bandits, in 1823, Stephen F. Austin organized small, informal armed groups whose duties required them to range over the countryside, and who thus ...