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The Texas Renaissance Festival (dubbed the Ren Fest) is an annual Renaissance fair located in Todd Mission, Texas, about 55 miles northwest of Houston. [1] The Texas Renaissance Festival (TRF) started in 1974 on the location of an old strip mining site. The festival claims to be "the nation’s largest Renaissance theme park."
Tennessee Renaissance Festival Tennessee: Arrington-Triune; permanent 16th-century town of "Covington Glen;" features a full-sized replica "border castle", known as "Castell Gwynn" 1985 stages; 68 acres (05a) May (4 weekends) 45k (2008) Tennessee RenFest: Texas Renaissance Festival: Texas: Todd Mission; permanent
The first European to see Texas was Alonso Álvarez de Pineda, who led an expedition for the governor of Jamaica, Francisco de Garay, in 1520.While searching for a passage between the Gulf of Mexico and Asia, [17] Álvarez de Pineda created the first map of the northern Gulf Coast. [18]
He is the founder of the Texas Renaissance Festival (TRF), the largest Renaissance fair in the United States. [2] Since 1982, he has also served as the mayor of Todd Mission, Texas. [3] Coulam drew wider public attention after being featured in the 2024 HBO documentary series, Ren Faire.
In the documentary series "Ren Faire," premiering Sunday on HBO, Lance Oppenheim ("Some Kind of Heaven") trains his camera on the 50-year-old Texas Renaissance Festival, outside of Houston, which ...
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]
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]
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