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The city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas was founded in 1837 after Augustus and John Allen had acquired land to establish a new town at the junction of Buffalo and White Oak bayous in 1836. Houston served as the temporary capital of the Republic of Texas .
Robertson's Colony was an empresario colonization effort during the Mexican Texas period. It is named after Sterling C. Robertson , but had previously been known by other names. It has also been referred to as the Nashville Colony, after the Tennessee city where the effort originated, the Texas Association, the Upper Colony, and Leftwich's ...
The Texas Congress admonished Houston for the incident, and the incident solidified Austin as Texas's seat of government for the Republic and the future state. [ 124 ] Statehood, war, and expansion (1845–1860)
Post-war Texas grew rapidly as migrants poured into the cotton lands of the state. [13] Texas was a prime location for agricultural immigration, due to its numerous rivers and rich soil. [14] Due to high amounts of immigration, the settled population of Texas rose to nearly 147,000 in 1847. [14]
Augustus Chapman Allen (July 4, 1806 – January 11, 1864), along with his younger brother, John Kirby Allen, founded the City of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas. He was born on July 4, 1806, in Canaseraga Village, New York (now the hamlet of Sullivan in the Town of Sullivan, New York ), [ 1 ] to Sarah (Chapman) and Roland Allen.
Houston Metropolitan Research Center is established. [26] May 11: A tanker truck of ammonia crashes at Interstate 610 and U.S. Highway 59 in the Galleria area, resulting in the deaths of 7 people. [27] [28] 1977. Houston Area Women's Center founded. [29] National Women's Conference held in city.
With Texas's economic fortunes declining by the early 1840s, the President of the Texas Republic, Sam Houston, ... was founded in 1718. In the early 1760s, ...
The Burnet Flag used from December 1836 to January 1839 as the national flag. The design was suggested by President David G. Burnet and it was the flag of the republic until it was replaced by the Lone Star Flag, and as the war flag from January 25, 1839, to December 29, 1845 [3] Naval ensign of the Texas Navy from 1836–1839 until it was replaced by the Lone Star Flag [3] The Lone Star Flag ...