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  2. Mercedes, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Mercedes is located in southeastern Hidalgo County at (26.149315, –97.918675 It is bordered to the west by Weslaco and to the east, in Cameron County, by La Feria.. The Interstate 2/U.S. Route 83 freeway passes through the northern side of Mercedes, leading west 21 miles (34 km) to McAllen and east 14 miles (23 km) to Harlingen.

  3. History of Texas - Wikipedia

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    Campbell, Randolph B. Gone to Texas: a History of the Lone Star State (Oxford University Press, 2003, 500 pages) De León, Arnoldo, Gregg Cantrell, Robert A. Calvert. The History of Texas (2002); short survey by scholars; Garrison, George P. Texas: A Contest of Civilizations (1903) old textbook by scholar online edition

  4. Culture of Texas - Wikipedia

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    The history of Texas, particularly of the old independent Republic of Texas, is intimately bound up with its present culture. Frontier Texas! is a museum of the American Old West in Abilene. Texas is also home to many historical societies, such as: The Texas Historical Commission, an agency dedicated to historic preservation within the state of ...

  5. Atwater and Livingston at 100: What did these Valley cities ...

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    As the 100th anniversaries of both cities approach, Merced County historian Sarah Lim writes about some of the key moments of their incorporation. Atwater and Livingston at 100: What did these ...

  6. Timeline of religion - Wikipedia

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    Its origin can be traced to the group "Om Mandali", founded by Lekhraj Kripalani (1884–1969). 1939 – 1945: Millions of Jews were relocated and murdered by the Nazis during the Holocaust. 1947: Pakistan, the first nation-state in the name of Islam was created.

  7. Local reads for Merced County history buffs, available at the ...

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    Also available for purchase in the Museum Gift Shop is the 2023 Merced County Historical Society calendar, which features the first 100 years of Merced County high school history (1895-1995).

  8. History of religion - Wikipedia

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    The history of religion refers to the written record of human religious feelings, thoughts, and ideas. This period of religious history begins with the invention of writing about 5,200 years ago (3200 BCE). [1] The prehistory of religion involves the study of religious beliefs that existed prior to the advent of written records.

  9. Wends of Texas - Wikipedia

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    Nielsen, G. (1989) In Search of Home, Nineteenth-Century Wendish Immigration (College Station: Texas A & M University Press) ISBN 0-89096-400-9. Wukasch, Charles. A Rock Against Alien Waves: A History of the Wends Second Edition (Austin: Concordia University Press, 2008) Zersen, David. An Exciting Find in a Wendish Vault in Texas.