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The French colonization of Texas started when Robert Cavelier de La Salle intended to found the colony at the mouth of the Mississippi River, but inaccurate maps and navigational errors caused his ships to anchor instead 400 miles (640 km) to the west, off the coast of Texas. The colony survived until 1688.
The matter was not settled until February 22, 1819, when Spain ceded Florida to the United States, in return for which the latter relinquished its claim to Texas. The official border of Texas was placed on the Sabine River (the present-day border between Texas and Louisiana), then following the Southern Red and Arkansas rivers to the 42nd ...
Chouteau (named for Auguste Pierre Chouteau, fur trader born in Upper Louisiana of French descent; Delaware County; Durant (The French surname of the town's founding French/Choctaw family) El Reno (Named after Civil War officer Jesse L. Reno, of Huguenot descent) Guymon; Lucien (A common French given name) Poteau ("Stake," named by French ...
The French Texas (1685−1689) — a short lived colonial area of the French Empire, that was located in present-day southeastern Texas. Established by Robert de La Salle in the western Colonial Louisiana region of the Viceroyalty of New France .
In 1762, France finally relinquished their claim to Texas by ceding all of Louisiana west of the Mississippi River to Spain as part of the treaty to end the Seven Years' War. [56] Spain saw no need to continue to maintain settlements near French outposts and ordered the closure of Los Adaes, making San Antonio the new provincial capital. [57]
The latter two missions were located in a disputed area; France claimed the Sabine River to be the western boundary of colonial Louisiana, while Spain claimed the Red River to be the eastern boundary of colonial Texas, leaving an overlap of 45 miles (72 km). [10] In 1719, European powers embarked on the War of the Quadruple Alliance. In June ...
The intent was to protect the territorial boundaries of French-Louisiana and halt the eastward expansion of the Spaniards, whose local government was based on the Rio Grande in south Texas. The Spaniards were building Fort Los Adaes about 15 miles west of Natchitoches, near the present town of Robeline, LA. St.
In 1753, Texas Governor Jacinto de Barrios y Jáuregui determined that the French had encroached on Texas by occupying territory to the west of Arroyo Hondo, a small creek in western Natchitoches Parish that had previously been used by the French as their western boundary with Texas. [2] In 1764, the boundary dispute became temporarily moot ...