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2. Navasota, Texas - Wikipedia

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   Navasota is located in southwestern Grimes County, east of the Navasota River (a tributary of the Brazos River).It is 71 miles (114 km) northwest of Houston. Texas State Highway 105 is the main east–west route that passes through the center of Navasota, leading southwest 25 miles (40 km) to Brenham and east 41 miles (66 km) to Conroe.

3. René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle - Wikipedia

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   Mississippi River, and the Gulf of Mexico. Signature. René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (/ ləˈsæl /; November 22, 1643 – March 19, 1687), was a 17th-century French explorer and fur trader in North America. He explored the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, and the Mississippi River. He is best known for an early ...

4. History of slavery in Texas - Wikipedia

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   The history of slavery in Texas began slowly at first during the first few phases in Texas' history. Texas was a colonial territory, then part of Mexico, later Republic in 1836, and U.S. state in 1845. The use of slavery expanded in the mid-nineteenth century as White American settlers, primarily from the Southeastern United States, crossed the ...

5. Nassau Plantation (Texas) - Wikipedia

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   Nassau Plantation (Texas) Nassau Plantation was a 4,428 acres (17.92 km 2; 6.919 sq mi) endeavor purchased by the Adelsverein on January 9, 1843, in Fayette County, Texas, near what is now Round Top. A Texas State Historical Marker was installed in 1968, Marker 3550. [1]

6. Grimes County, Texas - Wikipedia

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   UTC−5 (CDT) Congressional district. 10th. Website. www.co.grimes.tx.us. Grimes County is a county located in southeastern Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 29,268. [1] The seat of the county is Anderson. [2] The county was formed from Montgomery County in 1846. [3]

7. Old Three Hundred - Wikipedia

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   The " Old Three Hundred " were 297 grantees who purchased 307 parcels of land from Stephen Fuller Austin in Mexican Texas. Each grantee was head of a household, or, in some cases, a partnership of unmarried men. Austin was an American approved in 1822 by Mexico as an empresario for this effort, after the nation had gained independence from ...