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Christopher Columbus discovered North America in1492
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Spanish explorer Alonso Alvarez de Pineda maps Texas coastline
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Francisco Vazquez de Coronado crosses the Texas Panhandle in search of the seven cities of Cibola.
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Jumano Indians requested spanish missionaries from New Mexico
to travel to the vicinity of present day San Angelo and instruct the
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La Salle is killed by several of his own men at an unknown east texas location.
