lorenzo By lorenzocorrea Period: Dec 17, 1840 to Dec 17, 2010 texas Dec 17, 1845 texas becomes the twenty eight state Dec 17, 1845 texas ratify constitution of 1845 Dec 17, 1850 texas released 40 percent of its western land to u.s Dec 17, 1851 constitution begins on first railroad line in texas Dec 17, 1855 first group of comanches moves to brazos indian reservations Dec 17, 1859 sam houston is elected govnor Dec 17, 1861 texas joins confederate states of america Dec 17, 1865 slavery ends in texas Dec 17, 1874 reconstruction ends in texas Dec 17, 1876 constitution of 1876 is adopted Dec 17, 1884 ranching industery begins to declin Dec 17, 1884 law is passed making fence cutting a crim Dec 17, 1885 robert muger developes new cotton crops Dec 17, 1890 james hogg is elected governor of texas Dec 17, 1894 biol weevil infests texas cotton crops Dec 17, 1900 cottonseed oil manufacturing becomes second most important industry Dec 17, 1900 deadliest us and texas tornadoes over 6000 lives lost Dec 17, 1902 one of the worst texas tornados 114 deaths Dec 17, 1933 lowest temperature in texas -23 f Dec 17, 1935 worst dust storm in us history on black sunday Dec 17, 1936 highest temperature in texas 120 f Dec 17, 1953 one of the two worst tornados in texas 114 lives lost Dec 17, 1979 gratest rainfall in a 24 hour period in us 43 inches Dec 17, 1980 longest heat wave in texas 88 days with average high temperature Dec 17, 2000 most consecutive days without rain 84 days
