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in 1852 texas builded there first railroad
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a permanant school fund is created in 1854
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in 1854 a native american resarvation is built in texas
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in 1857 texas has elected hardin r. runnels as thier new govenor of texas
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sam houton is elected the new govenor of texas
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the cortina war is taken in brownsville
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texas approves seccession from the united states in 1861
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galveston island is captured by union troops in 1862
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sam houston dies in 1863
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the confederate army finally recaptures galveston island after a whole year
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the battle of sabine takes place in texas
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robert e lee surrenderes ending the civil war and the union wins the war
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March 4 Jesse Chisholm, famous trailblazer, dies of food poisoning in Oklahoma
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1870 January 8 Edmund Davis becomes the first Republican governor of Texas.
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July 12 The Sixth Cavalry engages the Kiowas in the battle of the Little Wichita.
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May 18 Satanta, Big Tree, and their warriors massacre seven men from a wagon train at Salt Creek.
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1876 February 15 The Texas Constitution is adopted.
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September 27 Former Civil War Gen. Braxton Bragg drops dead as he crosses a street in Galveston.
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October 11 Bill Longley, killer of at least 32 people, is hanged at Giddings
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May 31 Fort Griffin, headquarters for buffalo skinners in Shackelford County, is abandoned.
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December 15 America's second transcontinental railroad links up at Sierra Blanca in Hudspeth County.
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1882 January 2 Jay Gould predicts the "end of Jefferson" after the town refuses to give his railroad right-of-way.
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September 15 The organizational session of the new University of Texas is attended by 221 students.
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1886 March 21 A shoot-out at Tascosa leaves four dead.
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1890 January 30 Louis Jordan is born in Fredericksburg. He becomes an All-American football player and the first officer killed in World War I.
