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texas rangers
The Texas Rangers was established on this date to protect settlers from indians on the frontire -
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Texas Ranger Timeline
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Mexico
Mexico gains independence from Spain. -
Old Three Hundred
Stephen F. Austin received a grant from the Mexican government and began colonization in the region of the Brazos River. Mexican officials approve Austin's plan to bring three hundred families into his colony. This group becomes known as the "Old Three Hundred." -
Constitusion of 1824
Constitution of 1824 gave Mexico a republican form of government. It failed to define the rights of the states within the republic, including Texas -
Texas revolution
First bloodshed of the Texas Revolution takes place at Velasco when Texans, transporting a cannon from Brazoria to Anahuac, are challenged by Mexican forces at Velasco. The Mexicans surrender on June 29. -
Come And Take It
Mexican troops attempt to retrieve a cannon that had been given to Gonzales colonists for protection from Indian attack. The skirmish that ensues as Gonzales residents dare the Mexicans to "come and take it" is considered the opening battle of the Texas Revolution. -
Alamo
The battle of the Alamo took place in a chruch called the Alamo. There were no servivers. -
Texas indpendance
Texas was free from Mexico. -
March 19 1840
Comanches, led by a dozen chiefs, meet with officials of Texas government to negotiate a peace treaty. Believing the Comanches to have reneged on a promise to release all white prisoners, the Texans take the chiefs prisoner. During the Council House fight that follows, 35 Comanches are killed, as are seven Texans. -
The Santa Fé Expedition,
The Santa Fé Expedition, launched without Texas Congressional authorization by Pres. Mirabeau B. Lamar, leaves Central Texas on its way west to establish trade with and solidify Texas' claims to territory around Santa Fé. Members of group are taken prisoner by Mexican troops, marched to Mexico City and imprisoned. They are finally released in 1842 -
Texas
Texas became the 28th state in Amarica. -
Guadalupe Hidalgo
1848 - Feb. 2 - Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed, ending the War with Mexico and specifying the location of the international boundary. -
Railroads
The first railroad to actually begin operation in Texas is chartered by the state government. The Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado begins operation in 1853. -
Reservations
Two reservations are established for Indians in West-Central Texas: one for Comanches on the Clear Fork of the Brazos in Throckmorton County, the other for more sedentary Indian groups, such as Tawakonis, Wacos and Tonkawas, near Fort Belknap in Young County. -
Col. Robert E. Lee arrives in San Antonio.
Col. Robert E. Lee arrives in San Antonio. He serves at Camp Cooper on the Comanche reservation beginning April 9. He returns to Washington for a short time, coming back to San Antonio and Fort Mason in February 1860 -
Robert E. Lee is ordered to return to Washington
Robert E. Lee is ordered to return to Washington from regimental headquarters at Fort Mason to assume command of the Union Army. Instead, Lee resigns his commission; he assumes command of the Confederate Army by June 1862. -
Texas
Texas joins the confederates -
Sam Houston
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Battle at Plalmito Ranch
The battle at Palmito Ranch happend 2 mounths after the Civil War ended. The Cofederates won the battle even though they had allready lost the war. -
Slavery ends
Slavery ends in Texas -
Texas Rangers
Texas Rangers is disspached -
Juneteenth.
• June 19 - Gen. Gordon Granger arrives at Galveston to announce that slavery has been abolished, an event commemorated today by the festival known as Juneteenth. -
New state constitotion
Texas voters approve a new state constitution -
Texas Rangers
Texas rangers was reastablished on this date. -
constitution
Present state constitution is adopted. It was amended over 400 times.
