The Texas Timeline

  • Period: 1690 BCE to

    The sande los tejas

    The Spanish had built the mission named San Francisco de los tejas
  • 1500 BCE

    Coastal American

    Americans make knives and scrapers from stone
  • 100 BCE

    Indians making pottery

    Indians living together and making pottery
  • Jun 30, 1000

    Indians crops

    The Indians called caddo stars to grow many crops
  • Aug 30, 1528

    Europeans meet Indians

    The Europeans meet the Indians also called the karankawas
  • Aug 30, 1541

    Panhandle crossing

    Francisco Vasquez de crosses panhandle of Texas
  • Aug 30, 1554

    The shipwreck of padre

    The shipwreck was in padre island
  • Aug 30, 1581

    Writes about the Indians

    Spaniard hernan Gallegos writes about the lives of the Indians in Texas
  • Juan Onate crossing the Texas panhandle

    Onate crosses the Texas panhandle on his way to quivira
  • The finding of the Indians home

    The Indians fond their home and was secure there
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    The landing of matagorda bay in Texas

    Some French colonist was lead to the matagorda bay in Texas
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    The establish of the Valero

    The mission of alarcon is establishes by Martin de alarcon
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    Settlers arrive to San Antonio

    Settlers arrive from the Canary Islands soon arrive from San Antonio
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    The establish Sanchez

    The town of Laredo is set bay Tomas Sanchez
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    The expedition begins of rubi

    The expedition begins by Marques de rubi
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    The finding of the town Nacogdoches

    Antonio Gil ybarbo founds the town of Nacogdoches in east Texas
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    Morfi dies

    Th priest author of the Texas history book dies
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    The capture of wild houses

    U.s citizens has permission to capture wild houses
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    The defeat of the U.S

    James long and a small force of invalid Texas but was sadly defeated
  • Highest point

    The highest point is the Guadalupe peak in the hole state at 8,749 above the sea level
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    Texas wins independence

    Texas and Mexico win Independence Day From Spain
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    The find of the Texas colony

    There s permission to be founded a colony in Texas
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    The first cotton crop

    He first cotton crop was done by settler Jared groce
  • Longest River

    The largest River is rio grands that starts in Colorado and ends in Texas - Mexico it is miles
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    Anglo settlers

    Without permission of the Mexican government about 3,000 settlers live in Texas
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    The lower Guadalupe river

    Families live on the lower Guadalupe river
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    The merged of Texas and Coahuila

    Coahuila and Texas are formed into one state
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    The attack of the Dewitt colony

    A Indian Attacks a settler
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    The independence of Mexico

    The fredonian rebellion has started when Haden Edwards declares independence from Mexico
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    The contract to settle

    A contract was received to send 100 families in Texas
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    The tour of Texas

    The tour of Texas begins for the Mexican government
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    Newspaper begins in the colony

    The Texas gazette newspaper begins publication in Austin in a colony
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    The Sunday school was made

    A Sunday school was made in San Felipe by Thomas j.
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    The ending of slavery in Mexico

    The ending of slavery in Mexico , but an exception is made for Texas
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    The rule changes of immigration

    The change of the rules on immigration and trade in Texas
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    The stop of attacks of Gonzales

    Gonzales gets a cannon to stop American Indian attacks
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    Life in early Texas

    Life in early Texas was described in a letter by Mary Austin
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    Bales of cotton of Texas

    Some farmers of Texas cotton that was worth about $315,000,that was sent to New Orleans
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    The arrest of Saltillo

    The arrest of Saltillo who was Stephen f. Austin
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    The land grants

    There is about 3,500 land grants that settlers hold
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    Immigrants coming to Texas

    1,000 immigrants that come to Texas each year
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    The starting of buffalo bayou

    Every thing is set for the buffalo bayou brazos
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    The constitution

    Texans are concerned when the Mexican government abolished the government abolishes the constitution of 184
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    The attack of the Mexican soldiers

    The Texans attack the Mexican soldiers and they forced them out of there home
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    The Texas troops capturing the city

    The Texas troops push out the Mexican troops out of their home and they capture the city
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    The Alamo

    The siege of the Alamo begins to start
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    The independence is adopted

    The Texas declaration of the independence is adopted
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    Texans win the battle of San Jacinto

    The Texans win the battle of the ending the Texas Revolution
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    The first president of the republic of Texas

    Sam Houston has just become the first elected president of the republic of Texas
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    The Texas flag is born

    The first official Texas flag was made by the Texas congress
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    Congress diplomat to go to Texas

    The u.s congress has a diplomat to go to Texas
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    Lamer as the president

    Texans elect Mirabeau b. Lamer for president
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    The horse race

    A horse race was held in velasco by the citizens
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    The Texas senate

    William h. Wharton is elected to the Texas senate
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    homestead law

    Some Texans passed the homestead law
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    France becomes the first European nation

    When France becomes the first European nation it recognizes Texas as a independent country
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    The residents of Austin

    In Austin it has 850 resident
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    The first college

    The first college was made and was to use
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    The opening of the Galveston university

    Galveston the university has opened its doers to 5 new students
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    Houston is elected agin

    Texans elect Sam Houston for president of the republic
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    The Texas navy goes to Yucatan coast

    The President sends the Texas navy to the Yucatan coast
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    Kennedy publishes

    William Kennedy publishes Texas the rise progress and prospects of the republic of Texas
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    Bringing setter lets yo Texas

    A director named pellegrini brings 14 settlers to Texas
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    The capture of San Antonio

    A lot of Mexican soldiers go to capture San Antonio
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    Peace between Texans and Indians

    Councils lead to peace between Texas and Indians
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    Ending the moderate war

    Houston sends some troops to end the moderate war
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    German immigrants

    Some Texans followed some German immigrants
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    The elect of anson jones

    Anson was elected for president of the republic
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    Africans live in Texas

    More than 30,000 Africans live in Texas
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    The annexes of Texas

    The United States annexes Texas
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    The fight between u.s and Mexican troops

    U.s troops and Mexican troops started a fight
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    The peace treaty with Comanches

    Texas made a peace treaty with penateka Comanches
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    serve in the U.S senate

    The first Texans to serve in the in the U.S senate was Thomas j. And Sam Houston
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    The next governor of Texas

    George T. wood is elected governor of Texas
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    The death of Samuel Walker

    Walker dies in combat in a conflict in Mexico
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    The population grows in Texas

    Texas is a very big state with more than 142,000 of population
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    The population of Texas population

    The population of Texas grows very big at 200,000 in people
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    The urge to move to move to Texas

    Melinda rankin encourages people to come to wonderful Texas
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    A light house is stating to be build

    They start to build a light house it could be seen from 16 miles away
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    The abandon of the u.s troops army

    Army troops abandon Fort Worth after settlers move more and more farther in the west
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    Know nothing party is active in Texas

    The American or know nothing party becomes active in Texas
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    Governors mansion being built

    The governor mansion is built in Austin
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    The rebellion of the slaves

    Slaves are planing a attack but it fails to begin because it was discovered before it ever begin
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    The stagecoach begins

    A stagecoach was made to bring passenger to Missouri to Texas and on to California
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    The election for government and Houston wins

    In the elections of running from the government for Texas government ,Houston defeats with Hardin
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    The clash of Texas rangers and Mexican Americans

    Near Brownsville a clash between Texas Rangers and Mexican Americans happen
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    The clash between Mexican American and Texas Rangers

    A clash happens between the Mexican American and Texas Rangers in Brownsville
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    Texas Bales of cotton

    Texas has so many bales of cotton more than 400,000
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    The vote of Texas

    Texans vote by more than one to three to secede from the United States
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    The establishment of the Texas frontier

    The regiment is established of the Texas frontier
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    Capture of the southwest

    The troops leave from San Antonio to go to New Mexico and it was thier plan to capture the southwest for the confederacy
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    The capture of Galveston

    Union forces capture Galveston
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    Emancipation of proclamation

    The emancipation is issues by the president Lincoln
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    The union invade Texas

    The union try's to attack Texas but eventually turns back at the Sabine pass
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    The capture of Brownsville

    The union troops has capture Brownsville
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    invasion of northeastern Texas

    The confederate forces stop a union invasion of northeastern Texas
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    The attack of the Indians in the panhandle

    There was a attack of the Indians in the panhandle and was lead by Carson
  • The attack of the plains Indians

    Christopher Carson held an attack on the plains Indians that is in the panhandle
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    The palmto ranch battle

    At palmito ranch a battle a war is fought
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    Slaves are free

    Because of the emancipation proclamation the slaves are free
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    The delegate to the republican

    The republic national convention that was elected as a African American George T. Ruby
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    The establishment of fort Richardson

    Near jacksboro fort Richardson is established
  • The establishment of fort Richardson

    Fort Richardson is establish next to Jacksboro
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    Elected governor

    The elected governor was republican Edmund j. Davis
  • Texas's rail lines

    Texas has about 583 miles of rail lines
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    School system in Texas

    In Texas a public school system is created
  • Wettest place

    In 1873 Clarksville had 109.4 inches of hard rain
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    Democratic Party has full control of the government

    The Democratic Party regains full control of state government
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    The clash of Texas rangers and Mexican Americans

    A clash happens between Texas Rangers and Mexican Americans in Brownsville
  • The attack on the buffalo hunters

    a group of buffalo hunters where attacked by the Plain Indians
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    The adoption of the constitution

    Texas adopts a new constitution
  • The funding of the railroads begins

    Texas passed by a legislature that allows the state to fund railroads with land grants
  • The military university opens

    An all male university of military in Texas opens
  • Apache launches raids at the Texas/Mexico border

    The leader of Apache launches raids along the Texas/Mexico border
  • The first transcontinental railroad

    The firs transcontinental railroad that is in Texas and pacific and meets near El Paso
  • The university opens in Texas

    The opening of the university in Texas
  • The strike to the jay gourds railroad company

    There is a major strike against the jays railroad company, the Knights of labor stated the strike
  • The railroad track in Texas

    Just in Texas there is about 8,000 miles of railroad track
  • The pass of the antitrust act

    The antitrust act is passed by the legislature in Texas
  • The Texas railroad is establish to regulate

    To regulate railroads in Texas commission is establish
  • The populist

    A leading of the association of farmers gladly endorses the populist party
  • The strike of Corsicana

    Drillers strike oil in Corsicana
  • Coldest spot

    The lowest recorded temperature in Texas was a very cold at -23 Fahrenheit in 1899in Tulsa and again in 1933 in Seminole
  • The hurricane of Galveston

    When a hurricane hits little Galveston it kills more then 6,000 to 8,000 people
  • The tenant farmers of Texas

    Texas has a lot farms more than 350,000 and more than half farmers are tenant farmers
  • The oil of spindletop

    The oil supply is more than 17 million barrels
  • The oil strike of Harris country

    In Harris country a large oil strike is made
  • The oil leak of Goose Creek

    Along Galveston bay at goose creek oil is discovered
  • The first woman president of the league

    The first predict of the league of Mexican woman and her name was jovita Ida's
  • The Houston ship Chanel opens

    Houston becomes a very important oil refining center
  • The banning of the manufacture of alcohol

    The constitution band the sale of the manufacture of alcohol
  • The approval to drill oil in west Texas

    There is approval to drill for oil on a pice of land that the state owns that is in west Texas
  • The stopping of the strike in Galveston

    The braking of a strike is done in Galveston by governor William hobby
  • The states first female governor

    Elected by Texans Miriam A. Ferguson as the very first female governor
  • Automobile registration

    The automobile registration reach about 1 million
  • Herbert Hoover elected for president

    The majority of Texans volt a republican for president candidate Hebert Hoover
  • The unemployment of Texas

    More than 300,000 of Texans are unemployed
  • The governor of texas

    James V A is governor of Texas
  • Hottest spot

    The hottest day in Texas was at 120 Fahrenheit in 1936 at Seymour and in 1994at Monahans
  • O'daniel for governor

    As governor Texans elected O'daniel as governor
  • Texans in world war 2

    Many Texans volunteer for military for world war 2
  • Texas is a white primary unconstitutional

    The Supreme Court called Texas a white primary unconstitutional
  • Audie Murphy gets a medal

    Audie Murphy a former Texans gets a honor for stopping a German tank that was attacking France
  • Automobile in Texas

    In Texas more than 3 million automobiles are registered
  • Driest place

    Wink received just 1.76 inches of rain in 1956
  • Largest lake in Texas

    The caddy lake is the largest lake in Texas covering half of which are in Louisiana
  • Largest park in Texas

    Big Ben national park is the latest park in Texas with 800,00
  • Woodlands of Texas

    Texas has more than 60 million acres of forest and woodland
  • Texas timber

    The Texas timber industry has more than $1.9 billion in 2007
  • Livestock of Texas

    10.8 billion is the total of the livestock in Texas
  • Water in Texas

    Toledo bend reservoir on the Sabine holds more than 5.5 billion cubic meters of water
  • Ogallala aquifer

    The largest underground sours is ogallala aquifer
  • Cotten production of Texas

    In 2011the value of the Texas Cotten production reached over over $1.5billion
  • Oil of Texas

    IN 2012 the state of Texas produced about 730 barrels of crude oil worth $55 billion
  • Lignite of Texas

    Texas has around 23 billion tons of limited witch is a type of coal
  • Irrigation of Texas

    6 million acres of Texas is irrigated
  • Farm in Texas

    There where more than 244,700 in Texas in 2012
  • Agriculture in Texas

    Agriculture added some $36 billion to the Texas economy in 2012
  • Texas electronics

    The total f the computers and electronics is more than $45 billion in 2012