Eras Of Texas By lujanhector Period: Sep 23, 1300 to Sep 23, 1528 Natural Texas And Its People Sep 24, 1519 Alvarez de Pineda maps the Texas coast Period: Sep 23, 1528 to Sep 23, 1690 Age Of Contact Period: Sep 24, 1528 to Sep 24, 1535 Cabeza de Vaca wanders and lives with Native Americans in Texas Sep 24, 1598 Onate found a settlement on the upper Rio Grande Sep 24, 1685 La Salle founds Fort St.Louis-the first French settlement in Texas Period: Sep 23, 1690 to Sep 23, 1821 Spanish Colonial Period: Sep 23, 1821 to Sep 23, 1836 Mexican National Period: Sep 23, 1835 to Sep 23, 1845 Revolution And Republic Period: Sep 23, 1845 to Sep 23, 1861 Early Statehood Period: Sep 23, 1861 to Sep 23, 1874 Civil War and Reconstruction Period: Sep 23, 1865 to Sep 23, 1900 Cotton,Cattle,And Railroads Period: Sep 23, 1894 to Sep 23, 1935 Age Of Oil Period: Sep 23, 1929 to Sep 23, 1945 Texas n the great Depression and World War II Period: Sep 23, 1945 to Sep 23, 1980 Civil Rights and Conservatism Period: Sep 23, 1980 to Sep 23, 2015 Present Contemporary Texas