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They arrive in Texas and encounter the Karankawas.
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They grow many kinds of crops in Eastern Texas.
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They make pottery
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This was done by Alonso Alvarez de Pineda.
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This was done by Explorer Francisco Vasquez de Coronado.
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Spaniard Hernan Gallegos writes about the lives of the Jumano Indians in Texas
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Juan de Onate crosses the Texas Panhandle on his way to Quivira.
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Spaniards first record seeing Apache Indians riding horses.
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A group of colonists led by French explorer ReneRobert Cavelier Sier de La Salle lands in Matagorda Bay in Texas.
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The Spanish build a mission named SAN Francisco de los Tejas.
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The Marques de Rubi expedition begins.
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Antonio Gil Ybarbo founds the town of Nacogdoches in East Texas.
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The Spanish government grants Moses Austin permission to found a colony in Texas.
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About 3,000 Anglo settlers live in Texas without permission of the Mexican government.
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The Fredonian Rebellion begins when Haden Edwards declares independence from Mexico.
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An American Indian attack on the Green DeWitt colony forces settlers to flee Gonzales.
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Stephan F. Austin receives a contract to settle an additional 100 families in Texas.
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Thomas J. Pilgrim organizes a Sunday school and private boys' school in San Felipe.
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President Guerrero issues a decree ending slavery in Mexico, but an exemption is made for Texas.
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On April 6 Mexico issues a law that changes rules on immigration and trade in Texas.
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The town of Gonzales receives a cannon from the Mexican government to defend citizens against American Indian attacks.
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Marry Austin Holley's letters, describing life in early Texas, are published.
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Texas farmers export some 7,000 bales of cotton, worth about $315,000, to New Orleans.
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Stephen F. Austin is arrested in Saltillo.
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Texas settlers hold about 3,500 land grants.
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An estimated 1,000 U.S. immigrants enter Texas each month.
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Texans become concerned when the Mexican government officially abolishes the Constitution of 1824
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Texas settlers attack Mexican soldiers at Gonzales, forcing them to leave.
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Texas troops push Mexican troops out of San Antonio, capturing the city.
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The siege of the Alamo begins.
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The Texas Declaration of Independence is adapted.
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Texans win the Battle of San Jacinco, ending the Texas Revolution.
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The first official Texas flag is adopted by the Texas Congress.
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The Texas government begins work in Houston, the new capital.
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The U.S. Congress authorizes a diplomat to go to Texas.
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Texans elect Mirabeau B. Lamar president.
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Valasco citizens hold a horse race on the coast near the town.
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Texas passes a homestead law, protecting settlers' homes from being seized to pay debts.
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Repeated attacks and discrimination force more than 100 Tajano families to flee Nacogdoches.
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William H. Wharton is elected to the Texas Senate.
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France becomes the first European nation to recognize Texas as an independent country.
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Austin, the new capital has 850 residents.
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The first college chartered by the Republic, Rutersville College, is founded.
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Galveston University opens its doors to five students.
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Texans again elect Sam Houston president of the Republic.
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William Kennedy publishes Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas.
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President Mirabeau B. Lamar sends the Texas Navy to the Yucatán coast.
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General Adrian Will and about 1,400 Mexican soldiers capture San Antonio
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The Tehuacana Creek Councils lead to peace between Texans and Texas Indian groups.
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President Sam Houston sends troops into East Texas to end the Regulator-Moderator War.
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Snider de Pellegrini, director of a French colonization company, brings 14 settlers to Texas.
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Texans elect Anson Jones president of the Republic.
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At least 30,000 enslaved African Americans live in Texas.
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Texas signs a peace treaty with the Peateka Comanches.
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A state census reports the state's population at more than 142,000.
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Texans cast their first votes as U.S. citizens in a presidential election.
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In her book Texas in 1850, Melinda Rankin describes the state and urges people to move to Texas.
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After many false starts, track is finally laid for the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos, and Colorado Railway.
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Slaves in Colorado County acquire weapons and plan a rebellion, but the plot is discovered before it can begin.
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The Butterfield Overland Mail begins taking passengers and mail by stagecoach from Missouri, through Texas, and on to California.
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Texas produces a record crop of more than 400,000 bales of cotton.
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The Texas Frontier Regiment is established.
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Colonel Christopher "Kit" Carson leads an attack against Plains Indians in the Panhandle.
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Fort Richardson is established near Jacksboro.
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Edmund J. Davis is elected governor, the last Republican to hold the office until Bill Clements was elected in 1978
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J. Davis is elected governor, the last Republican to hold the office until Bill Clements was elected in 1978
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Clarksville received 109.4 inches of rain.
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Plains Indians attack a group of buffalo hunters in the Battle of Adobe Walls.
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Comanche leader Quanah Parker surrenders, ending the Red River War.
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Apache leader Victorio launches raids along the Texas Mexico border.
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The lowest recorded temperature in Texas was a chilly -23 degrees.
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The Spindertop oil strike spurs the growth of the Texas industry.
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The hottest its ever been in Texas is 120 degrees.
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The Southern Aircraft Corporation, the first airplane manufacturer in Texas, is formed.
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A Texas law establishing white primaries is struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court in Smith v. Allwright.
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Wink received just 1.76 inches of rain.
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The Manned Space Center, now the Johnson Space Center, the is built in Houston.
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Texas Instruments releases the first handheld calculator.
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Texan Barbara Jordan is elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. She is the first black woman from the South to serve in Congress.
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Raul Gonzales is elected to the Texas Supreme Court. He is the first Mexican American elected statewide office.
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The North American Free Trade Agreement is passed, easing trade among the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
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Texas livestock totaled over 10.8 billion.
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The Texas timber industry earned more than 1.9 billion.
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Texas reached over 1.5 billion in cotton reproduction.
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730 million barrels of crude oil that was worth some 55 billion.
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There were more than 244,700 farms in Texas.
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Agriculture added some 36 billion to Texas economy.
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Texas exports of electronics were worth more than 45 billion.
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Based on the 2010 Cenus, Texas gains four new seats in Congress.
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Texas exports more than $134 billion worth of goods.
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The Rio Grande, which begins in Colorado and flows along the Texas-Mexico border.
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10,000 Proto-Indians live at the Gault site.
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The Spanish build a mission name SAN Francisco de los Tejas.
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The Texas Gazette newspaper begins publication in Austin's colony
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They make knives and scrapers from stone.
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Guadalupe Peak is the highest point in the state, at 8,749 feet above sea level.
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Texas has estimated 23 billion tons of lignite, a type of coal.
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More than 6 million acres of Texas land are irrigated.
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This is the largest underground water source in Texas.
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This holds more than 5.5 billion cubic meters of water.
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Texas contains more than 60 million acres of forests and woodlands.
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Coddo Lake is the largest natural lake in Texas.
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This is the largest nation park in Texas.
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The Texas government begins work in Houston, the new capital.