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1519 Alonzo Alvarez de Pineda explored the Gulf of Mexico. This is the first documented attempt by a Spaniard to discover Texas
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1540 Spaniards launched an entrada to search for the Golden Cities
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1558 Juan Onate deliberately introduce horses and cattle into the Texas environment to see if they could survive
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1682 French explorer Robert Cavelier and Sier de La Salle travelled down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico and claimed all land from Appalachians to the Rockies
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1690 Father Damien Massenet founded the first mission in Texas called Mission San Fransisco de las Tejas.
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1691 Domino Teran de los Rios created a trail northeastward from San Antonio to Nacogdoches. It was called El Camino Real or “The Royal Highway”.
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1692 the Spaniards closed San Fransisco de la Tejas because there was no more French activity in the area.
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1773 the Spaniards pulled all settlers in east Texas back to San Antonio where they could be closer to Spain’s protection from the Indians.
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1800 more and more ABymericans were moving west and into lands claimed by Spain.
