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Proto-Indians live at the Gault site.
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Coastal American Indians make knives and scrappers form stone.
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American Indians living near Galveston Bay begin making pottery
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The Caddos grow many kinds of crops in East Texas.
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Alonso Alvarez de Pineda maps the Texas coast
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Europeans arrive Texas and encounter the Karankawas.
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Explorer Francisco Vasquez de Coronado crosses the Texas panhandle.
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A Spanish treasure fleet shipwrecks off of present day Padre Island
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Spaniard Hernan Gallegos writes about the lives of the Jumano Indians in Texas.
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Spaniard Hernan Gallegos writes about the lives of the Jumano Indians in Texas.
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Spaniards first record seeing Apache Indians riding horses.
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The Marques de Rubi Expedition begins.
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Antonio Gil Yborbo founded the town of Nacodoches i east Texas.
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Spanish preist Juan Agustin Morfi, author of :History Of Texas, 1673-1779: Dies
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Philip Nolan, a U.S. citizen, receives permission to capture wild horses in Texas.
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U.S. citizen James Long and a small force invade Texas, only to be defeated by Spanish forses.
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Mexico which includes Texas, wins its independence form Spain.
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Settler Jared Groce plants a cotton crop, possibly the first in Stephen F. Austin's colony.
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About 3,000 Anglo settlers live in Texas without the permission of the Mexican Government.
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Empresario Martin de Leon settles on the lower Guadeloupe River.
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Mexican officials adopt the constitution of 1824. Coahuila and Texas are merged into one state.
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An American Indian attack on the Green DeWitt colony forces the settlers to flee Gonzales.
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The Fredonian Rebellion begins when Haden Edwards declares independence form Mexico.
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Stephen F. Austin receives a contract to settle an additional 100 families in Texas.
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General Manuel De Mier y Terån begins a tour of Texas for the Mexican government.
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The Texas Gazette newspaper begins publication in Austin's colony.
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Thomas J. Pilgrim organizes a Sunday school and private boy's 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 form the Mexican Government to defend against attacks.
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Mary Austin Hollie's letters describing life in early Texas were published.
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Texas farmers export some 7,000 ales of cotton, worth some $315,000, to New Orleans.
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Stephen F. Austin is arrested in Saltillo
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An Estimated 1,000 immigrants enter Texas each month.
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Texans become concerned when Mexican government completely abolishes the Constitution of 1824.
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texas settlers attack Mexican forces in 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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Sam Houston becomes the first popularity elected president of the Republic of Texas.
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The siege of the Alamo begins.
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Texans win the battle of San Jacinto, ending the Texas Revolution.
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The Texas Declaration of Independence is adopted.
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The first official Texas flag is adopted by Texas Congress.
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The Texas Government begins work on 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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Velasco citizens hold a horse race on the coast near town.
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Willian H. Wharton is elected to the Texas Senate.
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Texas passes a homestead law, protected settlers' homes from being seized to pay debts.
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Repeated attacks and discrimination force more than 100 Tejano families to flee Nacogdoches.
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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 collage chartered by the Republic, Rutersville Collage, 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 Yucatan coast.
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General Adrian Woll and about 1,00 Mexican soldiers capture San Antonio.
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Snider de Pellegrini, directer of a French colonization company, brings 14 settlers
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The Tehuacana Creek Councils lead to peace between Texans and several Texas Indian groups.
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President Sam Houston sends troops into East Texas to end the Regulatior-Modulatir war.
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Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels comes to Texas followed by a group of German immigrants.
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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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The United States annexes Texas
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On December 29 the U.S. Congress officially admits Texas to the Union approves its first state constiution
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Thomas J. Rusk and Sam Houston become the first Texans to serve in the U.S. senate.
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Fighting breaks out between U.S. forces and Mexian troops at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma.
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Texas signs a peace treaty with the Penataka Comanches.
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George T. Wood is elected governor of Texas.
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Samuel H. Walker dies in combat during a conflict in Mexico.
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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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The Texas population reaches 200,000 people.
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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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Work began on the Port Isabel Lighthouse.
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U.S. Army troops abandon Fort Worth after settlers move farther west beyond the fort.
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After many false starts, track is finally laid for the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos, and Colorado Railway.
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The American, or Know-Nothing, Party becomes active in Texas.
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The Governor's Mansion is built in Austin.
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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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Texas settlers hold about 3,500 land grants.
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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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Sam Houston easily defeats Hardin Runnels in the election for Texas governor.
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A series of clashes occurs between Texas Rangers and Mexican Americans near Brownsville.
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Texas produces a record crop of more than 400,000 bales of cotton.
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Spanish Government grants Moses Austin permission to found a colony in Texas.
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Texans vote, by more than three to one, to secede from the United States.
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Troops leave San Antonio for New Mexico, planning to capture the Southwest for the Confederacy.
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The Texas Frontier Regiment is established.
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Union forces capture Galveston.
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President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation.
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A Union attempt to invade Texas is turned back at Sabine Pass.
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The Texas cattle population increases rapidly during the Civil War.
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Union troops capture Brownsville.
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In a battle near Mansfield, Louisiana, Confederate forces stop a Union invasion of northeastern Texas.
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Colonel Christopher "Kit" Carson leads an attack against Plains Indians in the Panhandle.
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The last land battle of the war is fought at Palmetto Ranch, Texas.
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The Emancipation Proclamation goes into effect in Texas, freeing the state's slaves.
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African American George T. Ruby is elected as a delegate to the Republican National Convention.
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Fort Richardson is established near Jacksboro.
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Republican Edmund J. Davis is elected governor.
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Texas cowboys move a herd of 15,000 cattle to market. It is the largest single herd of the era.
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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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Texas has 583 miles of rail lines.
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A public school system is created in Texas.
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Ranchers begin to ship thousands of cattle from Denison after the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad extends a line there.
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The Democratic Party regains full control of the state government.
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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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Texas adopts a new constitution.
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About 2,700 animals die during a cattle stampede near the Brazos River.
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The Texas legislature pass law that allows the state to fund railroads with land grants.
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Texas A&M University opens as an all-male military institution.
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Texans adopt the constitution that governs the state today
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Apache leader Victorio launches raids along the Texas-Mexico border.
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The Texas and Pacific Railway meets the Southern Pacific line near El Paso, forming the first transcontinental railroad route through Texas.
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A ranch in the Panhandle purchases enough barbed wire to fence 250,000 acres.
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The University of Texas formally opens.
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The Knights of Labor begin a major strike against Jay Gould's Railroad company.
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There are more than 8,000 miles of railroad track in Texas.
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Texas Normal College and Teacher's Training Institutes, now called the University of North Texas, opens in Denton.
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James Stephen Hogg– the first native born Texan to become governor– is elected
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The Texas Railroad Commission is established to regulate railroads in Texas.
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A leading association of farmers endorses the Populist Party.
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Drillers strike oil in Corsicana.
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the first football game is played between the University of Texas and Texas A&M.
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Teddy Roosevelt organizes and trains the Rough Riders in San Antonio.
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The lowest recorded temperature in Texas was a cilly -23*F, occurring in 1899 at Tulia and in 1933 in Seminole.
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Texas has more than 350,0000 farms, and almost half of all farmers are tenant farmers.
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A hurricane hits Galveston, killing some 6,000 to 8,000 people.
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The Spindletop well strikes oil, producing more than 17 million barrels of oil the next year.
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The Spindletop oil strike spurs the growth of the Texas oil industry
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The Corsican Oilers set a baseball record by defeating the Texarkana team 51 to 3.
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A large oil strike is made in the humble oil field in Harris County.
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The first Neiman Marcus department store opens in Dallas.
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Oil is discovered at Goose Creek along Galveston Bay.
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Jovita Idar becomes the first president of the League of Mexican Women.
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The Houston Ship Channel opens, and Houston soon becomes an important oil-refining center.
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The Houston Ship Channel is completed, leading to the growth of industry in the Houston area.
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The Texas legislature passes the first state law requiring children to attend school
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Texas ratifies the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which bans the sale or manufacture of alcohol.
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Texas troops are sent to france to fight in World War I.
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After decades of fighting for the right to vote, women are allowed to vote in Texas primary elections.
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An application is file fro drill for oil on state-owned land in West Texas. Several years later the Santa Rita No. 1 strikes oil.
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Governor William Hobby breaks a dockworks' strike in Galveston
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Texans elect Miriam A. "Ma" Ferguson as the state's first female governor
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Automobile registrations reach 1 Million
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For the first time in the state's history, the majority of Texans vote for a Republican presidential – Herbert Hoover
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James V Allred is elected governor of Texas
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The highest recorded temperature in Texas was a blistering 102*F, occurring in 1936 at Seymour and in 1994 at Monahans.
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Texans elect W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel as governor
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The Southern Aircraft Corporation, the first airplane manufacturer in Texas, is formed
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Large numbers of Texans volunteer for military service in World War II
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in 1873 Clarksville received 109.4 inches of rain.
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The U.S. Supreme Court declares the Texas white primary unconstitutional
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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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Texan Audie Murphy receives the Medal of Honor for stopping a Germ tank attack in France
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More than 3 million automobiles are registered in Texas
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Allan Shiver successfully runs for a third term as governor
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Women are allowed to serve on Texas juries for the first time
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Wink received just 1.76 inches of rain in 1956.
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Texas women call for an equal rights amendment to the state constitution
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Texas musician Buddy Holly is killed in a plane crash
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The U.S. Supreme Court rules that Texas own Gulf coastal tidelands up to a 10.35 mile limit
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Henry B. Gonzalez is elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and John Tower is elected to the U.S. Senate
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The Manned Space Center, now the Johnson Space Center, is built in Houston
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Lyndon B. Johnson becomes President of the United States after President John F. Kennedy is assasinated
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Texas singer Janis Joplin's career takes off after a performance at the Monterey International Pop Festival
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Texas Instruments releases the first handheld calculator
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration sends the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon
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Members of the Chicano movement and the Mexican American Youth Organization form the La Raza Unida Party
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Barbara Jordan is elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
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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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Austin City Limits goes on the air with Willie Nelson as its first guest musician
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A major attempt to adopt a new Texas constitution fails
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The Texas population reaches 14 million
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Raul Gonzalez is elected to the Texas Supreme Court. He is the first Mexican American elected to statewide office
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Texas writer Larry McMurtry receives the Pulitzer Prize for his novel Lonesome Dove
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Texas musician Stevie Ray Vaughan is killed in a helicopter crash
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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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George W. Bush takes office as governor
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Rick Perry becomes the 47th governor of Texas
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The Texas state government employs more than 230,000 people in more than 200 agencies, wit a two-year budget totaling more than $98 billion
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Republicans gain control of the Texas House of Representatives
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Texas becomes the national leader in wind power generation
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The Texas Timber industry earned more than $1.9 billion in 2007
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Sales of Texas livestock totaled more than $10.8 billion in 2007.
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Rick Perry becomes the longest-serving governor in Texas history. He was elected governor again
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Cowboys Stadium, later renames AT&T Stadium, opens in Arlington
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In 2011 the value of Texas cotton reached over $1.5 billion.
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Texas receives its lowest ever recorded rainfall
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In 2012 Texas produced about 730 million barrels of crude oil worth some $55 Billion.
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In 2012 there were more than 244,700 farms in Texas.
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Agriculture added some $36 billion to the Texas economy in 2012.
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Texas exports of computers and electronics were worth more than $45 billion in 2012.
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Based on the 2010 Census, Texas gains four new seats in Congress
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Texas exports more than $124 billion worth of goods
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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 an estimated 23 billion tons of lignite, a type of coal.
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The Rio Grande, which begins in Colorado and flows along the Texas-Mexico border, runs 1,896 miles.
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More than 6 million acres of Texas land are irragated
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The Ogallala Aquifer is the largest underground water source in Texas
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Toledo Bend Reservoir on the Sabine River holds more than 5.5 billion cubic meters of water.
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Caddo Lake is the largest natural lake in Texas, covering more than 36 square miles, (Half of which are in Louisiana).
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Texas contains more than 60 million acres of forrest and woodlands.
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With 800,000 acres of land, Big Bend is the largest national park in Texas.
