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Fort Tenoxtitlán Texas State Historical Society plaque. Fort Tenoxtitlán was established by Mexico in 1830 in what later became Burleson County, Texas.The fortification was in accordance with the Law of April 6, 1830 to deter colonization from the United States. [1]
List of military installations in Texas Installation name Location Notes Kelly Field / Joint Base San Antonio San Antonio: formerly Kelly Air Force Base Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base: Houston: Lackland Air Force Base: San Antonio Randolph Air Force Base: San Antonio Fort Sam Houston: San Antonio Camp Bullis: San Antonio Martindale Army Air ...
The emergence of nuclear weapons and a period of comparative tranquility among Texas' inhabitants and neighbors saw the end of conventional fortifications in Texas. However, forts in Texas served as home bases for major US Army units, and also served as important training areas for the US military and her various allies during the Cold War .
GAUSE, Texas — Almost exactly 140 years after the Tonkawa were expelled from Texas, they have returned to purchase Sugarloaf Mountain, a sacred site located in Milam County, northeast of Austin ...
Established in the late nineteenth century on Teal Prairie, two miles west of then-abandoned Fort Tenoxtitlan, Rita was formed after the United States government gave land to Army of the Republic of Texas veteran John Teal. From 1894 to 1905, Rita had a post office. During World War II it had a Red Cross chapter. [2]
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José Manuel Rafael Simeón de Mier y Terán (February 18, 1789 — July 3, 1832), generally known as Manuel de Mier y Terán, was a noted military and political figure during the Mexican War of Independence and during the era of the First Republic serving in the Mexican congress and as Minister of War. [1]
Fort Saint-Louis, Texas, was founded in 1685 by French explorer René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle and members of his expedition, including Jesuit missionary Zenobius Membre, on the banks of Garcitas Creek, a few kilometers inland from the mouth of the Lavaca River.