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In 1845, the Republic of Texas was annexed to the United States of America, becoming the 28th U.S. state. Border disputes between the new state and Mexico, which had never recognized Texas independence and still considered the area a renegade Mexican state, led to the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). When the war concluded, Mexico ...
September 11 - A division of the Mexican Army led by Gen. Adrián Woll invades Texas and captures San Antonio. September 18 - Col. Mathew Caldwell's and Capt. Jack Hays' companies attack General Woll's army at the Battle of Salado Creek. [2] September 18 - 36 Texians are surrounded and killed by the Mexican Army in the Dawson Massacre.
In 1894, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company and its Texas subsidiary, the Waters-Pierce Oil Company of Missouri. Hogg and his attorney-general argued that the companies were engaged in rebates, price fixing , consolidation, and other tactics prohibited by the state's 1889 antitrust act.
On February 11, 1858, the Seventh Texas Legislature approved O.B. 102, an act to establish the University of Texas, which set aside $100,000 in United States bonds toward construction of the state's first publicly funded university [15] (the $100,000 was an allocation from the $10 million the state received pursuant to the Compromise of 1850 ...
History of Texas (1845–1860) History of Texas (1865–1899) Y. List of years in Texas This page was last edited on 8 December 2023, at 23:00 (UTC). Text is ...
This is a timeline of the Texas Revolution, spanning the time from the earliest independence movements of the area of Texas, over the declaration of independence from Spain, up to the secession of the Republic of Texas from Mexico. The first shot of the Texas Revolution was fired at the Battle of Gonzales on October 2, 1835. This marked the ...
(Credit: University of North Texas / Portal to Texas History) Civil rights victory 70 years ago In 2024, the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education case is likely to be in the forefront of civil ...
1961 – Henry B. Gonzalez becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 20th congressional district. [33] 1965 – Southwest School of the Art founded. [4] The Tower of the Americas, the theme structure for Hemisfair '68. 1968 Tower of the Americas erected. HemisFair Arena opens. HemisFair '68 held. [6] Institute of Texan Cultures established. [25]