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For most of its history, La Salle County was a solid Democratic stronghold like most of South Texas. Before 2020, the county had voted for the Republican candidate only once in over a hundred years, delivering 65% of the vote to Richard Nixon during his landslide victory in 1972 .
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.
The French colonization of Texas started in 1685 when Robert Cavelier de La Salle intended to found the colony at the mouth of the Mississippi River, but inaccurate maps and navigational errors caused his ships to anchor instead 400 miles (640 km) to the west, off the coast of Texas. The colony survived until 1688.
At the end of October La Salle decided to undertake a longer expedition and reloaded the La Belle with much of the remaining supplies. [25] He took 50 men, plus the La Belle's crew of 27 sailors, leaving behind 34 men, women, and children. The bulk of the men traveled with La Salle in canoes, while the La Belle followed further off the coast. [25]
This map is the earliest recorded document of Texas history. [18] Between 1528 and 1535, ... La Salle and his party searched overland for the Mississippi River, ...
Cotulla (/ k ə ˈ tj uː l ə / kə-TEW-lə [4]) is a city in and the county seat of La Salle County, Texas, United States. [5] Its population was 3,718 as of the 2020 census . [ 6 ]
La Salle, Texas may refer to: La Salle, Jackson County, Texas, an unincorporated community; La Salle, La Salle County, Texas, a former community, absorbed into Cotulla; La Salle, Limestone County, Texas, a former community on Farm to Market Road 1953
Historians debated the site of La Salle's "Fort St Louis" colony, which had been said to be near Lavaca Bay at Garcitas Creek, and was a significant part of the history of French colonization of Texas. A June 1996 dig at the site that was believed to be the correct location revealed eight French cannon.