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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 $10 million the state received pursuant to the Compromise of 1850 ...
1890 in Texas (2 C) 1891 in Texas (1 C, 1 P) 1892 in Texas (3 C, 1 P) ... Pages in category "1890s in Texas" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
George B. Dealey, publisher of the Dallas Morning News, proposed a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) concrete bridge similar to one crossing the Missouri River in Kansas City. Soon, a US$ 650,000 bond program was approved in a city election, and the new Oak Cliff viaduct (now the Houston Street Viaduct ) was opened in 1912 among festivities that drew 58,000 ...
The 1890 Texas gubernatorial election was held to elect the Governor of Texas. Attorney General Jim Hogg was elected over Republican Webster Flanagan . General election
The latter was followed by a slow recovery that didn't conclude until after 1900. More than 800 banks failed from 1893 through 1897, more than in any period until the Great Depression; by mid-1894 ...
September 19 – The University of North Texas is founded, as the Texas Normal College and Teacher Training Institute. September 24 – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints President Wilford Woodruff issues the "1890 Manifesto" officially advising against any future polygamy in the Church. September 25 – Sequoia National Park created.
According to the National Weather Service, the most recent total solar eclipse within North or Central Texas was in 1878, and after Monday’s eclipse, there won't be another in our region until 2317.
The first storm of the 1851 Atlantic hurricane season made landfall near Corpus Christi. [citation needed]The first storm of the 1854 Atlantic hurricane season made landfall in Texas, while the fourth storm of the season, another hurricane, moved inland near Galveston, Texas, causing 2 deaths from nearly 6 inches of rainfall, as well as $20,000 in damage.