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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 ...
1900 Texas elections (3 P) G. Galveston Hurricane of 1900 (13 P) S. 1900 in sports in Texas (4 P) Pages in category "1900 in Texas" The following 3 pages are in this ...
1894 – Texas College founded. [ 7 ] 1895 – Robert Henson Hillard (4 March 1869 – 29 October 1895), accused of raping and murdering 23-year-old Rebecca Bell (née Rebecca Kinsey; 1872–1895), wife of Leonard Bell (1870–1900), was lynched – burned alive for 50 minutes – while 7,000 to 12,000 spectators watched; he was initially ...
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
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.
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 ...
University of North Texas Libraries. July 20, 2023. Items related to El Paso, Texas, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America) Fun in the 1890s: The McGinty Club Borderlands (EPCC) "Historical Maps of Texas Cities: El Paso". Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection. University of Texas at Austin. "El Paso". Texas Archive of the ...
In March 1690, Alonso De León led an expedition to establish a mission in East Texas. [31] Mission San Francisco de los Tejas was completed near the Hasinai village of Nabedaches in late May, and its first mass was celebrated on June 1. [31] [32] On January 23, 1691, Spain appointed the first governor of Texas, General Domingo Terán de los ...