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Maison Goyard, or simply Goyard, is a French fashion house established in 1792 in Paris; [1] the company operated as Maison Goyard by founder Fashion designer Francois Goyard [2] [3] The brand is known for a certain amount of secrecy surrounding its products; little is known of the origins of the iconic interlocking Chevron pattern, seen on many Goyard bags.
A 1727 Spanish map records them living in the area. [5] The first declaration of independence for the Republic of Texas was signed in Goliad on December 20, 1835, although the formal declaration was made by the Convention of 1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos. Goliad County was the site of two battles in the Texas Revolution.
The first European to see Texas was Alonso Álvarez de Pineda, who led an expedition for the governor of Jamaica, Francisco de Garay, in 1520. While searching for a passage between the Gulf of Mexico and Asia, [17] Álvarez de Pineda created the first map of the northern Gulf Coast. [18] This map is the earliest recorded document of Texas ...
In 1747, the Spanish government sent José de Escandón to inspect the northern frontier of its North American colonies, including Spanish Texas.In his final report, Escandón recommended the Presidio La Bahía be moved from its Guadalupe River location to the banks of the San Antonio River, so it could better assist settlements along the Rio Grande. [7]
Map of Galveston in 1871 Galveston City Railway Company c 1894. At the end of the 19th century, Galveston was a booming metropolis with a population of 37,000. Its position on the natural harbor of Galveston Bay along the Gulf of Mexico made it the center of trade in Texas and one of the largest cotton ports in the nation, in competition with New Orleans. [22]
Texas und seine Revolution (1843), "Map of the Gadsden Purchase, Sonora, and portions of New Mexico, Chihuahua & California" (1854) Herman Ehrenberg (October 17, 1816 – October 9, 1866) was a surveyor and Texian soldier who was one of the few survivors of the Goliad Massacre .
The Goliad Formation (Tg) [1] is a geologic formation in Texas.It preserves fossils dating back to the Serravallian to earliest Pliocene stages (Clarendonian, Hemphillian and earliest Blancan in the NALMA classification) of the Neogene period, [2] including the gomphothere Blancotherium among many other fossil mammals, reptiles, birds and fish.
Uvalde is a city in and the county seat of Uvalde County, Texas, United States. [6] The population was 15,217 at the 2020 census, [3] down from 15,751 in 2010. It is the principal city in the Uvalde, Texas Micropolitan Statistical Area.