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Breakfast was the second largest meal of the day, usually a substantial meat or fish portion, shared with the family. Dinner was the largest meal and could be served between noon and three. (The custom of evening dinner did not arise until men in the city began to eat their mid-day meals away from home.)
1846 - Laredo taken by U.S. Texas Rangers during the Mexican–American War. [5] 1847 - U.S. forces occupy town. [5] 1848 Laredo becomes part of the U.S. per Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo at end of Mexican–American War. Webb County, Texas created. [6] 1849 - U.S. military Camp Crawford established. [2] 1852 - Laredo "chartered as a Texas city ...
University of Texas at Austin. "San Antonio". Texas Archive of the Moving Image. Austin, TX. Humanities and Social Sciences Division. "Resources for Local History and Genealogy by State: Texas". Bibliographies and Guides. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Journal of the Life and Culture of San Antonio, University of the Incarnate Word, OCLC ...
John Neely Bryan, looking for a good trading post to serve Native Americans and settlers, first surveyed the Dallas area in 1839. [1] Bryan, who shared Sam Houston's insight into the wisdom of Native American customs, must have realized that Caddo trails he came across intersected at one of the few natural fords for hundreds of kilometers along the wide Trinity floodplain.
The Caddo inhabited the Dallas area before it was settled by Europeans. All of Texas became part of the Spanish Viceroyalty of New Spain in the 16th century. The area was also claimed by the French, but in 1819 the Adams-Onís Treaty officially placed Dallas well within Spanish territory by making the Red River the northern boundary of New Spain.
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The original grandstand at the racetrack known today as Churchill Downs did not have the iconic Twin Spires. When the track opened in 1875 for the first Kentucky Derby 150 years ago, things were ...
Texas & Pacific Railroad Passenger Station and Z Boaz municipal golf course [18] opened. Population: 163,447. [15] 1933 Fort Worth Botanic Garden established. [19] US Post Office built. [5] 1934 – Texas Wesleyan College established. 1936 – US mental health hospital/farm opened on outskirts of city. [5] [6] 1939 – City Hall built. [5] 1940