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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 ...
1876 – Texas and Pacific Railway began operating. [7] 1882 – Public school established. [4] 1883 – First National Bank of Fort Worth established. [8] 1888 – Fort Worth Cats baseball team formed. 1889 Texas Spring Palace ("hall built of grain") opened. [7] New Trinity Cemetery established. [7] 1890 Fort Worth Union Stockyards began ...
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]
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Brownsville, Texas, USA. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
1916 – East Texas Fair begins. [1] 1918 – Chamber of Commerce incorporated. [9] 1926 – Tyler Junior College founded. [1] 1929 – Tyler Morning Telegraph newspaper begins publication. [14] 1930 East Texas Oil Field discovered in vicinity of Tyler; oil boom begins. [7] Liberty Theatre in business. [15] Population: 17,113. [5]
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1900; 1901 6th sp; 1902. 4th sp; 1903 8th sp; 1904; 1905 8th sp; 1906; 1908; 1910; 1912; 1913 ... The 1890 Texas gubernatorial election was held to elect the Governor ...
The Texas oil boom, sometimes called the gusher age, was a period of dramatic change and economic growth in the U.S. state of Texas during the early 20th century that began with the discovery of a large petroleum reserve near Beaumont, Texas.