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The Comanche were defeated in a battle in Colorado in 1779 by a Spanish army led by New Mexico governor Juan Bautista de Anza and redirected their activities to the weakly defended Texas. During the same time period the Apaches, who had been stockpiling guns received from the Karankawas, returned to raiding settlements in Texas, violating their ...
Indigenous people lived in what is now Texas more than 10,000 years ago, as evidenced by the discovery of the remains of prehistoric Leanderthal Lady.In 1519, the arrival of the first Spanish conquistadors in the region of North America now known as Texas found the region occupied by numerous Native American tribes.
Asunción (English: / ɑː ˌ s uː n s i ˈ oʊ n, ˌ ɑː s uː n ˈ s j oʊ n /, [3] [4] [5] Spanish:) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay.The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River.
Los Adaes was the capital of Tejas (Texas) on the northeastern frontier of New Spain from 1721 to 1773. It included a Franciscan mission , San Miguel de Cuéllar de los Adaes, [ 3 ] and a presidio , Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Los Adaes (Our Lady of the Pillar of the Adaes).
The Mendoza-Lopez expedition party camped at a village. They named it Navidad de las Cruces and founded a mission. [5] [4] El Apostle Santiago Near Presidio: January 1, 1684 The Mendoza-Lopez expedition, after establishing La Navidad de las Cruces, entered another village. They named it El Apostle Santiago and founded a mission. [9] [4] San ...
The Burnet Flag used from December 1836 to January 1839 as the national flag. The design was suggested by President David G. Burnet and it was the flag of the republic until it was replaced by the Lone Star Flag, and as the war flag from January 25, 1839, to December 29, 1845 [3] Naval ensign of the Texas Navy from 1836–1839 until it was replaced by the Lone Star Flag [3] The Lone Star Flag ...
Peace and economic connections to the United States restored prosperity to the city, and by 1860, at the start of the Civil War, San Antonio had grown to a city of 15,000 people. From the late 1840s and the period of the German revolutions, many people immigrated to Texas from Germany.
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