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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]
Texas Ranch House is an PBS American reality television series that premiered in May 2006. Produced by Thirteen/WNET New York, Wall to Wall Media Limited, and PBS, the show placed fifteen modern day people in the context of 1867 Texas. Show participants attempted to run a ranch for two and a half months using 19th century tools and techniques.
The first railroad built in Texas is called the Harrisburg Railroad and opened for business in 1853. [21] In 1854, the Texas and Red River telegraph services were the first telegraph offices to open in Texas. [21] The Texas cotton industry in 1859 increased production by seven times compared to 1849, as 58,073 bales increased to 431,645 bales. [22]
1800s in Spanish Texas, in northern Colonial Mexico within the Viceroyalty of New Spain. Pages in category "1800s in Texas" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
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 ...
Texas Jack Omohundro (1846–1880) Texas Jack, Jr. (1860–1905) Jack Hoxie (1885–1965) Gordon William "Pawnee Bill" Lillie (1860–1942) May Lillie, née Manning (1869–1936) Thomas E. "Tom" Mix (1880–1940) Lucille Mulhall (1885–1940) Annie Oakley (1860–1926) Will Rogers (1879–1935) Gabriel Dumont (1837–1906) Brodie "Saltmine ...
Tales of the Texas Rangers; Temple Houston (TV series) The Texan (TV series) The Texas Bucket List; Texas Car Wars; Texas Country Reporter; Texas Flip N Move; Texas John Slaughter (TV series) Texas Ranch House; Texas Rising; The Texas Wheelers; Three for the Road (TV series) Top Chef: Texas; Trackdown (TV series) Troubadour, TX; Twin Peaks
By the early 1830s, the Mexican War of Independence had subsided, and some 60 to 70 families had settled in Texas—most of them from the United States. Because there was no regular army to protect the citizens against attacks by native tribes and bandits, in 1823, Stephen F. Austin organized small, informal armed groups whose duties required them to range over the countryside, and who thus ...