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Cowleech Fork Sabine River (Texas, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-texas
1801 Texas included in cession of Louisiana by France to the United States ratified at Washington......Oct. 21, 1803 Spanish commander, General Herrera, enters into an agreement with General Wilkinson, establishing the territory between the Sabine and Arroyo Honda rivers as neutral ground......Oct. 22, 1806 Lieut.-Col. Zebulon Pike arrives at San Antonio on his return from Chihuahua, whither he was taken by Spanish authorities to answer for building a fort on Spanish soil on the Rio delt is organized and Don Luis Aury chosen governor of Texas and Galveston Island......Sept. 12, 1816 Jean Lafitte with a band of buccaneers occupies Galveston Island during Aury's absence and calls his settlement Campeachy......April, 1817 Sabine River agreed upon as boundary between United States and Spanish possessions......Feb. 22, 1819 A company of volunteers under Dr. James Long, raised at Natchez to invade Texas, occupy Nacogdoches, establish a provisional government, and issue a de
Queretaro (Queretaro, Mexico) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-texas
.....Feb. 16, 1846 J. P. Henderson inaugurated first governor of the State......Feb. 19, 1846 Fort Brown at Brownsville established......March 28, 1846 Battle of Palo Alto, May 8, and of Resaca de la Palma......May 9, 1846 Act of congress sets apart one-tenth of the general revenues of the State for educational purposes......May 13, 1846 Baylor University at Waco chartered 1845, and opened......1846 Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo concluded Feb. 2; ratification exchanged at Queretaro, May 30, and proclaimed......July 4, 1848 Austin city chosen as the seat of government for twenty years by vote of the people......1850 Texas formally accepts the boundary designated by the boundary bill for New Mexico, approved Sept. 9, 1850, by which Texas is to receive $10,000,000 from the United States......Nov. 25, 1852 First overland mail from San Diego, Cal., arrives at San Antonio......Sept. 6, 1857 Enthusiastic Union meeting held at Austin......Dec. 23, 1860 Brig.-G
Utah (Utah, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-texas
r by the legislature, March 22, qualifies......March 30, 1892 A band of revolutionists under Garza cross the border, burn a Mexican barrack, and return to Texas......Dec. 12, 1892 Town of Cisco destroyed by a tornado; thirty killed......April 29, 1893 The Austin Dam completed......May 2, 1893 [Colorado River Dam, near Austin, destroyed by a flood, with loss of fifty lives and $3,000,000 in property.] Land Commissioner W. L. McGaughey impeached, April 6; acquitted......May 5, 1893 Great reunion of Confederate veterans at Houston......May 22, 1895 Great floods; over 200 negroes drowned......July 4, 1899 Monument to the heroes of the Texas Revolution of 1836, presented by Henry Rosenberg, unveiled at Galveston......April 21, 1900 Monument erected by school-children of the State unveiled on the site where independence was proclaimed......April 21, 1900 Great tornado at Galveston, with loss of 1,000 lives and $30,000,000 in property......Sept. 8, 1900 Utah
Nacogdoches, Tex. (Texas, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-texas
st, 1714 Spanish mission established near the site of Nacogdoches......1715 Spanish mission established at La Bahia, noved a plan of revolutionizing Texas, takes possession of Nacogdoches, July, 1812, which the Mexicans evacuate; reaches Goliadr. James Long, raised at Natchez to invade Texas, occupy Nacogdoches, establish a provisional government, and issue a declarae, 1819 First printing-office in Texas established at Nacogdoches by Mr. Bigelow......1819 Lafitte is taken into the sedwards, having procured a grant for a colony, locates at Nacogdoches......October, 1825 Edwards's grant annulled and the American settlers, known as Fredonians, evacuate Nacogdoches and cross the Sabine, before Mexicans under Ahumada......Jan. 31, taken by Texans under John Austin......June 26, 1832 Nacogdoches retaken by Texans......Aug. 2, 1832 First step towardjudicial circuit and three districts— Bexar, Brazos, and Nacogdoches......April 17, 1834 Legislature of Coahuila and Texas
Alexandria (Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-texas
ouisiana by France to the United States ratified at Washington......Oct. 21, 1803 Spanish commander, General Herrera, enters into an agreement with General Wilkinson, establishing the territory between the Sabine and Arroyo Honda rivers as neutral ground......Oct. 22, 1806 Lieut.-Col. Zebulon Pike arrives at San Antonio on his return from Chihuahua, whither he was taken by Spanish authorities to answer for building a fort on Spanish soil on the Rio del Norte, which he mistook for the Red River......July, 1807 Expedition under Lieut. Augustus W. Magee, who conceived a plan of revolutionizing Texas, takes possession of Nacogdoches, July, 1812, which the Mexicans evacuate; reaches Goliad and takes possession, Nov. 1; Governor Salcedo and General Herrera commence an investment of the town, Nov. 7; engage in battles with the Americans, Nov. 20, 1812–Jan. 24, and Feb. 10, 1813; raise the siege......Feb. 16, 1813 Magee dying about Feb. 1, 1813, Colonel Kemper takes command, purs
Belgium (Belgium) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-texas
xan congress, Dec. 10, 1836, the permanent flag of the republic bears three horizontal stripes of equal width, the upper one white, the middle one blue, with a five-pointed white star in the centre, and the lower one red......Jan. 25, 1839 Congress passes first educational act, appropriating certain lands for a general system of education......Jan. 26, 1839 Congress meets at Austin......November, 1839 France acknowledges the independence of Texas......1839 England, Holland, and Belgium acknowledge the independence of Texas......1840 Expedition under Gen. Hugh McLeod leaves Austin, June 18, 1841, for Santa Fe. When near San Miguel, his force is met by Mexican troops under Damacio Salazar, captured, and marched under guard to the city of Mexico......Oct. 17, 1841 Twelve hundred Mexicans under Gen. Adrian Woll capture San Antonio, Sept. 11, 1842, but are forced to retreat by Mexican troops......Sept. 18, 1842 Texan congress meets at Washington......November, 1842
Natchitoches (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-texas
gdoches, establish a provisional government, and issue a declaration proclaiming Texas to be a free and independent republic......June, 1819 First printing-office in Texas established at Nacogdoches by Mr. Bigelow......1819 Lafitte is taken into the service of the Republican party of Mexico and appointed governor of Galveston......1819 Lafitte is compelled to evacuate Galveston Island by Lieutenant Kearney of the United States brig Enterprise......1821 Stephen F. Austin leaves Natchitoches, June 10, and founds the colony for which his father, Moses Austin, received a grant from Mexico, on the Brazos River......July, 1821 He founds San Felipe de Austin as colonial town......1823 By decree of the constituent Mexican congress, Coahuila and Texas are united in one State......May 7, 1824 Constitution of the United Mexican States proclaimed......Oct. 4, 1824 Don Jose Antonio Saucedo appointed chief of the department of Texas, to reside at Bexar......Feb. 1, 1825
France (France) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-texas
1890, 2,235,523; 1900, 3,048,710. Capital, Austin. Robert Cavalier de La Salle, sailing from France with four ships, July 24, 1684, fails to discover the mouth of the Mississippi and lands near th de Bexar......May, 1744 Indians attack the mission of San Saba and massacre all......1758 France cedes Louisiana to Spain......Nov. 3, 1762 Louisiana receded to France by secret treaty......France by secret treaty......Oct. 1, 1800 Philip Nolan, an American, obtains a passport from the Baron de Carondelet, governor of Louisiana, to buy horses in Texas, July 17, 1797. In the belief that he was commissioned by Genlled and his followers captured......March 21, 1801 Texas included in cession of Louisiana by France to the United States ratified at Washington......Oct. 21, 1803 Spanish commander, General Hereneral system of education......Jan. 26, 1839 Congress meets at Austin......November, 1839 France acknowledges the independence of Texas......1839 England, Holland, and Belgium acknowledge th
Anahuac (Texas, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-texas
Law passed forming Texas into one judicial circuit and three districts— Bexar, Brazos, and Nacogdoches......April 17, 1834 Legislature of Coahuila and Texas, in session at Monclova, disperses on approach of army under Gen. Martin P. de Cos, brother-in-law to General Santa Ana......April 21, 1835 Committee of safety organized at Bastrop on the Colorado......May 17, 1835 Lone-star flag made at Harrisburg and presented to the company of Capt. Andrew Robinson......1835 Garrison of Anahuac captured by Texans under Col. William B. Travis......June, 1835 Permanent council of one from each of the committees of safety, at San Felipe, chooses R. R. Royall president......October, 1835 First permanent newspaper in Texas, the Telegraph, established at San Felipe......October, 1835 Commandant at Bexar having furnished the corporation of Gonzales with a brass 6-pounder against the Indians in 1831, the Mexicans call it a loan, the Texans a gift; the Texans win its possession in
Galveston Island (Texas, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-texas
nio under Don Jose Alvarez Toledo fall into ambush formed by Spaniards under General Arredondo......Aug. 18, 1813 Galveston Island occupied for Mexico by Don Jose Manuel Herrera, minister of the Mexican patriots to the United States; a government is organized and Don Luis Aury chosen governor of Texas and Galveston Island......Sept. 12, 1816 Jean Lafitte with a band of buccaneers occupies Galveston Island during Aury's absence and calls his settlement Campeachy......April, 1817 Sabine RGalveston Island during Aury's absence and calls his settlement Campeachy......April, 1817 Sabine River agreed upon as boundary between United States and Spanish possessions......Feb. 22, 1819 A company of volunteers under Dr. James Long, raised at Natchez to invade Texas, occupy Nacogdoches, establish a provisional government, and issue a decl of the Republican party of Mexico and appointed governor of Galveston......1819 Lafitte is compelled to evacuate Galveston Island by Lieutenant Kearney of the United States brig Enterprise......1821 Stephen F. Austin leaves Natchitoches, June
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