Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Education
Looks at the history of public and higher education in Texas, and the establishment of universities there.
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Texas State Historical Association: Antonio Margil De Jesus
Read a short biography about Antonio Margil de Jesus, an early missionary to Texas.
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Texas State Historical Association: Francisco Hidalgo
Find out about the work and life of Francisco Hidalgo, the most patient and persistent advocate of missions among the Indians of East Texas.
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Texas State Historical Association: Juan Jose Maria Erasmo De Jesus Seguin
Learn about the life and work of Erasmo Seguin, the sole representative from Texas to the constitutional convention after Mexico achieved independence from Spain. He helped to draft the Constitution of 1824 and was a major influence in...
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Texas State Historical Association: Martin De Leon
Read about the life and work of Martin de Leonwas, a rancher and wealthy Mexican empresario descended from Spanish aristocracy who later established De Leon's Colony, the only predominantly Mexican colony in Texas.
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Texas State Historical Association: Turtle Bayou Resolutions
A brief overview of the Turtle Bayou Resolutions, which played a role in the secession of Texas from Mexico and the creation of the Republic of Texas.
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Texas State Historical Association: Stephen Fuller Austin
Also known as the "Father of Texas," read about Stephen F. Austin, and how he helped shaped Texas into what it is today.
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Texas State Historical Association: Early European Exploration and Development
A chronological timeline of early European exploration and development in Texas spanning from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries.
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Texas State Historical Association: Texas Almanac: Italian Texans
Learn about the rich and varied history of Italian people who in Texas. The pillars of Italian cultural identity in Texas have been principally food, faith, and family.
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Texas State Historical Association: Texas Almanac: Cattle Drives After Civil War
Read the story of the birth and demise of the cattle drives in Texas after the Civil War as the country expanded westward.
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Texas State Historical Association: Agriculture
Read about the history of the agricultural industry and how it shaped the great state of Texas throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
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Texas State Historical Association: World War I
Learn about Texas' role in how the United States was shaped during the time of war, specifically World War I.
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Texas State Historical Association: Ranching
Read about the history of ranching in the state of Texas, and how this practice shaped the state's history.
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Texas State Historical Association: Spindletop Oilfield
Find out how the Spindletop oil well gusher started the prolific oil industry in the great state of Texas.
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Texas State Historical Association: Fredonian Rebellion
Read about the Fredonian Rebellion of 1826, the first attempt by Anglo settlers in Texas to secede from Mexico.
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Texas State Historical Association: Oil and Gas Industry
This informational text piece has everything students want to know about the history of the Texas oil industry beginning in the sixteenth century to modern times.
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Texas State Historical Association: Howard Robard Hughes, Sr.
Read this concise biography of Howard Robard Hughes, Sr., the inventor of the Hughes Rock Bit, which was key in the birth of the Texas oil drilling industry.
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Texas State Historical Association: Dust Bowl
Find out how the ecological and economic disaster known as the Dust Bowl affected Texans and the state of Texas.
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Texas State Historical Association: Almanac: Ranching in a Changing Land
Read how the traditional Texas professions of ranching and farming have changed throughout the history of Texas.
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Texas State Historical Association: John Bankhead Magruder
A biography of John Magruder, who served extensively in the military.
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Texas State Historical Association: Battle of Palmito Ranch
Describes the events surrounding the Battle of Palmito Ranch, which was the final land battle of the Civil War.
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Texas State Historical Association: Alvarez De Pineda, Alonso
An account of the Spanish expedition led by Alonso Alvarez de Pineda in 1519 that explored the Gulf of Mexico between Florida and Cabo Rojo, Mexico. The explorers tried to establish the Panuco colony but were unsuccessful.
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Texas State Historical Association: George Campbell Childress
A biography of George Campbell Childress.
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Texas State Historical Association: Jose Manuel Rafael Simeon De Mier Y Teran
Read about General Teran, a Mexican general who fought for Mexican independence in the Mexican and Texan revolutions.