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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: 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: Progressive Era
Read about the first two decades of the twentieth century, when Texans shared the optimism and confidence that permeated American society in the time period called the Progressive Era.
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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: 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: Green De Witt
A brief biography of Green DeWitt, an empresario in Mexican Texas who founded the DeWitt Colony.
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Texas State Historical Association: Spanish Texas
Get an idea of what Spanish Texas was like during the development of what is now the Lone Star state. Thea area highlighted was situated on the border of Spain's North American empire.
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Texas State Historical Association: Anglo American Colonization
An in-depth synopsis of Anglo-American colonization in Mexican Texas which took place between 1821 and 1835.
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Texas State Historical Association: Gutierrez De Lara, Jose Bernardo Maximiliano
Find out about Jose Gutierrez de Lara, Mexican revolutionary and diplomat. Read about how Gutierrez de Lara was obsessed with the idea of freeing Mexico from Spain.
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Texas State Historical Association: Battle of Medina
A concise synopsis of the Battle of Medina, a part of the Mexican War of Independence against Spanish authority in Mexico.
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Texas State Historical Association: Coahuila and Texas
Read about Coahuila and Texas, one of the constituent states of the newly established United Mexican States under its 1824 Constitution.
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Texas State Historical Association: Mexican Colonization Laws
Read about the Colonization Law of August 18, 1824 where a Mexican statute allowed foreigners to immigrate to the country.
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Texas State Historical Association: Slavery
Find out why Texas was the last frontier of slavery in the United States during the middle of the nineteenth century.
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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: 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.
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Texas State Historical Association: The Law of April 6, 1830
Read this short overview of The Law of April 6, 1830 which was to counter concerns that Mexican Texas, part of the border state of Coahuila y Texas, was in danger of being annexed by the United States.
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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: George Campbell Childress
A biography of George Campbell Childress.
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Texas State Historical Association: Lorenzo De Zavala
A biography of Lorenzo de Zavala, who served under President Santa Anna of Mexico, and then became a supporter of the Texas independence movement. He helped to draft the Republic of Texas Constitution.
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Texas State Historical Association: James Walker Fannin, Jr.
A biography of James Walker Fannin, Jr., who was active in the Texas Revolution.