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Somervell Expedition – Texas HistoryOrdered by Sam Houston on October 3, 1842, the Somervell Expedition was organized as a punitive measure following Mexican raids on San Antonio. After a general call, nearly 700 eager volunteers streamed into…
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Texan Santa Fe ExpeditionThroughout the period of the Republic of Texas and ending with the Compromise of 1850, Texas claimed a large area to the north and west of its current boundaries. This area included a large stretch of the Santa…
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The Evolution of a State OR Recollections of Old Texas DaysFrom the time he first arrived in Texas in 1827 at the age of nineteen, Noah Smithwick was involved many of the events in the evolution of Texas. For the next thirty-four years before leaving for California…
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Texas Runaway ScrapeThe Runaway Scrape is the period in early 1836 generally beginning with the Siege and Fall of the Alamo and ending with the Battle of San Jacinto on April 21. It was a period of terror and panic among the…
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Battle of Plum Creek – Texas HistoryThe boldest and most concentrated of the Indian invasions on Texas, and the deepest into the heart of Texas soil, occurred in August of 1840 and culminated in the Battle of Plum Creek.
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5 Texas Classic Books & Stories to Read OnlineMany of the classic books about Texas and the Southwest are largely inaccessible to all but a few collectors, or to hard-core historians willing to commit the time and expense to travel to a few major…
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Remember The Alamo By Amelia E. BarrRemember the Alamo is the story of the fictional family of Robert Worth–at the time of the Texas revolution. By that time, Worth, a native of New York, had served as a well-known and respected physician in the…
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Mier Expedition – Texas HistoryThe Mier Expedition was the most disastrous of all of the border confrontations between Texas and Mexico during the days of the Republic. It developed out of the Somervell Expedition, which disbanded soon after…
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The Battle of San Jacinto – Texas HistorySam Houston and the meager army of Texans retreated eastward following the fall of the Alamo in the spring of 1836. The troops were becoming increasingly impatient, however, by the time they reached Buffalo…
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The Grass Fight – Texas HistoryToward the end of November 1835, it was reported to the Texans around San Antonio that a shipment of silver coming from Mexico. According to the report, the silver was being transported on a train of pack mules…
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The Battle of Gonzales – Come and Take it!The Battle of Gonzales was the first battle of the Texas Revolution and occurred on October 2, 1835. Leading up to the battle, tensions had been growing between the Texians and the Mexican government as Santa…
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Goliad Campaign of 1835The town of Goliad held a strategic position at the time of the Texas Revolution. It was located about 50 miles up the San Antonio River on a key route between San Antonio and the port of Copano on the Gulf…