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2 days ago · Samuel Houston ( / ˈhjuːstən / ⓘ, HEW-stən; March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863) was an American general and statesman who played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution. He served as the first and third president of the Republic of Texas and was one of the first two individuals to represent Texas in the United States Senate.
- Battle of San Jacinto
The Battle of San Jacinto (Spanish: Batalla de San Jacinto),...
- Margaret Lea Houston
Margaret Lea Houston (April 11, 1819 – December 3, 1867) was...
- Sam Houston's Life With The Cherokees
Sam Houston, a Cherokee Nation citizen also known as...
- Joshua Houston
Joshua Houston (c. 1822–1902) was born into slavery in about...
- Rockbridge County, Virginia
Rockbridge County is a county in the Shenandoah Valley on...
- Battle of Horseshoe Bend
The Battle of Horseshoe Bend (also known as Tohopeka,...
- Mirabeau B. Lamar
Mirabeau Lamar monument at Stephen F. Austin State...
- Edward Clark
Clark moved to Texas in 1842 and set up a law practice. He...
- Know Nothing
History Uncle Sam's youngest son, Citizen Know Nothing, an...
- Army of The Republic of Texas
The Texas Army, officially the Army of the Republic of...
- Battle of San Jacinto
1 day ago · t. e. The Texas Revolution (October 2, 1835 – April 21, 1836) was a rebellion of colonists from the United States and Tejanos (Hispanic Texans) against the centralist government of Mexico in the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. Although the uprising was part of a larger one, the Mexican Federalist War, that included other provinces opposed ...
4 days ago · The state’s fourth largest city, Austin originated as the riverside village of Waterloo, in a buffalo-hunting region occupied by Tonkawa and Comanche peoples. In 1839 it was selected by scouts as the site for the permanent capital of the Republic of Texas and renamed to honour Stephen F. Austin, father of the republic.
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4 days ago · He signed the Texas Declaration of Independence, helped write the Texas constitution, and served as the Republic's first vice president. In October of 1836, ill health forced him to step away from public life.
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1 day ago · Exhibition. Sam Houston remains a larger-than-life figure in Texas and American history with a career that spanned the Texas Revolution, the Republic of Texas, annexation and early statehood, and the state's secession from the Union in 1861.
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2 days ago · Texas, constituent state of the United States of America. It became the 28th state of the union in 1845. Texas occupies the south-central segment of the country and is the largest state in area except for Alaska. The state extends nearly 1,000 miles (1,600 km) from north to south and about the same distance from east to west.
4 days ago · Texas was the first book to include many important documents of the revolution, including the Texas Declaration of Independence and the Republic of Texas Constitution. Holley's work persuaded many to pack up and move to Texas.
