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- THE BIRTH OF DALLAS. In 1841, Tennessee attorney John Neely Bryan, riding a horse with the Indian name of Walking Wolf and accompanied by his dog Tubby, built a dugout home on a small bluff overlooking the Trinity River at a spot above what is now the triple underpass.
- THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FORT WORTH. Eight years later, Major I Ripley A. Arnold and a handful of troops established what would become Fort Worth in a bend of the same river to protect settlers from attack by Comanche Indians.
- THE SEAT OF DALLAS COUNTY. In an 1850 election, the town of Dallas received 191 votes; Hord’s Ridge (now a part of the Oak Cliff area), 178; and Cedar Springs (a tiny spot on what is still called Cedar Springs Road), 101.
- THE TARRANT COUNTY THRONE. Six years later, in the race for the Tarrant County seat, Fort Worth edged Birdville by luring local voters with free whiskey and importing friends from neighboring counties.
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Early European Exploration and Settlement
1519 - Mid - Spanish explorer Alonso Alvarez de Pineda maps Texas coastline. 1528- Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca shipwrecked near Galveston begin exploration. 1541- Francisco Vázquez de Coronado crosses the Texas Panhandle in search of in search of the seven cities of Cibola. 1554 - Coronado dies. He is one of the first white men to explore Texas, and leader of one of 20 Spanish explorations of the area. 1598 - April 30- Thanksgiving is held near present-day El Paso by Juan de Onate, the member...
1629- Jumano Indians requested Spanish missionaries from New Mexico to travel to the vicinity of present-day San Angelo and instruct the Jumanos about Christianity. 1682- First Spanish mission, Corpus Christi de la Isleta, is established a few miles from present-day El Paso. 1685 - February 16- French explorer Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Sall...
1716-1789- Throughout the 18th Century, Spain established Catholic missions in Texas, and the towns of San Antonio, Goliad and Nacogdoches. 1716 - Spanish build a presidio, Nuestra Senora de los Dolores de los Tejas, to protect the East Texas missions. 1718 -May 1 - San Antonio de Valero mission, known as the Alamo was the chapel, is founded in San...
1810 - Sept. 16- Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costillo and several hundred of his parishioners seize the prison at Dolores, Mexico, beginning Mexico's struggle for independence from Spain. 1812 -August 8- About 130-men strong, the Gutierrez-Magee Expedition crossed the Sabine from Louisiana in a rebel movement against Spanish rule in Texas. 1813 1. Texa...
1900 - Sept. 8- The "Great Hurricane," destroys much of Galveston and kills 6,000 people there. 1901 - Jan. 10- Oil found by mining engineer Capt. A.F. Lucas at Spindletop near Beaumont catapults Texas into the petroleum age. 1902- Poll tax becomes a requirement for voting. 1906- Texans votes for US senator in the Democratic primary, although the T...
2000- Former Texas Gov. George W. Bush elected President of the United States. 2001- Enron filed for bankruptcy protection 2003- Space shuttle Columbia broke apart across southeastern Texas as it descended toward its planned landing, all crew members were lost 2004- 1. Lance Armstrong won sixth Tour de France 2. George W. Bush re-elected U. S. Pres...
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