Lone Star Junction
Lone Star Junction: The Evolution of a State or Recollections of Old Texas Days
The complete text of a memoir by Noah Smithwick, first published in 1900. It has been heralded as one of the most accurate portrayals of early Texas life.
US House of Representatives
History, Art, and Archives: Barbara Charline Jordan 1936 1996
One of the first African-Americans elected from the Deep South and the first black Congresswoman ever from that region, read about how Barbara Jordan emerged as a powerful interpreter of the Watergate impeachment investigation.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Treaties of Velasco
A brief description of how the Treaties of Velasco came about. The full text of the Public Treaty as well as the Secret Treaty are included.
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Esc 20: Did Nature Help or Hinder the Building of Railroads in Texas? [Pdf]
In this lesson unit, students examine how Texans altered the environment in order to construct railroads, and the impact of those changes, both positive and negative. They then complete a project where they develop a plan for a railroad...
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Fort Tumbleweed: History of the Republic of Texas (1836 1846)
Summarizes the end of the Texas Revolution and the formation of the new Republic, followed by annexation of Texas to become a state. Included are lists of important figures in the Republic of Texas, and the names of the government...
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Slide Player: Industry in Texas: Railroad, Lumber, Coal, and Oil
A narrated slideshow that is a summary of two chapters in a history text. It outlines the factors that led to the industrialization and urbanization of Texas, away from an agrarian economy. These included the growth of the railroad,...
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Texas Beyond History: New Words
A vocabulary list for the intermediate student of words relating to the history of Texas. Includes text features such as highlighted words and pictures with captions. Could be used with a unit about the Southwest!
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Development of Political Parties in Texas [Pdf]
Examines the history of political parties in Texas, and the different stages they went through as Texas evolved.
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Texas Indians: The Texas Apaches
This article details the history and way of life of the Apaches in Texas. It describes their interactions with the Spanish explorers, how they were treated like slaves at the Spanish missions, and how their resentment drove them to...
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Ghosttowns.com: Ghost Towns of Texas
Ghost Towns of Texas offers the rich history of the Old West highlighting the many ghost towns in Texas.
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Texas Black History Preservation Project: William Goyens (1794 856)
A biography of William Goyens, a mixed African American and Cherokee married to a white woman, whose father was a freed slave. Goyens was a Texas businessman who himself participated in the slave trade, and friends with many of the well...
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Texas Indians: The Jumano Indians
This article details the history, the tribal ancestry, and the different branches of the Jumano Indians. It describes their way of life, and their interactions with European explorers.
Library of Congress
Loc: Parallel Histories: Texas
Spanish and English text on Spanish interest, exploration and settlement of Texas. Includes primary and secondary source material.
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Amon Carter Museum: Texas Transportation
In this lesson, students will analyze the effects of transportation on the settlement of Texas.
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Amon Carter Museum: Encountering Texas (1846 1856)
Three early American artists captured the landscape of the unknown frontier which slowly became the state of Texas.
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Texas Indians: The Concho Indians
This article discusses the culture of the Concho Indians, who mainly lived in northern Mexico, but also in Texas. It describes the impact of the Europeans on their way of life, their food sources, clothing, and shelter.
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Ellis County Museum: Texas Cattle Trails
This article surveys the cattle kingdom and cattle boom in Ellis County, Texas that started in the 1840s.
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Texas Escapes: The San Antonio Council House Fight
Describes the policy of Mirabeau B. Lamar of expelling and attacking the native tribes in order to remove them from the Republic of Texas. While this was relatively easy to implement with some of the tribes, the Comanches were a...
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Council House Fight
A description of the Council House Fight in San Antonio, Texas in 1840, when Comanche leaders and warriors were killed during a planned meeting between the Comanches and Texas officials.
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Francis Richard Lubbock
A short biography of Francis R. Lubbock, who became governor of Texas in 1861. He later served in the military until the end of the Civil War, then as the state treasurer of Texas.
Texas State Historical Association
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.
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Cordova Rebellion
A description of the Cordova Rebellion in 1838 against the Republic of Texas, led by Vicente Cordova.
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Thomas Green
A biography of Thomas Green. It covers his political and military career. A county was named after him in recognition of his service to Texas.
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: James Walker Fannin, Jr.
A biography of James Walker Fannin, Jr., who was active in the Texas Revolution.
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