50 DEFINING MOMENTS IN TEXAS HISTORY
50 HIGHLIGHTS OF TEXAS HISTORY -- Each has an important story... Click the item Number (not a date) for more info...
1. ALONSO ALVAREZ DE PINEDA – EXPLORING TEXAS COASTLINE – 1519
2. ALVAR NUNEZ, CABEZA DE VACA – SHIPWRECKED ON GALVESTON ISLAND – 1528
3. ALVAR NUNEZ, CABEZA DE VACA ESCAPES INTO TEXAS INTERIOR – 1534
4. CORONADO IN SEARCH OF THE SEVEN CITIES OF CIBOLA – 1540
5. YSLETA – OLDEST PERMANENT SETTLEMENT IN TEXAS – 1682
6. LA SALLE LANDING AT MATAGORDA BAY – 1685
7. FORT ST. LOUIS ESTABLISHED BY LA SALLE – 1685
8. LA SALLE AMBUSHED AND SLAIN WHILE EXPLORING – 1687
9. SAN FRANCISCO DE LOS TEJAS MISSION FOUNDED – 1690
10. EL CAMINO REAL – THE OLD SAN ANTONIO ROAD – 1691
11. JANE LONG “THE MOTHER OF TEXAS” – 1820
12. STEPHEN AUSTIN “THE FATHER OF TEXAS” – 1821
13. MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE – TEXAS A MEXICAN STATE – 1821
14. THE TEXAS RANGERS FIRST ACTIVATED – 1823
15. ANAHUAC DISTURBANCES – TURTLE BAYOU RESOLUTIONS – 1832
16. BATTLE OF GONZALES – “COME AND TAKE IT!” – OCTOBER 2, 1835
17. HENRY SMITH, FIRST AMERICAN GOVERNOR OF TEXAS – 1835
18. TEXAS NAVY ORGANIZED – 1835-1836
19. TEXAS DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE ADOPTED – MARCH 2, 1836
20. THE GOLIAD MASSACRE – MARCH 27, 1836
21. JAMES BOWIE – DEFENDER OF THE ALAMO – 1836
22. JAMES BUTLER BONHAM – DEFENDER OF THE ALAMO – 1836
23. DAVID CROCKETT - DEFENDER OF THE ALAMO – 1836
24. WILLIAM BARRETT TRAVIS - DEFENDER OF THE ALAMO – 1836
25. THE SIEGE AND FALL OF THE ALAMO – FEBRUARY 23-MARCH 6, 1836
26. THE BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO – APRIL 21, 1836
27. SAM HOUSTON – COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE TEXAS ARMY – 1836
28. THE SURRENDER OF SANTA ANNA – APRIL 22, 1836
29. SAM HOUSTON, FIRST PRESIDENT – REPUBLIC OF TEXAS – SEPTEMBER 5, 1836
30. THE LONE STAR FLAG, FIRST ADOPTED AND FLOWN – 1839
31. MIER EXPEDITION, PRISONERS DRAWING BLACK BEANS – MARCH 25, 1843
32. TEXAS ANNEXED TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – DECEMBER 29, 1845
33. THE UNITED STATES DECLARED WAR AGAINST MEXICO – MAY 13, 1846
34. BUFFALO BAYOU, BRAZOS AND COLORADO RAILWAY CHARTERED – 1850
35. SAN ANTONIO-SAN DIEGO MAIL ROUTE ESTABLISHED – 1857
36. TEXAS SECEDED FROM THE UNION – 1861
37. THE BATTLE OF SABINE PASS - SEPTEMBER 5, 1863
38. THE BATTLE OF PALMITO RANCH – MAY 12, 1865
39. GOODNIGHT-LOVING TRAIL – THE GREAT TRAIL DRIVES – 1866 – LONGHORN
40. RECONSTRUCTION – CARPETBAGGERS – READMISSION TO THE UNION – 1865-1870
41. THE SECOND BATTLE OF ADOBE WALLS – JUNE 27, 1874 – COMMANCHE
42. JUDGE ROY BEAN APPOINTED LAW WEST OF THE PECOS – AUGUST 2, 1882
43. PRESENT CAPITOL BUILDING ERECTED IN AUSTIN – 1883-1888
44. FIRST UNITED CAVALRY VOLUNTEERS RECRUITED “ROUGH RIDERS” – 1898
45. GALVESTON STORM AND FLOOD – SEPTEMBER 8, 1900
46. LUCAS GUSHER, SPINDLETOP OIL FIELD – JANUARY 10, 1901
47. JOINER’S NO. 3 EAST TEXAS OIL FIELD DISCOVERED OCTOBER 6, 1930
48. NASA MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER, HOUSTON – 1961-1964
49. LYNDON B. JOHNSON, 36TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES – NOVEMBER 22, 1963
50. HEMISFAIR, ASTRODOME, ASTRONEEDLE – SYMBOLS OF TEXAS TOMORROW