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Nacogdoches is founded
Considered to be the oldest town in Texas, Nacogdoches was founded in 1779 by Don Antonio Gil Y’Barbo.Nacogdoches had 6 flags over the years.The flags included the Spanish, French, Gutierrez-Magee Rebellion, Dr. James Long Expedition, Mexican, Fredonia Rebellion, Lone Star, Confederate Stars and Bars and of course the United States of America. -
Mission San Jose is completed
Fray Antonio Margil de Jesus founded the mission San Jose. The mission was pretty and had rich pastures and lots of the people thought it was very prettie.San Jose was moved two times from its original site until it was built in its present site .It was not completed until 1782 but became “the most beautiful church along the entire frontier of New Spain -
Most missions in Texas are closed
As a result, by 1793, Mission San Antonio de Valero was secularized and control passed to local authorities. Much of the mission lands and goods were distributed amongst the Spanish locals and remaining Indian residents. The other San Antonio missions would meet a similar fate. -
Philip Nolan
Nolan came to Texas during the 1790s. He presented a plan to the Baron de Carondelet, governor of Louisiana, to travel to Texas to capture mustangs, or wild horses, and market them in Louisiana. The plan was approved. For a nation that still moved by horsepower, the likelihood of success for the venture was great. -
Louisiana purchase
With the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the United States purchased approximately 828,000,000 square miles of territory from France, thereby doubling the size of the young republic. What was known as Louisiana Territory stretched from the Mississippi River in the east to the Rocky Mountains in the west and from the Gulf of Mexico in the south to the Canadian border in the north. Part or all of 15 states were eventually created from the land deal, which is considered one of the most important achiev -
Father Miguel Hidalgo issues the grito de Dolores
In 1808 Hidalgo became a leader of an underground independence movement centered around literary clubs where the talk centered on emerging ideas on nationalism and political liberty. When authorities moved to arrest him, he gathered together his followers and his parishioners and issued the “Grito de Delores” on September 16, 1810, a de facto declaration of independence.
