On September 8, 1900, hurricane winds of at least 120 miles per hour ripped across the Texas coastline of the Gulf of Mexico, killing over 5000 people and decimating the city of Galveston. During the eighteen hour storm, tidal waves swept through sea-level streets, destroying homes and buildings and wiping out electricity, roads, and communication systems. As news of the disaster spread, supplies, including tents for the nearly 8000 homeless, poured into Galveston from across the nation. Read more in Terror From The Gulf: A Hurricane In Galveston.
Everything you need to know to start your business in Texas. Includes contracts, business plans, financial management, tax strategies, office procedures, company policy and licensing information. Read more in How To Start A Business in Texas.
The Texas is the only battleship remaining in the world today that served in WWI and the only type that served in both World Wars. Read more in Historic Battleship Texas.
Learn about Texas History with Hendrick-Long Publishing
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1835 -- Texans repulsed a detachment of Mexican cavalry at the Battle of Gonzales. The revolution began. Read about the Men from Gonzales who became martyrs helping to defend the Alamo in the early days of the Texas Revolution.
1835 -- The Goliad Campaign of 1835 ended when George Collingsworth, Ben Milam, and forty-nine other Texans stormed the presidio at Goliad and a small detachment of Mexican defenders.
1861 --Advance units of the newly formed Brigade of General H. H. Sibley marched westward from San Antonio to claim New Mexico and the American southwest for the Confederacy.
1528 -- Cabeza de Vaca shipwrecked on what is believed today to be Galveston Island. After trading in the region for some six years, he later explored the Texas interior on his way to Mexico.
Texans believe that Christmas here is bigger, better, and more treasured than anywhere else. This collection, first published in 1983, grew out of that conviction. Revised and expanded -- new memories have been added, new activities suggested, new traditions explored.
1842-- Under orders of Sam Houston, officials arrived in Austin to remove the records of the Republic of Texas to the city of Houston, touching off the bloodless Archives War.
1845 -- U. S. President James Polk followed through on a campaign platform promising to annex Texas, and signed legislation making Texas the 28th state of the United States.
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