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Pioneering Anglo Texans and the Early Republic of Texas
The article traces Texas early settlement from 1836 to 1866, highlighting key figures Mary Austin Holley, Sam Houston, William H. Wharton, Mirabeau B. Lamar, and Ashbel Smith. It covers population estimates, education reforms, exploration and settlement, Texas Rangers, notable pioneers like Richard King and Charles Goodnight, and the rise of ranching and oil after the Civil War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic of Texas
Texas
Mary Austin Holley
William H. Wharton
Washington
Wharton
U.S
Congress
Mexico
Mirabeau B. Lamar
Pacific
Republic
Georgia
Lamar
Philosophical Society of Texas
Martin Ruter
Massachusetts
Rutersville College
la Grange
University of Texas
Board of Regents
Ashbel Smith
Yale
England
France
Lone Star
Anson Jones
New England
Houston
Jones
James Pickney Henderson
Jack Hays
Ben McCulloch
Tennessee
John S. “Rip” Ford
Hays
McCulloch
Texas Rangers
Ford
Nueces
Rip
R.I.P
United States
George Wilkins Kendall
Horace Greeley
Kendall
Boerne
New York
Rio Grande
Santa Gertrudis Creek
Richard King
Harrisburg
Stafford’s Point
Sidney Shermann
Kentucky
San Jacinto
Texas Congress
Ranger
Lawrence Sullivan Ross
Tom Green
Ross
Green
Albert Sidney Johnston
West Point
Texas Republic
Western Department
Fort Bend County
Benjamin F. Terry
Texas A&m College
South Carolina
Francis R. Lubbock
Jefferson Davis
Lyne T. Barret
East Texas
Viginia
Nacogdoches County
Barret
Institute of Texas Cultures
Goodnight
Barrett