TEXAS HISTORY

Courtesy of the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

Cowhands at the JA Ranch in Palo Duro Canyon in 1898.

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Texas History Features — Articles from recent Texas Almanacs.

Early Texas Almanac articles, 1857-1911

Texas History Timeline — Highlights of Texas past from prehistoric times to the 20th century.

Text of the Texas Declaration of Independence

Text of Travis' Letter from the Alamo

In the Texas Almanac 2008 – 2009

• History of the stagecoach business in Texas.

• A look at the archaeology of Texas through sites and discoveries.

• Development of minor league baseball in Texas beginning in the 19th century.

• A condensed history of Texas that takes the reader from prehistoric times to the present.

• A history of oil discovery in Texas from the 1860s, through Spindletop and the Permian Basin, and up until the new technologies.

• A history of the Cajuns and their immigration to Texas.