Austin was carved from the wilderness to be a national, even imperial, capital. Innkeeper Angelina Eberly saved it.

Resolved . . . , That Congress doth consent that the territory properly included within, and rightfully belonging to the Republic of Texas, may be erected into a new State, to be called the State ...

Agustín de Iturbide abdicates as Emperor of Mexico and the territory, including Texas, is organized as a republic. The Mexican Congress grants Texans a seven-year exemption from Mexican tariffs.

Franklin County is old, by Texas standards. Spanish explorers, the Cherokee people, Sam Houston and Davy Crockett traveled through here. Lineage and family farms in this northeast Texas county predate ...

The story involves Houston’s proud namesake, growing pains in the fledgling Texas Republic and a “war” that settled it all. Let’s look back. After white settlers took control of parts of ...

The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association Vol. 12, No. 4, Apr., 1909 The Navy of the Republic of Texas: II. T... The Navy of the Republic of Texas: II. The First Navy of Texas This is ...

(Kirk McDaniel/ Courthouse News Service) AUSTIN, Texas (CN) — After winning its independence from Mexico in 1836, the Republic of Texas lasted for 10 years and had its own government, presidents, ...