Texas History for Kids: Lone Star Lives and Legends, with 21 Activities
Time Line a to 248 million years ago Mesozoic Era begins This includes the Cre taceous Period 11 200 years ago Paleo Indians migrate to Texas 1519 Alonso Alvarez de Pineda sails the Texas coast and creates the first map 1528 Álvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca is the first known European in Texas 1541 Franciso Vásquez de Coronado explores the Southwest in search for gold discovers Palo Duro Canyon
1632 The first mission is established in San Ange lo it lasts for six months 1684 Franciscan missionaries begin establishing missions throughout Texas 1685 René Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle lands at Matagorda Bay and establishes a French settlement Fort St Louis 1700 The Comanche acquire horses from the Spanish Mission San Francisco de Solano is estab lished near the Rio Grande it is later moved to San Antonio and renamed San Antonio de Valero 1724 San Antonio de Valero mission moves to the east bank of the San Antonio River this site will later be called the Alamo 1817 Pirate Jean Lafitte establishes a colony on Galveston Island 1821 Mexico wins independence from Spain First colonists arrive at Stephen Austin's set tlement 1835 The first battle of the Texas Revolution takes
place at Gonzales 1836 Texas issues its declaration of independence Texas is defeated by Mexico at the Battle of the Alamo Texas under the leadership of Sam Houston defeats Mexico at the Battle of San Jacinto Cynthia Ann Parker is kidnapped by Comanches The Texas Republic is established Sam Houston is elected president 1839 The Lone Star Flag is adopted The Cherokee are forced out of Texas 1840 Austin becomes the state capital 1845 Texas is annexed by the United States becoming the 28th state 1846 The Mexican American War 48 1850 Texas boundaries are redrawn after the Com promise of 1850 1853 The Buffalo Bayou Brazos and Colorado Railway becomes the first railroad in Texas 1865 The Civil War ends the Emancipation Proclamation is read in Galveston 1888 The present capitol building is completed 1900 The Great Storm destroys Galveston 1901 Oil is discovered at Spindletop 1914 Houston Ship Channel opens
1924 Miriam Ma Ferguson is elected she is the first woman governor of Texas and second woman governor in the United States 1950 Herman Marion Sweatt is the first African American admitted to the University of Texas Law School 1960 Houston Oilers and Dallas Cowboys football teams are established 1961 The Manned Spacecraft Center opens just outside Houston Twelve years later it is renamed the Johnson Space Center 1963 President John F Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas Lyndon B Johnson of Texas is sworn in and then elected the next year 1965 The Astrodome opens in Houston as the world's first air conditioned stadium for baseball and football 1986 Texas experiences an oil depression 2001 Former Texas governor George W Bush is sworn in as president after US Supreme Court decision 2005 Hurricane Rita makes landfall and devastates Beaumont 2008 Hurricane Ike strikes Galveston
