Article Archive

February

1

Ground broken for new Capitol
(1882)

United States and Mexico sign Rio Grande Rectification Treaty
(1933)

Composer of state song dies
(1971)

2

Ursuline Academy founded in Dallas
(1874)

María Coronel becomes "the Woman in Blue"
(1620)

Cotton comes to the Rio Grande valley
(1830)

3

Teenage idol Buddy Holly dies in plane crash
(1959)

Republic authorizes mercantile firm to issue money
(1841)

Coastal brewery serves up a cold one
(1896)

4

Hero from Rio Grande valley dies in Vietnam
(1968)

Republic of Texas authorizes ill-fated Peters colony
(1841)

La Bahía becomes Goliad
(1829)

5

The Republic of Texas passes legislation regarding free African Americans
(1840)

Commission established to plan Central National Road
(1844)

Snakebite pioneer succumbs
(1955)

6

Frenchman, considered a troublemaker by the Spanish, dies in prison
(1756)

Virginia Point enlivened by railroad bridge to Galveston Island
(1860)

First Czech newspaper in Texas
(1879)

7

Transfer of command misfires in Republic of Texas army
(1837)

Cowboy, author, and detective born on Texas coast
(1855)

Seguin incorporates
(1853)

8

Violence presages end of notorious red-light district
(1887)

Last Franciscan in early Texas relinquishes missions
(1830)

Brewster County exposes "dummy town"
(1910)

9

NAACP leader born in Round Rock
(1902)

Renowned jazz saxophonist dies
(1939)

Texas pays beef bill, twelve years late
(1854)

10

Legislature confirms South Texas land grants
(1852)

French castaway reaches Natchitoches
(1721)

"Madam Candelaria" dies at age 113
(1899)

11

Texas marines mutiny in old New Orleans
(1842)

Legislature passes bill to pay for governor's "chicken salad and punch"
(1915)

First railroad in Texas chartered
(1850)

12

Arctic cold stiffens Tulia
(1899)

Sixty-one die as steamboat burns
(1869)

Inventor of the electric typewriter born
(1888)

13

First class of army aerial navigators arrives in San Marcos
(1943)

"Lone Wolf," Ranger legend, dies
(1977)

Spanish language newspaper debuts in San Antonio
(1913)

14

Spanish nobleman calls for settlement of Texas
(1729)

Railroad crew founds Valentine, Texas
(1882)

Philanthropists wed on Valentine's Day
(1904)

15

Texas adopts constitution
(1876)

Lumberman predicts big future for El Paso
(1880)

Texas rancher murdered by Mexican troops
(1914)

16

Longoria given hero's burial
(1949)

Lone survivor of Bonilla expedition found
(1599)

First archbishop of San Antonio consecrated
(1927)

17

Art museum chartered at crossroads city
(1930)

Hydraulic dredge Comstock catches fire
(1913)

LULAC founded
(1929)

18

Heroic Texas woman graduates from flight-nurse school
(1943)

Frenchman flies first plane in Texas
(1910)

Secessionist fire-eater dies
(1874)

19

Texas Congress is history; Texas Legislature up and running
(1846)

First black Texas Catholic bishop installed
(1988)

Indian captive reunited with husband
(1838)

20

Governor Edmund Davis imposes martial law in Walker County
(1871)

Baptist missionary licensed to preach
(1875)

Black legislator wins disputed election
(1874)

21

New county seat given new portmanteau name
(1902)

Roy Bean stages a prize fight
(1896)

WASPs arrive at Sweetwater Army Air Field
(1943)

22

Mexican soldier changes sides, joins Texans
(1836)

United States renounces claims to Texas
(1819)

Feds regulate "hot" oil
(1935)

23

Secession referendum passes by landslide
(1861)

Marines raise flag on Iwo Jima
(1945)

Legislature establishes Gillespie County
(1848)

24

Future Texas leader born in Sweden
(1861)

Travis pens his famous letter from the Alamo
(1836)

Rangers sent to Wiley College in response to student demonstrations
(1969)

25

Colt patents the "gun that won the West"
(1836)

First Catholic bishop of Galveston born in France
(1800)

Alamo City lures Trinity University from Waxahachie
(1942)

26

Black activist seeks admission to segregated university
(1946)

Texas farm workers begin 420-mile march to Austin
(1977)

Clint and Jeff Smith captured by Indians
(1871)

27

Future governor born on farm
(1917)

Gillespie County matriarch dies
(1907)

South Texas separatists proclaim Territory of the Rio Grande
(1850)

28

Cowgirls get organized
(1948)

Dr Pepper goes private
(1984)

Anson Mills names El Paso
(1859)

29

West Texas town declares itself "Leap Year Capital of the World"
(1988)

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