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Many know Stephen F. Austin as the father of Texas, but not many know his experiences that led to this. Stephen F. Austin was the child of Moses and Maria Austin. He was born on the third of November in 1793, in Virginia. He and his family moved to Missouri, and by the age of eleven Stephen was sent off to Connecticut to attend a school called Bacon Academy. Stephen graduated with honors at the age of fourteen. He then spent two years at Transylvania University located in Lexington, Kentucky. Stephen returned in the year 1810 and served several years as a member of the Missouri territorial legislature. Stephen wasn't a member for long, and because of this he was looking for new opportunities in Arkansas. Being as successful as he was, Stephen

He then became a Senator from Texas to the United States Congress, but was removed due to his strong opposition to the secession of Texas. This ended his career in public service and in 1863, Sam Houston died in his home in Huntsville, Texas.

The cattle industry started to rise after the American civil war. This was due to the increase of cows in Texas as cows weren’t fenced in. A man called Joseph McCoy soon came up with the idea of the cow town of Abilene, where Northern buyers could meet up with Southern sellers where they were on equal footing and couldn’t be attacked by Indians. Abilene was built on the Kansas Pacific Railroad. This made it easier to transport cattle bought to the cities in the East like Chicago. By 1870 300,000 cattle were being bought and sold in Abilene. Cows that were sold in Texas for $5 could be sold for $40 in a cow town. This helped the cattle industry rise as it meant more people would sell their cows and gain profit. This then developed even further as the railroad was moved westward which developed other cow towns such as Dodge city and Kansas because it meant there was more places where you could gain more profit for selling your cows.

Grant’s early years showed great potential for his later life. He was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio on April 27, 1822 but Grant’s mother would sell there tannery and move the family a few miles east in Ohio to Georgetown, Ohio. As a youngster Grant would work on his family farm, collect firewood and maintain the horses, farmers would watch him train and take care of the horses, he was a local celebrity because of his ability

He was referred to as the greatest black cowboy of the 1870’s He was born in Tennessee in 1848, and moved to Texas in 1853. He was an excellent tamer of wild broncos, a proficient roper, however he lacked the ability to read or write.

Dwight D. Eisenhower was born in Texas in 1890 (whitehouse.gov). When he was a year and a half his family moved back to Abilene, the family had lived there before, but moved to Texas because of a job. Eisenhower had some pretty impressive accomplishments during his life, even before presidency. He got accepted into the United States Military Academy, West Point, and graduated. He was president of Columbia University, and moved up

Stephen Austin was born on the Third of November in the year of 1793 at Austinville, Virginia. His family was one that made their wealth through the booming industry of lead mining. When he became fourteen years old, Austin went to study at Transylvania University in Kentucky; after two and a half years of study, he would never finish as his father needed his assistance to run his store. Also, this experience in running a store would provide Stephen F. Austin with “the excellent business habits and knowledge of human nature,” which would be useful for his future career as well as the title as the Father of Texas (Father of Texas, 14). His experience from this métier would be necessary for the formation of

Travis was born in 1809, and died in battle defending the fort known as the Alamo against overwhelming Mexican forces in 1836. He was the oldest out of his 11 brothers and sisters. His parents were Mark Stallworth and Jemima Stallworth. Travis officially became a lieutenant colonel in January 1836. On that same year the governor Henry Smith ordered for Travis and 100 reinforcements to arrive at San

Moses Austin was engaged in mining, smelting, and lead manufacturing. In 1798 he established the town of Potosi in Spanish Missouri where he became an owner of the Bank of St. Louis and prospered. About 21 years later, the Bank of St. Louis

I will be talking about Benjamin Edwards and how he was important to Texas. Edwards was born on October 26, 1931 in Bourbon County, Kentucky. In 1825 he moved to Texas to Hadens colony (His brother Haden Edwards). On December 16, while the mexican authorities and troops were advancing on Nacogdoches, Edwards and 30 other men rode into Nacogdoches and proclaimed the Republic of Fredonia, this instituting the attempt minor revolution known as the Fredonia Revolution. On December 21 Edwards made an agreement with Richard Fields and Dr. John Dunn Hunters by which, in return for for their cooperation, the Cherokees were to have land of Texas between the Red River and the Rio Grande west of Old San Antonio Road while the rest of the land belonged

Francis Lubbock was born on October 16, 1815 in Beaufort, South Carolina. He was the oldest son of two, and he quit school when his father died, at the age of 14. He claimed jobs in South Carolina and New Orleans after spending a while as a clerk working in a hardware store. He moved to Texas in 1836 because he was a lifelong democrat, and a year later opened a general store. Lubbock married 3 times. First to Adel Baron, then to Sarah E. Black Porter

William Barret Travis was born in Edgefield Co. S.C. He trained to become a lawyer and practice in Claiborne, Alabama. He came to Texas both to make his fortune and he supported the revolt against Texas (William Barret Travis). Santa Anna, the Mexican general, and dictator, who led the Mexican army against the Alamo, had

Stephen F. Austin was born on November 3, 1793, in Virginia. He had a younger sister and brother. In 1804 when he was 11 years old, he began school, at Bacon Academy, and He studied subjects like English, grammar, math, and geography. Austin was pulled out of school by his father in April 1810, He began to help his father at the mine. In 1813 at the age of 20 he volunteered for the American army for the war against Britain. Austin took over his father’s colonization of the Tejas region of Mexico. He was met with opposition from the newly independent Mexican government, but hoped to work things out within that system. When the Texas Revolution broke out, he was forced to support Texas’s independence. Stephen F. Austin had to lead 300 families safely to Texas. He arranged to obtain a loan from his friend Hawkins to float the enterprise and was at Natchitoches expecting to accompany his father to San Antonio when he learned of Moses Austin's death. He proceeded to San Antonio, where he arrived in August 1821. Then he wanted to set up his people on the land in San Antonio. Austin rotted in jail for a year and a half, and he was never tried or even formally charged with anything. Austin and Sam Houston ran for president but sadly Austin did not win the election. Austin arranged with Martínez to

William B Travis a, US lawyer, was born August 1, 1809 in Edgefield County, South Carolina. He moved to Texas in the early 1830’s where he was known for his acts as a soldier, Lieutenant Colonel in specific. He had become in the movement for independence from Mexico, even leading a small band of Texans in revolt in 1835. Dates from Feb. 23 when Mexican army under Santa Anna attacked them to March 6, 1836, the force defended the fortress Alamo with limited supplies and ammunition. On March 6 Travis and his men were massacred to the last man. Travis did however send an appeal by messengers in the middle of the night for reinforcements a few days before he died.

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