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Hace 3 días · Learn about Moses Austin, the father of Anglo settlement in Texas, who died before his colonial dream became a reality. Explore his biography, papers, and legacy through books and online resources.
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Hace 2 días · After independence, the Mexican government implemented the policy, granting Moses Austin, a banker from Missouri, a large tract of land in Texas. Austin died before he could bring his plan of recruiting American settlers for the land to fruition, but his son, Stephen F. Austin, brought over 300 American families into Texas.
Hace 1 día · Moses Austin secured permission from the Spanish government to settle 300 families on a grant of 200,000 acres (81,000 hectares) in Tejas (Texas). When Mexico won independence from Spain in 1821, Austin’s son, Stephen Austin, received Mexican approval of the grant.
Hace 6 días · Empresario Martín De León founded the city of Victoria and played a key role in settling the Texas Coastal Bend. De León was born in 1765 to an aristocratic family in Burgos, Mexico. After serving as a soldier, De León married and planned to settle his new family in Texas.
Hace 4 días · The Ten Commandments are a list of religious precepts that, according to passages in Exodus and Deuteronomy, were divinely revealed to Moses by Yahweh and engraved on two stone tablets. They are also called the Decalogue.
Hace 6 días · In his new book, Emily Austin of Texas, 1795–1851, Light T. Cummins, Texas State Historian and Bryan Professor of History at Austin College, chronicles the extraordinary life and legacy of one of Texas's foremost pioneer women.
Hace 4 días · Moses (flourished 14th–13th century bce) was a Hebrew prophet, teacher, and leader who, in the 13th century bce (before the Common Era, or bc), delivered his people from Egyptian slavery.
