Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836 secured Texas' independence and effectively ended the Texas Revolution. (Universal ...
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Ulster-Scot Sam Houston was a US history-maker and deserved to be called the true 'Father of Texas'
On that day Sam Houston, commander-in-chief of the Army of Texas, surprised General Antonio López de Santa Anna, the Mexican president and self-styled ‘Napoleon of the West’, and his army at San ...
On this day 190 years ago, the state of Texas' identity changed for ever. While Texas Independence Day commemorates the Texas Declaration of Independence from Mexico, the Texas Revolution lasted for ...
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