Explore: Texas Settlers

Texas, Vol. II. The Avalon Project at Yale Law School: Texas – From Independence to Annexation Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas by

The Texas–Indian wars were a series of conflicts between settlers in Texas and the Southern Plains Indians during the 19th century. Conflict between the

appeared. The Come and Take It Flag – 1835 – This flag was used by Texas settlers fighting under John Henry Moore at the Battle of Gonzales in October

colonize Texas. Over the next 110 years, Spain established numerous villages, presidios, and missions in the province. A small number of Spanish settlers arrived

Goliad was the second skirmish of the Texas Revolution. In the early-morning hours of October 9, 1835, Texas settlers attacked the Mexican Army soldiers

tribes. The border region of Texas faced frequent raids by Apache and Comanche tribes. In the hopes that an influx of settlers could control the raids, the

and organized in 1874. It is named for William Cocke Young, an early Texas settler and soldier. The Brazos Indian Reservation, founded by General Randolph

independent nation of Mexico. Austin attracted numerous Anglo-American settlers to move to Texas, and by 1825, Austin had brought the first 300 American families

such as explorers, Spanish colonists, American immigrants, German Texan settlers, ranchers, oil men, aristocrats, Chicanos, and others, all based on

Territory. The Greer County Homestead Law, passed just afterwards, gave the Texas settlers the 160 acres (0.65 km2) they were living on and the option to purchase