texas

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Sam Houston led Texas to become a US state, but he couldn't stop it from seceding and joining the Confederacy.

PEOPLE

Feared across Texas, John Wesley Hardin built his outlaw reputation on violence and a hair-trigger temper.

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“Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession. Above all, Texas is a nation in every sense of the word. And there's an opening convey of generalities. A Texan outside of Texas is...

PEOPLE

Mexican General Santa Anna called himself the Napoleon of the West, but he made one blunder after another.

PEOPLE

When order broke down on the Texas frontier, it was up to one man to step forward and lay down the law.



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