Article Archive

July

1

African-American bus franchise in Houston suburb is first in the South
(1959)

Greatest manager in Texas League history born
(1879)

Angry soldiers burn Fredericksburg store, destroying early Gillespie County records
(1850)

2

Hood's Texas Brigade joins battle at Gettysburg
(1863)

Ralphael O'Hara Lanier becomes first president of Texas Southern University
(1948)

Convict and criminal-justice reformer paroled
(1982)

3

Natural Bridge Caverns, largest in Texas, opens to public
(1964)

Generous curandero dies in South Texas
(1907)

Oldest public hospital in Texas opens
(1884)

4

Willie goes to Luckenbach for the Fourth of July
(1995)

Convention considers annexation
(1845)

First train to Brownsville touches off Kingsville celebration
(1904)

5

Governor Pease launches Callahan expedition
(1855)

Margaret Borland dies of "trail fever"
(1873)

Texas's first licensed pilot dies
(1956)

6

Dr Pepper incorporates
(1923)

Order of the Sons of Hermann founded
(1861)

Wealthiest antebellum planter dies
(1878)

Civil rights leader Lulu White dies
(1957)

7

New republic staves off old adversary
(1842)

New port of Velasco officially opens
(1891)

Border businesswoman attends ceremony at Big Bend National Park
(1960)

Gritten keeps Gonzales loyal to Mexico
(1835)

8

Alfonso Steele, one of the last remaining San Jacinto veterans, dies
(1911)

UT Board of Regents opens UTEP to African-American students
(1955)

Mysterious fires in North Texas
(1860)

Mundine proposes extending franchise to blacks and women
(1868)

9

Spaniards found East Texas mission
(1716)

Lamar expresses good will to Chief Colita
(1839)

Groundbreaking ceremony for veterans center
(1948)

10

State's oldest public library chartered in Galveston
(1900)

San Antonio preservationist and architect dies
(1964)

English writer leaves Texas
(1844)

Spanish governor issues ordinance on cattle branding
(1783)

11

Racial disturbance rocks Longview
(1919)

Presidential candidate drowns in Galveston Bay
(1838)

12

Chief Kicking Bird retires after fighting McClellan at the Little Wichita
(1870)

Transplanted Baylor College of Medicine opens in Houston
(1943)

13

Texas government offers huge prize for eradicating long-nosed cotton pest
(1903)

Mexican folk hero shoots Brownsville marshal
(1859)

Crusading "padrecito" dies
(1956)

14

New law authorizes sale of state land to finance education
(1879)

SA&AP Railway enters receivership
(1890)

Hughes ends record-setting round-the-world flight in New York
(1938)

15

Unhappy colonists start "war" and evict Hedgcoxe
(1852)

Texas Bar Association organized in Galveston
(1882)

German-language paper founded in San Antonio
(1865)

Texans rout Cherokees in battle of the Neches
(1839)

16

Principal battle of Cherokee War begins
(1839)

Texas, Oklahoma battle over bridge across the Red River
(1931)

Officer begins adobe experiment at Fort Concho
(1870)

17

Disgruntled colonists meet to discuss government abuses
(1835)

Alamo savior dies
(1945)

Galveston physicians found medical society
(1865)

18

Texas soldier fights heroically in France
(1918)

War Department mobilizes "T-Patchers"
(1917)

State, city, and school reach settlement over Spanish archives
(1972)

19

Texas outlaw fatally wounded in robbery
(1878)

T&P finally reaches Fort Worth, touching off celebration
(1876)

St. Denis arrives at San Juan Bautista
(1714)

Sam Houston relieves Edwin Moore of command of the Texas Navy
(1843)

20

Texas boxer becomes first black world heavyweight champion
(1910)

Meusebach resigns as Adelsverein commissioner
(1847)

Legendary Texas architect dies
(1982)

21

Sante Fe Expedition survivor dies
(1884)

Notorious Texas outlaw born and dies
(1851)

Spanish flag lowered for last time at San Antonio
(1821)

22

Oldest newspaper in Panhandle debuts
(1887)

African-American civil rights advocate achieves ballot
(1944)

Confederate general dies after famous last words
(1861)

23

Future film actress born in Houston
(1895)

First woman game warden in Texas dies
(1966)

Texas Bankers Association founded
(1885)

24

Confederacy grows as Baylor defeats Yankees in Arizona and declares himself governor
(1861)

World War I camp construction begins
(1917)

Town of Kyle established
(1880)

25

Old Galveston lives again in restored Ashton Villa
(1974)

First Odd Fellows lodge chartered in Texas
(1838)

Texas enlistee dies heroically and is awarded Medal of Honor
(1953)

26

United States flag raised on Texas island
(1845)

Sweethearts of the Cattle Trail Marry
(1870)

Arthur Schott dies
(1875)

Nolan Expedition goes on last Comanche raid in Texas
(1877)

27

County government comes to a new area of the Panhandle
(1888)

Civil rights activist denied vote in Harris County primary
(1940)

28

Riot flares in Dallas protest march
(1973)

First American matador debuts in Guadalajara
(1908)

29

Fire-breathing preacher indicted for murder
(1926)

Eisenhower signs bill creating NASA
(1958)

30

Governor removed from office for balking at Reconstruction
(1867)

Legendary frontier merchant dies
(1902)

31

Tarrant County Junior College founded
(1965)

Pirate resigns as ruler of Galveston Island
(1817)

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