Article Archive

October

1

The Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville houses its first prisoner
(1849)

Quicksilver mine goes bust
(1942)

General Land Office opens
(1837)

2

Trials leading to Great Hanging at Gainesville begin
(1862)

Texas Revolution begins at Gonzales
(1835)

Lost Battalion shipped to Singapore
(1942)

3

Joiner becomes "Dad" of East Texas Oilfield
(1930)

Japanese colony honored
(1982)

General joins ranks with artist
(1843)

4

Thomas S. Gathright takes charge of new A&M College
(1876)

Texas hero falls at Battery Robinett
(1862)

Smallpox breaks out in Laredo
(1898)

5

Janis Joplin dies
(1970)

Hall for freethinkers burns down in Waco
(1889)

Dallas Health Museum opens
(1946)

6

Clyde Littlefield, future UT coach, born in Pennsylvania
(1892)

Reuben Ross shoots Ben McCulloch in duel
(1839)

Freethinker whipped in Bell County
(1877)

7

Freedmen's Bureau agent is assassinated
(1868)

Indians defeat Spanish force on Red River
(1759)

Alamo survivor dies
(1883)

8

Liberty Gazette announces Shakespeare reading by Ada Bertha Théodore
(1855)

Witte Memorial Museum opens
(1926)

Filibusters captured at La Bahía
(1821)

9

Governor imposes martial law on Freestone County
(1871)

Legendary West Texas historian dies
(1995)

Houston Direct Navigation Company chartered
(1866)

10

First Bloys Camp Meeting held in Big Bend region
(1890)

Salt War turns bloody
(1877)

First issue of Telegraph and Texas Register published
(1835)

11

Texas Woman's Fair begins in Houston
(1915)

Yellow fever claims gubernatorial candidate
(1847)

Kiowa chief commits suicide
(1878)

12

UT president lambastes Board of Regents at faculty meeting
(1944)

First Catholic Mass in Texas celebrated
(1680)

Future publisher joins Galveston News as office boy
(1874)

13

New Orleans Greys assemble in historic meeting
(1835)

Voters overwhelmingly approve annexation
(1845)

Alexander Gregg consecrated first Episcopal bishop of Texas
(1859)

14

Future general and president born in Denison
(1890)

Inventor and early settler born in Norway
(1843)

Frustrated ex-ranger killed when he smashes his malfunctioning rifle against rock
(1867)

15

Texas native given command of both American air forces in England
(1943)

Emmett Scott appointed to reduce racial tension
(1917)

Hearst hosts New York benefit for Galveston orphans
(1900)

First state Sängerfest held in New Braunfels
(1853)

16

Pan American Round Table founded in San Antonio
(1916)

On Texas soil, presidents meet for the first time
(1909)

Attempt to kidnap alleged Union spy fails
(1861)

17

Texans found first black police organization in the country
(1935)

Sam Houston issues passport
(1844)

President Lamar and cabinet arrive in new capital of Austin
(1839)

18

Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant begins production
(1942)

Follower of Mexican anarchist causes train crash
(1915)

Cowboy detective dies in California
(1928)

19

League of Women Voters of Texas organized in San Antonio
(1919)

Earliest known explorer carves name in Devil's Sinkhole
(1889)

Presidents of U.S. and Mexico dedicate International Falcon Reservoir
(1953)

20

Aaron Burr acquitted of charge of treason
(1807)

Community leader foresees her own death
(1874)

In letter to king of Spain, Coronado is first to describe Llano Estacado
(1541)

21

New oil well starts Ranger boom
(1917)

Robert McKee, El Paso contractor, dies
(1964)

First bank in Texas founded
(1822)

22

Chaos wanes as Houston administration replaces ad interim government
(1836)

Death of Lady Bird's father
(1960)

Students riot at Waller Creek
(1969)

23

Abilene replaces Buffalo Gap as seat of Taylor County
(1883)

First Texas Cavalry, USA, embarks on Rio Grande campaign
(1863)

Plane crashes into religious shrine
(1970)

24

Austin African-American colleges merge
(1952)

Llanos-Cárdenas expedition begins mapping Matagorda Bay
(1690)

Pioneer German authors killed by Indians
(1845)

25

Texas State Fair opens in Dallas
(1886)

Up-and-down entrepreneur Franklin Shaeffer dies
(1886)

"Star Trek" creator beamed from Earth
(1991)

26

Camp Gates established in Coryell County
(1849)

Texas native dies in heroic action
(1944)

First football game played at Cotton Bowl
(1930)

27

Pride of Galveston launched in Scotland
(1877)

Pioneering panoramic photographer dies
(1986)

Company chartered to connect Texas and Brazil by rail
(1891)

28

Battle of Concepción ignites siege of Bexar
(1835)

German newspaper ceases publication
(1945)

Chamizal Dispute finally settled
(1967)

29

State legislature receives proposal for Indian reservation
(1853)

Father of conjunto born in Reynosa
(1911)

Colorado City-Snyder route inaugurates intercity bus service in Texas
(1907)

30

Food merchant Crone Furr dies in Amarillo
(1946)

Compromise bill establishes five Texas wilderness areas
(1984)

San Antonio declares Ellen S. Quillin Day
(1960)

31

Leading black politician dies
(1882)

Military commander removes Texas Supreme Court justice
(1869)

Gulf Coast promoter and inventor dies
(1893)

Previous month: September                Next month: November