• Mossberg Owners is in the process of upgrading the software. Please bear with us while we transition to the new look and new upgraded software.

Texas Independence Day, March 2, 1836

Today there are 254 counties in Texas, ranging from tiny Rockwall County at 149 square miles (about the size of Detroit) to the massive Brewster County at 6,192 square miles (about as big as Connecticut and Rhode Island).

Houston’s Harris County has 4.5 million people, while tiny Loving County in West Texas has only 113 residents.
 
I watched a show on Story TV (OTA channel) on the Mexican-American war that was very enlightening. A lot of politics involved and land grabbed in order to let TX into the union. The OK panhandle was a "no man's land" and was created because TX was a slave state--no slavery above the line.
 
The Treaty of Annexation of the Texas Republic dated April 12, 1844 is an interesting read and contains nine (9) articles.

Even more interesting is what led to the Mexican-American War which occurred between 1846 and 1848.
 
Back
Top