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County seats in Texas

  • Austin, TexasOn the 27th of December 1839, the Texas Congress officially incorporated a settlement named Waterloo as the new capital of the Republic of Texas.
  • San AntonioOn the 13th of June 1691, a Spanish expedition led by Domingo de Terán and Alonso de León stumbled upon the San Antonio River.
  • Fort Worth, TexasOn the 6th of June 1849, Major Ripley A. Arnold established a camp on the bank of the Trinity River and named it Camp Worth in honor of General William…
  • Denton, TexasOn the 8th of July 1860, approximately half of the downtown Square burned down in what was later called the Texas Troubles.
  • HoustonOn the 30th of August 1836, land investors Allen Chapman and John Kirby stood at the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and White Oak Bayou.
  • DallasJohn Neely Bryan planted a wooden stake on a bluff near three forks of the Trinity River in 1839. He returned two years later to establish a permanent…