As Of
The
Colonial Period
Texas Was Largely Divided Between 6 Culture Groups
The
Caddoan Peoples Occupied
The
Area Surrounding
The
Entire Length Of
The
Red River
Upon Contact With Europeans
They Formed Four Collective Confederacies Known As
The
Natchitoches
The
Hasinai
The
Wichita &
The
Kadohadocho (Caddo)
All Four Of Them Held Some Land
In
What
Is
Now Texas. Along
The
Gulf Coast Region Were
The
Atakapa Tribes
With
At
Least One Coahuiltecan Tribe (a Culture Group Primarily From Northeast Mexico)
A
Little Further West
On
The
Rio Grande
Largely Between
The
Rio Grande & Peco River Were
The
Puebloan Peoples
Part Of
An
Extensive Civilization Of Tribes That Lived
In
What
Are
Now
The
States Of Texas
New Mexico
Colorado & Utah
While
The
Northern-most Groups Faced
A
Cultural Collapse Due To
A
Drought
Many Of
The
Southern Tribes Survive
To
The Present
North Of
The
Pueblos Were
The
Apachean Tribes
Although Commonly Referred
To
As One
Single Nation
They
Are
Actually
A
Culture Group. North Of
The
Apacheans
In
The
Northern Panhandle Region
Were
The
Comanches
The Laura
the
first steamship ever
to
visit Houston
arrived
in
January 1837
on
January 1
1837
the
town comprised twelve residents
and
one log cabin; four months later there were 1,500 people
and
100 houses
the
city was granted incorporation by
the
state legislature
on
June 5
1837
and
was made as
the
temporary capital of Texas
at
this time
drunkenness
dueling
brawling
prostitution
and
profanity began
to
become
a
problem
in
early Houston, Animals
Dyersdale
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Harris County ESD #2 EMS South Lake Houston EMS 1% .0280120! On October 15
1986
the
Astros and
the
visiting New York Mets played Game 6 of
the
1986 NLCS
the
16-inning contest was at
the
time
the
longest game
in
MLB post season history
the
Mets would take
a
7-4 lead into
the
bottom of
the
16th inning
and
hold
on
for
a
7-6 victory over
the
Astros
Ironically
the
record was broken
in
Houston 19 years later
at
Minute Maid Park during
the
2005 NLDS when
the
Astros won
an
18-inning game against
the
Atlanta Braves.
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