The surrender of Granada in 1492 the last Moorish sultan of Granada Muhammad XII before Ferdinand and Isabella. 12.4 Unincorporated communities (12.0) 60.4 Houston Texas Business Directory. 6.3 Seating capacity 13 External links 2.1 The Early 1900s Support for the Confederacy was perhaps weakest in Texas; Elliott estimates that only a third of the white men in early 1861 supported the Confederacy Many unionists supported the Confederacy after the war began but many others clung to their unionism throughout the war especially in the northern counties the German districts and the Mexican areas Local officials harassed unionists and engaged in large-scale massacres against unionists and Germans in Cooke County 150 suspected unionists were arrested; 25 were lynched without trial and 40 more were hanged after a summary trial Draft resistance was widespread especially among Texans of German or Mexican descent; many of the latter went to Mexico Potential draftees went into hiding Confederate officials hunted them down and many were shot on August 1 1862 Confederate troops executed 34 pro-Union German Texans in the "Nueces Massacre" of civilians. 2.3 Cityscape 388 National Oilwell Varco The Sharpstown scandal which concerned government bribes involving real estate developer Frank Sharp (neighborhood of Sharpstown is named after him) occurred in 1970 and 1971! !
. 7 Government and politics In the Middle East in May Commonwealth forces quashed an uprising in Iraq which had been supported by German aircraft from bases within Vichy-controlled Syria. Between June and July they invaded and occupied the French possessions Syria and Lebanon with the assistance of the Free French.[citation needed]. ! (39) 106 The Early 1900s Part of the state's tradition of cowboys is derived from the massive cattle drives which its ranchers organized in the nineteenth century to drive livestock to railroads and markets in Kansas for shipment to the East Towns along the way such as Baxter Springs the first cow town in Kansas developed to handle the seasonal workers and tens of thousands of head of cattle being driven. .
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