As the 44th annual celebration of Texas Independence Day and General Sam Houston’s birthday approaches, plans are underway to ...

September: Texans approve their new Constitution of the Republic of Texas. Sam Houston is elected president. October: The First Congress of the Republic of Texas convenes. November: Santa Anna is ...

History aficionados will be intrigued by the San Jacinto Battleground. The State Historic Site is where an important, if not the most important, battle for Texas ... Gen. Sam Houston, Houston's ...

On this date in Texas history, the first-ever home run was hit at Disch-Falk Field. That historic blast came off the bat of ...