Today in Texas History
1806 - Juan Seguín was born in San Antonio. He became the only Mexican Texan in the Senate of the Texas Republic and later served as mayor of San Antonio.
1891 - A group of Boston investors chartered the Pan American Railway to connect Victoria, TX, with Rio de Jeneiro, Brazil. The track was abandoned and no regular trains ever operated on the Pan American.
Texas Quote:
There is no place quite like Abbott. That is where my dreams began, and I go back there to begin dreaming again, like a child...
- Willie Nelson
Do you think these 7 shows were canceled too soon?
Stumble (1 season)
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (2 seasons)
Gen V (2 seasons)
Dexter: Original Sin (1 season)
The Wheel of Time (3 seasons)
Our Flag Means Death (2 seasons)
Shadow and Bone (2 seasons)
Today in Texas History
1844 - Republic of Texas president Sam Houston wrote a passport for the widow of Ben-Ash. Ben-Ash was the the recently deceased chief of the Battise Village of the Coushatta Indians.