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
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.
1877 - The Elissa was launched. It was purchased in 1974 by the Galveston Historical Foundation as a restoration project.
1817 - In Venadito, Mexico, Franscisco Xavier Mina and his men were defeated and captured. Mina had left Galveston on April 7 with the mission of forcing the troops of Spanish king Ferdinand VII from Mexico. Mina was eventually captured and executed.
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.
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1864 - Fort Davis was established by families for protection against the Comanche Indians on the Brazos River. It was abandoned in 1867.
