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 The following important events affected political boundaries, record keeping, and family movements.
-'''1682'''<nowiki>:  Spaniards founded the first permanent settlement near present-day El Paso. Catholic missions soon followed in east Texas. </nowiki>
+'''1682'''<nowiki>:&nbsp; Spaniards founded the first permanent settlement near present-day El Paso. Catholic missions soon followed in east Texas.</nowiki>
-'''1821'''<nowiki>:  Texas became part of the new nation of Mexico. Stephen F. Austin brought the first Anglo-American colonists to Texas. They settled the Austin Colony in south central Texas. Several other impresarios soon brought other colonists. </nowiki>
+'''1821'''<nowiki>:&nbsp; Texas became part of the new nation of Mexico. Stephen F. Austin brought the first Anglo-American colonists to Texas. They settled the Austin Colony in south central Texas. Several other impresarios soon brought other colonists.</nowiki>
-'''1836'''<nowiki>:  Texas declared independence from Mexico after a military confrontation. Municipalities were soon organized into counties. The Republic of Texas existed until 1845. </nowiki>
+'''1836'''<nowiki>:&nbsp; Texas declared independence from Mexico after a military confrontation. Municipalities were soon organized into counties. The Republic of Texas existed until 1845.</nowiki>
-'''1845'''<nowiki>:  United States acquired Texas as the 28th state. </nowiki>
+'''1845'''<nowiki>:&nbsp; United States acquired Texas as the 28th state.</nowiki>
-'''1846-1848'''<nowiki>:  Mexico declared war on the United States in an effort to reclaim Texas and other territory claimed by both countries. Over 6,000 Texas citizens served in the Mexican-American War. Mexico gave up its claim to Texas. </nowiki>
+'''1846-1848'''<nowiki>:&nbsp; Mexico declared war on the United States in an effort to reclaim Texas and other territory claimed by both countries. Over 6,000 Texas citizens served in the Mexican-American War. Mexico gave up its claim to Texas.</nowiki>
-'''1850'''<nowiki>:  Texas relinquished its claims to Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, and Oklahoma. </nowiki>
+'''1850'''<nowiki>:&nbsp; Texas relinquished its claims to Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, and Oklahoma.</nowiki>
-'''1861-1865'''<nowiki>:  Texas seceded from the Union during the Civil War. In 1870 it was readmitted to the Union. </nowiki>
+'''1861-1865'''<nowiki>:&nbsp; Texas seceded from the Union during the Civil War. In 1870 it was readmitted to the Union.</nowiki>
-'''1870s'''<nowiki>:  Most Indians were removed to the Indian Territory in present-day eastern Oklahoma. Some escaped to Mexico. </nowiki>
+'''1870s'''<nowiki>:&nbsp; Most Indians were removed to the Indian Territory in present-day eastern Oklahoma. Some escaped to Mexico.</nowiki>
-'''1901'''<nowiki>:  The oil boom attracted many new residents. </nowiki>
+'''1901'''<nowiki>:&nbsp; The oil boom attracted many new residents.</nowiki>
-'''1987'''<nowiki>:  The oil boom collapsed. </nowiki>
+'''1987'''<nowiki>:&nbsp; The oil boom collapsed.</nowiki>
 The Family History Library has many county and local histories of Texas. A good source for a general background is Frank W. Johnson, ''History of Texas and Texans'', Five Volumes. (Chicago, Illinois: American Historical Society, 1914; FHL book 976.4 H2j; 1916 ed. is on film 1000592). Volumes 3-5 have biographical information.
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 http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/index.html
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