Mr. Howdy's Reading &
Coloring Book
Take an adventure through texas with Mr. Howdy!
Mr. Howdy Texas Word
Search Book
Discover the names and places that made Texas famous and cause a tear of pride to roll down Mr. Howdy’s cheek in our book of 5 Texas-themed word searches!
Adventure Through Texas History
In the Beginning
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Before 1500
Native Americans of Texas occupied the region -
1519
Alonso Alvarez de Pineda 1st known European to explore and map the Texas coastline -
1528
Cabeza de Vaca shipwrecked on Galveston Island -
1540-1542
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado expedition to find the fabled Seven Cities of Cibola -
1685
LaSalle established Fort St. Louis -
1687
LaSalle murdered
The Republic
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October 2, 1835
The Battle of Gonzales The start of the revolution -
October 9, 1835
The Goliad Campaign -
October 28, 1835
Battle of Concepcion -
November 3, 1835
Organic Law outlined a new Provisional Government -
November 8, 1835
The Grass Fight -
December 1, 1835
Siege of Bexar
The State
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December 29, 1845
Became the 28th state of the United States -
April 25 1846
The Mexican-American War over disputes of Texas boundaries -
November 25, 1850
Compromise of 1850 -
May 1852
First Lone Star State Fair -
February 1, 1861
Texas Seceded from the Federal Union -
October 22, 1861
Brigade of General H. H. Sibley marched westward to claim the American southwest for the Confederacy
