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General Twiggs is unjustly court-martialed 1858 Corner stone of Bexar County Jail laid . . 1878
142
SAN ANTONIO DE BEXAR.
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The old central dome of San Fernando Cathedral is demolished . 1872 The Maverick Hotel just opened . 1882 The Odd Fellows Cemetery dedicated 1883
General Schofield visits San Antonio .
1885
30
Edward Miles and Antonio Menchaca, two very well known "old San Jacinto heroes," were in town at this date . . 1873 The Taxpayers vote $150,000 for the new City Hall and other improvements 1887
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MAY.
1
The removal of tlie Alanto Mission "San José del Alamo " is ordered by the Marquis Valero, viceroy of New Spain, from the Rio Grande to its present site, and named "San Antonio de Valero." (This Mission was originally founded on the Rio Grande in 1703.) 1718
2
Guenther's second or upper mill begun 1868 Major Wasson "loses" $24,000, for which on the 8th he is charged with embezzlement 1883 San Antonio and Aransas Pass Depot located . 1885 Chapel at the Concepcion Mission, as repaired, is rededicated to our Lady of Lourdes
by Bishop Neraz 1887
3
A young bull buffalo is run down through Commerce street by a cowboy horseman from the plains . 1869
4
Mexican Gulf Railroad compromise bonds signed by the County Clerk 1882
5 .
Maverick Bank building, corner of Alamo Plaza and Houston Street, is begun .
. . 1884
143
THE MONTH OF MAY.
6
W. W. Belknap, Secretary of War, orders work on the Government Military Depot to be begun, and directs that the appropriation be applied for . 1875 The Grenet Alamo property is sold for $40,200 to Hugo & Schmeltzer. (This prop-
erty was condemned by the City Council on the same date 1889.) . 1884
7
General Worth died at the James residence on Commerce Street. (His remains were taken to Greenwood Cemetery, thence to New York. His monument is promi- nent on Madison Square, New York.) 1849 .
Corner stone of Groos Bank building laid . 1879
8
The foundation stone of the Alamo Mission Church laid 1744 Death of F. P. Giraud . 1877
Right Rev. J. C. Neraz consecrated second bishop of San Antonio . 1881 General Stanley, new Department Commander, arrives here . 1884
9
Colonel Reeves surrenders with 318 soldiers to Van Dorn, San Antonio 1861
Organization of a Jockey Club . 1868
Victor Considerant, returns to France 1868
10
The City Government moves to the French building on Main Plaza . 1879 Terrell Block, Presidio Street, begun . 1881
11
The earliest agitation for Water Works begins about now 1870 San Antonio Street Railroad Company is inaugurated . 1874
12
Captain J. S. Ford engages in a fierce fight with Indians on Canadian River, New
Mexico. (Colonel "Rip" again.) . 1858
13
The first foundation stone of San Fernando Church, between Main and Military Plazas, was laid. (It was rebuilt and reopened with much ceremony October 6, 1873.) 1734 First marriage of Americans in San Antonio, F. L. Paschal to Miss F. Roach of Soutlı
Carolina
1844
14
Potter and McDaniels receive a life sentence for murder and mail robberies, Federal
Court. (See June 5 and July I. ) . 1885
15
New Braunfels is founded by Prince Solms and a number of German families . 1845 Van Dorn has another great fight with Indians on the Wichita expedition in which fifty Indians are killed. Fitz-Hugh Lee was reported mortally wounded in this fight 1859
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Military telegraph completed to San Antonio 1876 The sale of the Alamo Church is finally consummated at Austin for $20,000. (Ne- gotiations had been pending since February 18, 1883, when the committee of the Legislature decided to report favorably to buy. See April 23rd.) . . 1883 Much building going on at this date in San Antonio. Stumberg's, Winslow's, and Kampmann's (opposite the Maverick Hotel), and other new blocks of stores go- ing up on Houston Street. Real estate transactions have been very active this spring 1890
17
Important meeting in relation to Columbus and San Antonio Railroad . . 1867 Ignatius Coyle smashes the image of Saint Theresa at Alamo Church and is arrested by Captain Tom Rife . 1887 .
18
Five Indians attack a camp six miles from Bandera . 1867 First ground broken for San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad . . 1885 The Garza Block, an historic corner, sold for $61,300 . 1889
19
Terrible hailstorm or slower of ice ; pieces weighing 212 pounds fall, doing upwards of $100,000 worth of damnage in the city and neighborhood, besides ruining crops . 1868 Belknap Rifles get second prize for company drill at Austin. San Antonio Rifles get fifth prize. Captain Badger, San Antonio Rifles, gets first prize for best captain . 1888
20
D'Alarconne, Spanish Governor of Texas, writes to De la Harpe, French Repre- sentative, claiming all the lands West of the Nassonites. (See July 8th.) . . . . 1719 Vaccination made compulsory by order of the King of Spain. (County Records, old document.) . 1804
21
A band of thirty-seven Digger Indians in town on their way to their reservation
Nome Lackwa .
22 1859
A sea-gull was found on the Arsenal grounds, supposed to have been killed by hail on the 19th .. 1868 San Antonio Rifles organized . 1884
23
An election lield to decide if bonds for $50,000 shall be issued for additional school buildings and other facilities for education, the income of permanent fund to go to the sinking fund of bonds. The proposition is carried by a majority of 329 . . 1885
24
Dry Buffalo 111eat, "just from the plains," is on sale in San Antonio. (See Jan. 25th.) . 1874
25
First Mass said at Mission San Francisco on the coast . 1690
145
THE MONTH OF MAY.
26
San Antonio's first velocipede is seen careering around . 1869
27
The cattle trail to Kansas is now in constant public use . 1873
28
Archbishop Odin died at Ambiech, France. (He was formerly Bishop of Galveston and this district, and took a lively interest in San Antonio and Texas-an old Texas Bishop.) 1870
29
Bill Hart, a notorious gambler and desperado, was killed with two of his companions on Alamo Street in the Superveille House, behind Wolf & Marx's store, by the Vigilance Committee, lieaded by Fieldstrop, who was also killed. Bill Hart, Miller, Wood killed on one side; Fieldstrop killed and Taylor wounded on the Vigilance Committee side. No killing, perhaps, in San Antonio, ever created so much excitement as this . 1857
Organ for the Episcopal church is built in St. Mark's 1875
30
Four Mexican horse thieves are found hanging on a tree near San José Mission- probably more Vigilance Committee work . . 1858
31
San Antonio is fast becoming a market for wool. (Total wool brought in for year 1874, 400,000 ; total wool brought in for year 1875, 600,000. Merino 2872 cents, 1875; lowest Mexican grades 17 cents, 1875.) . 1874
Belknap Rifles take third prize for company drill, San Antonio Rifles take fourth prize, Staacke, of San Antonio Rifles, takes first prize for best drilled man, all at Washington, D. C . 1887 Ground is now being broken for the Southwestern Texas Lunatic Asylum, about five miles South of the city, on land donated for that purpose by the city . 1890
JUNE.
1
An Indian fight takes place near Hondo ; two whites and several Indians killed. The Indians are found to possess breech-loading rifles, which "had been exchanged for stolen horses" .
. 1872
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2
First Volksfest held . 1882
Joe Brannon, another of the gang, killed . 1886
3
The bones of Fannin's men buried with honors of war by order of General Rusk at Fort La Bahia on the San Antonio River 1836
Bids on the new Federal building . . 1886
4
The Belknap and Maverick Rifles are in Galveston to-day. (Belknaps win first prize on June 11th.) .
1889
5
Battle of Alazan, San Antonio ; Spanish Royalists defeated ; one thousand Royalists killed and wounded, ninety-four Americans killed . 1813
New Fire Engine arrives. A. A. Lockwood chief of the Fire Company . 1858
McDaniels, the robber, makes a marvelous escape from the County Jail in broad day- light, cutting lis shackles witli a saw made of a bootspring. (See July 1 and May 14) . 1858
6
Beautiful Parhelia are seen. "First a halo of prismatic colors, afterwards an in-
mense red belt that stretched from North to South of equal width all along" . . . 1870
7
First Steam Fire Engine arrives in the city . 1868
Very noisy Prohibition meeting on Government Lot . 1887 The Meny property is bought by the County Commissioners 1888
8
Ten loads of buffalo hides are in town from "out west " 1877 Alamo Monument Association chartered. (This Association held its first meeting on February 27, 1879, organized March 6, 1879.) . 1879
9
Guenther's third mill begun about this date . .
1878
10
Last case of Cliolera in San Antonio of the Great Epidemic of . 1849
11
First consignment of fruit from Tampico, Mexico, via Indianola. Bananas, plantains
etc., sold by auction by F. L. Paschal 1859 San Antonio Rifles take first prize at Paris, Texas, for best company drill 1887
12
Adams and Wickes' train attacked by Indians on Devil's River . 1869 Skeleton of Frank Harris unearthed in the Robber's Cave at Helotes. His saddle and remains are identified. This is a last chapter in the history of the notorious robber gang 1886
147
THE MONTH OF JUNE.
13
Crockett Block on Alamo Plaza begun 1882
14
Mason County offers $500 for any hostile savage delivered dead or alive at the Mason County Court House doors. Big Foot Wallace thinks he can make about $500 . . 1872
15
Indian raid only two miles from San Antonio ; several mnules stolen and one shot with 1870 arrows .
An Iron Bridge arrives
16
1869
17
Mrs. M. A. Maverick came to San Antonio. (Mrs. Maverick is the widow of one of the best known old time Texans, S. A. Maverick. Mr. Maverick came to Texas before the fall of the Alamo, and narrowly escaped perishing with Travis' devoted band and he took an active part in many stirring incidents of the city's history) . 1838 The Cremation Society elects its officers . 1885
18
Menger Hotel foundations are now being begun by Wmn. A. Menger. Hotel to cost $16,000, J. H. Kampmann builder. Many additions have been made to this Hotel since this date . 1858
19
Foundation laid of St. Mary's Street Iron Foot Bridge. (This street was widened at Commerce Street end in January, 1890, it being merely an alley at that point before)
1869
20
A second District Court is established in San Antonio about this date and W. W. King is the first appointed Judge (on 22nd) . 1890
21
Work on the Quartermaster's Depot and Water Tower is begun by Braden & Angus. Height of Tower 88 feet. United States Congress had appropriated $100,000 for work on this Depot . 1877 Oscar Wilde lectures here . 1882
22
San Antonio Street Railroad is formally opened by a party of gentlemen under the leadership of Colonel Belknap. They leave in a car at Northwest corner of Ala1110 Plaza for San Pedro Springs, Colonel H. B. Adamns acting as driver of car No. 1. . 1878 Hildebrand is brutally murdered by Thumm at Castroville. Thummi is sent to the pen- itentiary for twenty-five years for this 1887 Augustus Belknap dies . 1889
23
Corner stone of Elliott Memorial Hall laid .
1889
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24
Agitation for more sidewalks is now the order of the day . 1870
25
Texan Congress passes a bill approving the annexation of the Republic of Texas to the United States
26 1845
Fort Velasco taken by Texans under John Austin from Ugartechea 1832
27
McDaniels and Potters, two very desperate stage robbers and murderers, are captured . 1884
28
Soledad Block, corner Houston and Soledad Streets, begun . 1883 Belknap Rifles hold Memorial services in memory of Colonel Augustus Belknap and Major John Cresson . 1889
29
The subscription for the Northwest Extension of the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad now reaches to $82,000 . 1886
30
Adams and Wickes' train attacked by Indians near Howard's Springs ; 150 mules stolen and one teamster killed . . 1869 The Belknap Rifles at Lampasas win this month the first of a long series of victories, . second prize for company drill 1885
JULY.
1
San Antonio is first designated a Money Order office . 1869 McDaniels, escaped convict and highwayman. is shot and killed by Deputy United States Marshals Van Riper and Stevens at Ben Coffee's goat camp about eight miles from Boerne, in Bexar County, whither he had gone to see his sweetheart. He wrote a threatening letter to the Daily Express on June 19th. (See also June 5 and May 14.) 1885
149
THE MONTH OF JULY.
2
A minute of the City Records this day reads as follows : "In consequence of tlie Council and citizens generally being engaged in making preparations to repel the aggressions of the Indians there was no meeting of the Corporation this day. Signed, W. P. Delmour Secretary, July 2nd" . . 1838 Buildings now occupied by Goldfrank, Frank & Co., Main Street, are about half completed . 1870
3
H. Yoakum completes Volume I, History of Texas (Published 1856) 1854 Rainfall in San Antonio from Saturday, July 3rd, midnight, to Tuesday morning, July 6th, is fourteen and a half inches . 1869 The old front of San Fernando is torn down . 1873
4
Annexation Bill passed by the Convention of Delegates at Austin . 1845
5
The present (1890) Iron Bridge on Commerce street is begun 1881 Scholz's new Palm Garden is opened with a concert . 1885
6
Joseph Moore, wife and children, are killed in their wagon by Indians at Bandera. One child escaped .
1873 .
7
José Cordova lianged according to law at the Bexar County Jail for the murder of R. Trimble .
1879 First game of Polo between Blues and Reds (another game on July 9) 1883
8
De la Harpe replies to D'Alarconne's letter and claims the Nassonite lands for France . 1719
9
A quiver of arrows and a bow is exhibited at the San Antonio Express office as a
curiosity. The trophy was captured in the "upper Country." 1870 Corner stone of County and City Hospital laid . 1888
10
Ten troops of United States Cavalry ordered out for Indian service .
1885
11
Indians reported eleven miles from the city . 1870 Ben Milan's grave is marked by a stone on Washington Square Park . 1878
Blas Herrera, Texan veteran, dies . 1878 Jack Harris is shot by Ben Thompson in the saloon at "Jack Harris' corner" 1882
12
Groos' house on "Alameda" street begun (Alameda now E. Commerce street) . 1872 Stanniforth is murdered with two bullets in his brain as he sleeps . 1885
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SAN ANTONIO DE BEXAR.
13
Indian raid (by Kiowas) at Fredericksburg . 1867 The Daily Herald discontinues to be publislied . 1880
14
Death of Father Johnston, a well known Catholic priest of this city 1885
15
The Alamo Insurance Company, a local company, formed . . 1889
16
Avenue C is graded . 1878 Curb hydrants are first established . 1878
H. Brauer is mysteriously murdered at the San Pedro Springs 1885
17
Act of incorporation of City of San Antonio (eighth document) 1856
18
$75,000 additional is voted for quarters and barracks at the Post 1885
19
The Old Lewis mill stopped. For nearly 20 years this mill had supplied ground corn to San Antonio . 1869
This mill was rebuilt and still "goes round' 1890
20
Goliad citizens take justice into their own hands and consummate terrible vengeance on horse thieves and bandits. They hang and shoot six and arrest others . . . 1858 The building which preceded the new Kampmann bank building and took the place of the original Maverick House, corner of Main and Soledad streets, is now being built.
1869
21
J. H. Kampmann's bank building, corner of Main and Soledad streets, is begun .
. . . 1883
22
The work on the Federal building, Alamo plaza, is busily going on when J. R. Gordon pronounces some of the work done defective . 1888
23
Sam Houston dies at Huntsville . 1863 Another noisy prohibition meeting on Government Lot. The campaign is now grow- 1887 ing bitter
24
R. Bragance (Texan veteran) dies here
1886
25
The Vance building on Houston street was the old military headquarters before the war. 1859
151
THE MONTH OF AUGUST.
26
The Santa Rosa hospital is in progress of being built (additions have been made to this).
It was built on the site of the old Mexican burying ground . 1869
27
The stone structure of the Federal building on Alamo plaza is rapidly being pushed to- wards completion . 1889
28
An armadillo is caught by some children in the eastern suburbs 1882 Captain W. G. Tobin dies . 1884
Ground broken for the Club and Opera house on Alamo plaza 1886
29
Corner stone of Trinity Methodist Episcopal church laid .
1879
30
James Short relates a terrible and prolonged hand-to-hand encounter with a bear in Bandera county .
1859
31
Senator and General Rusk, one of the chiefs of the Texas war for independence, sui- cides through grief for the death of his wife . 1857
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AUGUST.
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1
San Antonio Herald, daily edition, No. 112 of Vol. 1, issued (this is the first existing file issue). 1857 Battle at Nacogdoches between Texans and Mexicans . 1832
2
Belknap battalion formed .
1889
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SAN ANTONIO DE BEXAR.
3
The Menger hotel is already being enlarged (see January 31) . 1859
4
Five Indians are seen on the Bandera road by Walter Tynan 1870 Prohibition is defeated bv a large majority . 1887
5
San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railroad is first organized . 1884
6
Masonry work of Commerce street bridge is being done . 1870
7
The troops were withdrawn from the San Antonio Post (see August 28) .
1873
8
Jacques Hainline lianged here according to law, for the murder of Peter Maddox . . 1879
9
The Kampmann, Steves and Bennett buildings are now going up on the south side of
Commerce street .
1870
10
The Mexican cart and teamster troubles of Goliad and Karnes counties excite consider-
able public attention
1857
11
Belknap and San Antonio Rifles return from Galveston . . 1886
12
The city charter passes the legislature . 1870
13
Stephen Fuller Austin arrives in San Antonio . 1821 Act of incorporation of San Antonio (ninthi document) . 1870
14
French building, southeast corner of Main plaza, is nearly completed . 1858
15
The Alamo Rifles resolve to disband, but did not do so until a short time afterwards . . 1878 Opening of the Confederate and Federal re-union at San Pedro Springs . 1888
16
Notorious counterfeiters arrested and many stolen drafts and coin dies are found in a jewelry store on Commerce street . 1859
17
David Crockett born 1786
THE MONTH OF AUGUST. 153
18
Battle of Medina-Mexican Royalists are victorious under Arredondo . 1813
19
The Mexicans are growing very jealous of the growing influence of Americans in Texas about this time .
1829
20
Arredondo enters the city in triumph; 700 of the citizens are imprisoned, eighteen die of suffocation out of 300 in one house; the remainder are shot . 1813 The "Great August Storm;" wind from the northeast; many thousands of dollars dam- age done to roofs and houses in the city, and the people are badly scared. . . . . 1886
21
Delegates to Denver Deep Water Convention are selected . 1888
22
Tin roof workers are autocratic just now (see August 20) . 1886
23
Indian raid at Castroville . . 1867 Third Volksfest was almost abandoned on account of the adverse decisions of the city attorney (see October 22) . 1884 Jim McCoy hanged at County Jail for the murder of Sheriff Mckinney . 1889
24
Treaty of Cordova perfected by which Mexico separates from Spain . 1821 Vance & Bros. give one lot of land, for the erection of an Episcopal place of worship, to St. Mark's congregation. Mr. S. A. Maverick also donates four city lots for church purposes .
1858
25
Ferd. Niggli shot at Castroville by Sheriff Thumm. He dies August 30. Thumm refuses to surrender to San Antonio officers subsequently . 1885
26
First experiments in raising "Chinese Sugar Cane," or Sorgho, now known as Sor-
ghum, mentioned in the Herald . 1857 Right Rev. Bishop Elliott, Episcopal Bishop of Western Texas, dies . 1887
27
The Street Railway Company begins its extension to the International depot . . 1880 Great fire at Hugo & Schmeltzer's on Commerce Street; very heavy loss; three men severely burned; two subsequently die of their injuries . 1883
28
Mexico revolts against Spain to become a Republic . 1821 The Military Post is re-established here (see August 7) . 1875 A plague of crickets is upon nis . 1888
.
154
SAN ANTONIO DE BEXAR.
29
The way we got ice in those days; an advertisement announces, "Arrival of Ice Wagons from the Bay." . 1857
Another advertisement (Saturday): "The El Paso mail will close next Tuesday inorn-
ing at nine o'clock 1857
30
Henry Karnes, one of the old remarkable trappers and pioneers, raised in Tennessee, and was at the battle of Concepcion, dies in the month of August in San Antonio. . (Karnes County gets its name from hini.) . 1840
George Hoerner dies 1885
31
San Antonio Gas Works are inaugurated about this date . 1859 Two car loads of ponies are shipped from San Antonio to England . 1877
SEPTEMBER.
1
San Antonio and Monterey this day connected by railroad 1882 Letter carrier system established . 1882 Joske Bros. introduce copper pennies into their business. (They had previously been
introduced into the city on December 17, 1886.) 1887
Copper pennies are very little used 1890
2
Very brilliant Aurora Borealis seen here (see September 24) . 1859 First case of the Cholera epidemic was near Concepcion Mission. (Last case October
12, 1866. Total fatal cases 292.) . 1866 Mr. S. A. Maverick dies. (Texan pioneer of early thirties, was intimately identified with the city and state's history and interests for upwards of 40 years.) . .1870
3
Comanche Indians troublesome around the city. Two surveyors were killed on the Leon Creek. The Indians were followed and seven killed . 1838
155
THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.
4
Corner stone of Joske's building, corner of Commerce and Alamo streets, laid . . 1888
5
Sam Houston elected President of the Republic of Texas . . 1836 Six Mexicans found hanging on trees on tlie Cibolo Creek, near Boerne 1868
6
Stephen F. Austin returns to Texas about this date, after a prolonged enforced deten- tion since April or May, 1833, in Mexico. (He is shortly elected General of the Forces at Gonzales, 1835, and says : "I fully hoped to have found Texas at peace and in tranquility, but regret to find it in commotion * * * and threatened with immediate hostilities." The Texas Revolution is now beginning in earnest.) . 1835 The old "Bat Cave " Court House, northwest corner Military plaza, begun . 1850
A Southern Pacific Railroad is being strongly urged at this early date . . .
1857 Bob Augustin, who came up from Goliad with others of his kidney to join Sibley's Brigade, is arrested by Wn1. Lyons for disorderly conduct, upsetting and over- riding the chile stands on Main Plaza (see September 9th) . . . 1861
8
Meeting held to devise means of turning the Olmos creek into the Alazan to prevent overflows in the San Antonio River . 1868
9
Bob Augustin is released by the Mayor, but is taken in charge by a determined mass of citizens and one of the most exciting lynchings in the history of the city fol- lows. Bob is hanged on a tree at the southeast corner of Military Plaza at the en- trance of Flores street (this tree was grimly named *La Ley de Mondragon) at the hands of a vigilance committee and by the unanimous consent of a large mass of citizens, who had concluded that Bob was a bad inan (see September 7, 1861) . . . 1861 Ox carts are seeing their great day 1870
Saengerfest in San Antonio . . 1870
10
The Jewish Synagogue on Travis Park is dedicated . 1875
11
General Woll and his Mexican army invests San Antonio (also General Vasquez,
March 7, 1842).
1842
* LA LEY DE MONDRAGON-FLORES STREET.
A little tree once grew In a street of San Antone,
That little tree we knew As " La ley de Mondragon1,"
Wliich in a street of flowers Put forth no blossom fair, Yet by the Holy Powers A ghastly fruit it bare,
Whose seed was sudden deatlı, Wliose stem a tight drawn rope.
The Vigilante saith " Well founded is the liope That the law of Mondragon All Texas will endorse That 'here in San Antone You must not steal a liorse.' "
156
SAN ANTONIO DE BEXAR.
12
Sixth Annual Fair is held . 1875 Lone Star Brewery is opened . 1884
Additional Barracks and Quarters are to be built at the New Post. Contract let Sep-
tember 13 1888
13
A German named Thulle is killed by Indians at Castroville . 1867 At an election held this day (1566 votes for and 46 against) the Columbus or "Sunset"
route is subsidized by the city and county $500,000. (This did not materialize, see January 29th)
1873
14
Celebration in San Antonio of the one hundredth anniversary of Humboldt's birthday . 1869 A Light Artillery Company reorganized, Stanley Welch, Captain . 1870 Pancoast's building on Commerce street begun . 1880 Through communication with Saltillo completed 1883
Last stone of the New Federal Building on Alamo Plaza laid . 1889
15
Great "Indianola " storm on the coast, 321 lives lost at Indianola, which city is de- stroyed (Herald says September 17?) . 1875 The Military Headquarters begun (now Maverick Hotel, see also April 11 and Feb-
ruary 3) 1877 The Texas State University is opened at Austin with 103 students 1883
Belknap Rifles inaugurated . 1884
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