FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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the oldest people in Texas
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the acres in Texas first settled by Austin
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the miles traveled by Austin to reach his colony
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the first families brought to Texas by Austin
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Detailed explanation-1: -The title Old 300 refers to the settlers who received land grants as part of Stephen F. Austin’s first colonial contract in Mexican Texas. These families had come from the Trans-Appalachian South and were virtually all of British ancestry, many of whom already had substantial means before their arrival.
Detailed explanation-2: -Austin’s Colony was the first and largest Anglo-American settlement in Mexican Texas and was established by Stephen F. Austin in 1821. It was authorized by the Mexican government and allowed for the introduction of 300 families into Texas.
Detailed explanation-3: -By late 1825, Austin had brought the first 300 families to his settlement, the Austin Colony; these 300 are now known in Texas history as the Old Three Hundred.
Detailed explanation-4: -Among those who first settled were: Abner Kuykendall and sons, Horatio Chriesman, William Robbins, Early Robbins, Moses Shipman, David Shipman, William Prator, James Orrick, J. M. Pennington, Samuel Kennedy, Isam Belcher, and David Talley. In 124 Stephen F. Austin was commissioned the political chief of the colony.
Detailed explanation-5: -Stephen F. Austin, known as the “Father of Texas, ” brought 300 families into Texas from the United States, facilitating the first successful Anglo-American colonization of the land that would one day become the state it is today.