Texas Commemorative

Sam Houston and Stephen Austin

And I couldn't agree with you more about those Buffs!

 

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Texas #2 - Just got it yesterday.

 

Joe do you remember that link to the commemerative site you gave us once , at least I thought it was you . Like that Texas nice clean coin .
rzage

 

Rusty, I can't take credit for it. It was AUBU2 that gave us the link. Here it is. http://www.commem.com/prod23.htm

 

Thanks to AUBU2 and to you Joe .
Rusty

 

General Sam Houston was the leader of the Texan army and defeated general Santa Anna of the Mexican army to win the Texas revolution. The battle was short because general Santa Anna was ummmm ..... errrrrr....... busy with a slave girl he captured and did not give any orders as the Texans charged. This slave is known as "The Yellow Rose of Texas" and that is where the song comes from. Sam Houston became the 1st president of the Republic of Texas. Texas immediately petitioned the US Congress to ask to become a state. They were refused as letting them into the union would throw off the slave to free state ratio. The Republic of Texas lasted 9 years until it was admitted to the United States.

The monument at the battle site was built for the 100 year anniversary in 1936. When the architect found that the San Jacinto monument was going to be shorter than the Washington monument being built around the same time they added a huge star to the to of the monument so it would be 15 ft taller than the Washington monument. Hence the saying "everything is bigger and better in Texas."

Stephen F Austin was the mastermind that brought Americans into Texas to colonize Texas. Starting in 1829 he originally brought 300 families to Texas and advertised to bring more. He was a politician for the state of Cochlea y Texas in Mexico before the revolution.

San Jacinto Monument website http://www.sanjacinto-museum.org/
Sam Houston Monument website http://www.samhoustonstatue.org/
P. S. Sam Houston Monument is the tallest statue of an American Hero in the U.S. you can see it from 6.5 miles away. See the bigger in Texas theme?

Although I was not born in Texas I came here as soon as I could by hitchhiking from New Hampshire at the tender age of six. They still call me a yankee even though I have been here for 34 years.

You know what the worst kind of yankee is to a Texan?
One that comes to stay and dosen't go back to yankeeland.

 

Greyford - thanks for the awesome history facts.

 

... 10 grand for a license to get in line ? That's how they sell NFL season tickets !!!

:headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

 

Ahhhh yes ... the Old Three Hundred.

I was on a river trip recently with a guy who is a direct descendant. He still lives on the original Stephen F. Austin land grant.

 

Texas is the only state in the Union which was, at one time, a sovereign nation. Hence the Lone Star motif and mindset.

But when the Texas War of Independence was settled, it wasn't really settled. The Texans claimed the international border was the Rio Grande, but the Mexicans insisted it was the Nueces River.

So when Texas joined the Union, the US inherited a smoldering border war.

 

my coins will be there for a long time by contrast i have a limited life and hopefully i can enjoy it with a little money

 

I know Hawaii was but Utah was a territory of the US , when the Mormans settled there , they declared independence but never got it , I believe .
rzage:smile:hatch::hammer:

 

Coins & now history , that's why I love this site always learning something . The war was pretty bloodless , I believe , a couple of small squermishes ?
rzage:smile:hatch::hammer:

 

The State of Desert! I'm liking this state already! hya:

 

Currently bidding on my first Texas Centennial ! crossin' my fingers...

 

Good luck! I hope you get it. You will have to post it when it is in hand! :hail:

 

he is not talking about icecreams and cakes -its State of Deseret


read here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah

 

Oh, OK, Im not liking this state anymore.