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19 Dec 2009 06:04
Dec. 19, 2009 1842 The Somervell expedition, a group of Texas troops sent to invade Mexico in retaliation for Mexican intrusions into Texas, fails and is disbanded by leader Alexander Somervell. Some troops ignore the order and continue into Mexico as part of the failed Mier expedition. -
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18 Dec 2009 14:17
Dec. 18, 2009 1860 Texas Rangers, commanded by Lawrence Sullivan Ross, attack a Comanche hunting camp at Mule Creek and recapture Cynthia Ann Parker almost 25 years after her abduction from Fort Parker. -
16 Dec 2009 22:17
Dec. 17, 2009 1827 Early Texas colonists dissolve the Old Station settlement, a receiving point for settlers bound for DeWittÂ’s colony, at the order of the Mexican government. -
16 Dec 2009 01:50
Dec. 16, 2009 1881 The Texas & Pacific Railway, which had been laying tracks westward across Texas since the early 1870s, reaches Sierra Blanca in West Texas, 92 miles east of El Paso. A connection there with the Southern Pacific forms a continuous rail line to the West Coast. -
13 Dec 2009 04:47
Dec. 13, 2009 2000 The first of two major winter storms in December 2000 hits North Texas, knocking out power to 235,000 people and causing $156 million in damage. -
11 Dec 2009 22:17
Dec. 12, 2009 1929 Famed Texas rancher Charles Goodnight dies at his winter home in Phoenix, Ariz., at the age of 93. -
11 Dec 2009 05:25
Dec. 11, 2009 1913 Musical theater star Mary Martin, mother of actor Larry Hagman, is born in Weatherford. -
10 Dec 2009 10:24
Dec. 10, 2009 1842 About 185 men under the command of Joseph L. Bennett choose to abandon the Somervell expedition and return home, significantly weakening the effort to launch retaliatory strikes against Mexico for earlier forays into Texas. -
09 Dec 2009 15:31
Dec. 9, 2009 1835 Mexican Gen. Martin Perfecto de Cos surrenders San Antonio, ending the siege of Bexar by Texas troops. -
08 Dec 2009 17:17
Dec. 8, 2009 1842 Texas militia and volunteers participating in the Somervell expedition, a group seeking retaliation for Mexican incursions into Texas, capture Laredo.
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