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bio-glossary
| description | name |
|---|---|
| served as U.I.L. director for 22 years. studied the Tx landscape, wrote 3 published books that include: Adventures with Tx Naturalist, Karankaway Country, and A History of the U.I.L. | Roy Bedichek |
| commanded a Spanish expedition that sailed in 1519, first European to map the northern gulf coast as well as the first to document about Tx. explored the Rio grande, encouraged the Spanish to explore the region. | Alonso Alvarez de Pineda |
| Spanish explorer, apart of Navaes expedition,shipwrecked on island off Tx coast. enslaved by Mariame Indians, served as a medicine man.reached the pacific coast in 1536, he and his 3 companions (one an african slave estevanico), recorded observations. | Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca |
| catholic friar that helped establish the first mission in province of Tx in a village of Nabedache Indians (tejas) San Francisco de los Tejas.remained there until hostile Indians forced him and Spanish to burn the mission and retreat to mexico. | Fray Damian Massanet |
| the colonizer and first governor of Nuevo Santander. extended from the Panuco R. in Mexico to the Guadalupe R. in South Texas. founded over 20 towns or villas and a number of missions in the colony. "Father of the lower Rio Grande Valley" | Jose de Escandon |
| Catholic friar that established several missions in the East Tx by 1717. spanish tension with the French, these missions had to be abandoned, fled to San Antonio. There he founded San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, the most successful texas missions. | Antonio Margil De Jesus |
| Catholic friar,stayed at San Francisco de los Tejas until abandoned in 1693.Caddo Indians,attempted reestablish missions in the east Tx/Louisiana area when sent a letter to the French govr.for permission.prompted French to send St. Denis to east texas. | Francisco Hidalgo |
| a rebel leader sent to the U.S. for money and supplies. wanted to use tx as a base to plan the liberation of Mexico form Spain. recruited soldiers in tx such as American Augustus Magee to fight for liberation. | Jose (aka Bernardo) Gutierrez de Lara |
| In 1820, became the first Anglo American to secure permission from Spain to bring 300 American settlers to colonize tx. | Moses Austin |
| "The Father of Texas" 1821-1825, brought 300 families to tx.became most successful empresario. later imprisoned for treason in Mexico City, but released and supported tx independence movement. Secretary of state in republic of tx. | Stephen F. Austin |
| Civic leader who helped found first public school in San Antonio. leading citizen of San Antonio who escorted Stephen F. Austin to meet spanish governor Antonio Martinez in 1821.recruited men and provided tx army with food and horses during revolution. | Erasmo Seguin |
| Mexican-born rancher and empresario. established his colony in south tx and founded the town of Victoria with his wife Patricia. opposed Santa Anna | Martin de Leon |
| 2nd most successful empresario.1825 settled 400 colonists at Gonzales on Guadalupe R. his wife Sarah and daughter Naomi, cut up Naomi's wedding dress to make the "come and get it" banner that colonists adopted as their battle flag at Gonzales in 1835. | Green DeWitt |
| Mexican general sent by gov. to investigate tx.observed Anglo American influence was too strong in east tx. recommended that the Mexican gov. act or lose tx forever. law of april 6, 1830 was based on his recommendations | Mier y Teran |
| promised to support Texan-favored mexican constitution of 1824, but failed to do so and declared himself dictator over mexico.defeated texans at the Alamo and was captured at San Jancito, where surrendered all claim to tx in the Treaties of Velasco. | Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna |
| mexican politician that criticized Santa Anna and moved to tx where he became active in the independence movement. elected Vice president of ad interim government. | Lorenzo de Zavala |
| governor of Tennessee.commander-in-chief of tx army by the ad interim gov. defeated Santa Anna at San Jancito. first and third president of tx. served as a U.S. Senator from the tx and tx governor. opposed secession and was replaced as governor. | Sam Houston |
| tejano captain that led tejanos in the Battle of San Antonio.carried Travis's famous letter asking for reinforcements from the Alamo.commanded a militia until of tejano soldiers at the Battle of San Antonio. | Juan N. Seguin |
| attended the convection of 1836 and is credited with being the primary author of the tx Declaration of Independence. | George C. Childress |
| arrested in skirmish at Anahuac,leading member of the war party,lieutenant colonel in the tx army that took commandat the Alamo. wrote the famous letter "to the people of tx and all americans in the world" brought attention and support for the tx cause. | William B. Travis |
| became a colonel in the tx cause for independence at the Battles of Gonzales and San Antonio.mexican general Jose Urrea caught up with his at Coleto Creek and forced him to surrender, Urrea executed him and nearly 400 men at Goliad. | James Fannin |
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