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La Grange, Texas, the Glossary

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African Americans

African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.

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Alaska Natives (also known as Alaskan Indians, Alaskan Natives, Native Alaskans, Indigenous Alaskans, Aboriginal Alaskans or First Alaskans) are the Indigenous peoples of Alaska and include Alaskan Creoles, Iñupiat, Yupik, Aleut, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and a number of Northern Athabaskan cultures.

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American Revolution

The American Revolution was a rebellion and political movement in the Thirteen Colonies which peaked when colonists initiated an ultimately successful war for independence against the Kingdom of Great Britain.

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Archaeology

Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture.

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Area code 979

Area code 979 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the U.S. state of Texas.

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Art Deco

Art Deco, short for the French Arts décoratifs, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in Paris in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the United States and Europe during the 1920s to early 1930s.

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Asian Americans

Asian Americans are Americans of Asian ancestry (including naturalized Americans who are immigrants from specific regions in Asia and descendants of those immigrants).

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Austin, Texas

Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat and most populous city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. La Grange, Texas and Austin, Texas are cities in Texas and county seats in Texas.

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Blockhouse

A blockhouse is a small fortification, usually consisting of one or more rooms with loopholes, allowing its defenders to fire in various directions.

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Brewery

A brewery or brewing company is a business that makes and sells beer.

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Brothel

A brothel, bordello, bawdy house, ranch, house of ill repute, house of ill fame, or whorehouse is a place where people engage in sexual activity with prostitutes.

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Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating population information about the members of a given population.

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Central Time Zone

The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America and some Caribbean islands.

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Château de la Grange-Bléneau

The Château de la Grange-Bléneau is a castle in the commune of Courpalay in the Seine-et-Marne département of France.

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Chicken Ranch (Texas)

The Chicken Ranch was an illegal brothel in the U.S. state of Texas that operated from 1905 until 1973 in Fayette County, about east of downtown La Grange.

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City

A city is a human settlement of a notable size.

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City manager

A city manager is an official appointed as the administrative manager of a city in the council–manager form of city government.

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Colorado River (Texas)

The Colorado River is an approximately river in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Columbus, Texas

Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Colorado County in southeastern Texas, United States. La Grange, Texas and Columbus, Texas are cities in Texas and county seats in Texas.

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Comanche

The Comanche or Nʉmʉnʉʉ (Nʉmʉnʉʉ, "the people") is a Native American tribe from the Southern Plains of the present-day United States.

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County seat

A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish.

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Czech Republic

The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe.

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Czech Texans

Czech Texans are residents of the state of Texas who are of Czech ancestry. La Grange, Texas and Czech Texans are Czech-American culture in Texas.

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Daughters of the Republic of Texas

The Daughters of the Republic of Texas (DRT) is a lineal association dedicated to perpetuating the memory of the founding families and soldiers of the Republic of Texas.

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Dawson massacre

The Dawson massacre, also called the Dawson expedition, was an incident in which 36 Texian militiamen were killed by Mexican soldiers on September 17, 1842 near San Antonio de Bexar (now the U.S. city of San Antonio, Texas).

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El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail

The El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail is a national historic trail covering the U.S. section of El Camino Real de Los Tejas, a thoroughfare from the 18th-century Spanish colonial era in Spanish Texas, instrumental in the settlement, development, and history of Texas.

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Eminent domain

Eminent domain (also known as land acquisition, compulsory purchase, resumption, resumption/compulsory acquisition, or expropriation) is the power to take private property for public use.

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English Americans

English Americans (historically known as Anglo-Americans) are Americans whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in England.

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European Americans

European Americans are Americans of European ancestry.

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Fayette County, Texas

Fayette County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. La Grange, Texas and Fayette County, Texas are zZ Top.

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Federal Information Processing Standards

The Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) of the United States are a set of publicly announced standards that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed for use in computer situs of non-military United States government agencies and contractors.

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Frenštát pod Radhoštěm

Frenštát pod Radhoštěm (Frankstadt (unter dem Radhoscht)) is a town in Nový Jičín District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic.

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Gabbie Nolen

Gabbie Nolen (born July 7, 1982, in La Grange, Texas) is an American country music singer/songwriter.

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Galveston, Texas

Galveston is a coastal resort city and port off the Southeast Texas coast on Galveston Island and Pelican Island in the U.S. state of Texas. La Grange, Texas and Galveston, Texas are cities in Texas and county seats in Texas.

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Geographic Names Information System

The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and location information about more than two million physical and cultural features throughout the United States and its territories; the associated states of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau; and Antarctica.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Giddings, Texas

Giddings is the county seat of Lee County, Texas, United States situated on the intersection of U.S. Highway 77 and U.S. Route 290. La Grange, Texas and Giddings, Texas are cities in Texas and county seats in Texas.

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Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette, Marquis de La Fayette (6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834), known in the United States as Lafayette, was a French nobleman and military officer who volunteered to join the Continental Army, led by General George Washington, in the American Revolutionary War.

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Greensboro, Alabama

Greensboro is a city in Hale County, Alabama, United States.

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Hallettsville, Texas

Hallettsville is a city in Lavaca County, Texas, United States. La Grange, Texas and Hallettsville, Texas are cities in Texas, county seats in Texas and Czech-American culture in Texas.

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Handbook of Texas

The Handbook of Texas is a comprehensive encyclopedia of geography, history, and historical persons of Texas, United States, published by the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA).

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Hispanic and Latino Americans

Hispanic and Latino Americans (Estadounidenses hispanos y latinos; Estadunidenses hispânicos e latinos) are Americans of full or partial Spanish and/or Latin American background, culture, or family origin.

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History of the Jews in Texas

Jewish Texans have been a part of the history of Texas since the first European explorers arrived in the region in the 16th century.

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Homer Bailey

David Dewitt "Homer" Bailey Jr. (born May 3, 1986) is an American former professional baseball pitcher.

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Houston

Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. La Grange, Texas and Houston are cities in Texas and county seats in Texas.

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Interstate 10 in Texas

Interstate 10 (I-10) is the major east–west Interstate Highway in the Southern United States.

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J. K. Dobbins

J'Kaylin Dobbins (born December 17, 1998) is an American football running back for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL).

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Jeff Kelly (linebacker)

Jeff Mitchell Kelly III (born December 13, 1975) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL).

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John Henry Moore (Texas settler)

John Henry Moore (August 13, 1800 – December 2, 1880) was an American soldier, farmer and early Texian settler.

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Johnnie Johnson (born October 8, 1956) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback and safety in the National Football League (NFL) for 10 seasons during the 1980s.

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Keith Koehl

Keith Koehl is an American Roman Catholic priest of the Diocese of Austin in Texas, United States, and former Vice Rector of the Holy Trinity Seminary in Irving, Texas.

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La Grange (song)

"La Grange" is a song by the American rock group ZZ Top, from their 1973 album Tres Hombres.

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La Grange High School

La Grange High School is a public high school in La Grange, Texas, United States.

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La Grange Independent School District

La Grange Independent School District is a public school district based in La Grange, Texas (US).

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Lavaca County, Texas

Lavaca County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. La Grange, Texas and Lavaca County, Texas are Czech-American culture in Texas.

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List of counties in Texas

The U.S. state of Texas is divided into 254 counties, more than any other U.S. state.

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List of sovereign states

The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Little League Baseball

Little League Baseball and Softball (officially, Little League Baseball Inc) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization"".

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Lubbock, Texas

Lubbock is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Lubbock County. La Grange, Texas and Lubbock, Texas are cities in Texas and county seats in Texas.

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Marriage

Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses.

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Marvin Zindler

Marvin Harold Zindler (August 10, 1921 – July 29, 2007) was a news reporter for television station KTRK-TV in Houston, Texas, United States.

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Mayor

In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.

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Mayor–council government

A mayor–council government is a system of local government in which a mayor who is directly elected by the voters acts as chief executive, while a separately elected city council constitutes the legislative body.

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Mier expedition

The Mier expedition was an unsuccessful military operation launched in November 1842 by a Texian militia against Mexican border settlements; it was related to the Somervell expedition.

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Monument Hill and Kreische Brewery State Historic Sites

Monument Hill and Kreische Brewery State Historic Sites are two state historic sites managed by the Texas Historical Commission.

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Moore's Fort

Moore's Fort is a twin dogtrot type blockhouse in Round Top, Texas.

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Multiracial Americans

Multiracial Americans or mixed-race Americans are Americans who have mixed ancestry of two or more races. The term may also include Americans of mixed-race ancestry who self-identify with just one group culturally and socially (cf. the one-drop rule). In the 2020 United States census, 33.8 million individuals or 10.2% of the population, self-identified as multiracial.

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Fayette County, Texas

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Fayette County, Texas.

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Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans, sometimes called American Indians, First Americans, or Indigenous Americans, are the Indigenous peoples native to portions of the land that the United States is located on.

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Non-Hispanic whites

Non-Hispanic Whites or Non-Latino Whites are White Americans classified by the United States census as "white" and not Hispanic.

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Nueces River

The Nueces River (Río Nueces) is a river in the U.S. state of Texas, about long.

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Old Three Hundred

The "Old Three Hundred" were 297 grantees who purchased 307 parcels of land from Stephen Fuller Austin in Mexican Texas.

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Olfen

Olfen is a town in the district of Coesfeld, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Pacific Islander

Pacific Islanders, Pasifika, Pasefika, Pacificans, or rarely Pacificers are the peoples of the Pacific Islands.

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Pacific Islander Americans

Pacific Islander Americans (also colloquially referred to as Islander Americans) are Americans who are of Pacific Islander ancestry (or are descendants of the indigenous peoples of Oceania or of Austronesian descent).

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Per capita income

Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year.

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Plat

In the United States, a plat (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land.

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Population density

Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area.

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Poverty threshold

The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line, or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country.

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Prohibition in the United States

The Prohibition era was the period from 1920 to 1933 when the United States prohibited the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages.

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Race and ethnicity in the United States census

In the United States census, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) define a set of self-identified categories of race and ethnicity chosen by residents, with which they most closely identify.

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Republic of Texas

The Republic of Texas (República de Tejas), or simply Texas, was a breakaway state in North America that existed from March 2, 1836, to February 19, 1846.

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Rio Grande

The Rio Grande in the United States or the Río Bravo (del Norte) in Mexico, also known as P’osoge in Tewa and Tó Ba’áadi in Navajo, is one of the principal rivers (along with the Colorado River) in the southwestern United States and in northern Mexico.

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Round Top, Texas

Round Top is a town in Fayette County, Texas, United States.

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Sam Houston

Samuel Houston (March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863) was an American general and statesman who played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution.

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San Antonio

San Antonio (Spanish for "Saint Anthony"), officially the City of San Antonio, is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio, the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 2.6 million people in the 2020 US census. La Grange, Texas and San Antonio are cities in Texas and county seats in Texas.

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References

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1822 establishments in Mexico

Czech-American culture in Texas

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