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Nueces Strip, the Glossary

Index Nueces Strip

The Nueces Strip or Wild Horse Desert is the area of South Texas between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 22 relations: Alfred W. Crosby, Anglos and Mexicans in the Making of Texas, 1836-1986, Feral horse, Fort Brown, History of slavery in Texas, James K. Polk, Juan Agustín Morfi, Mariano Arista, Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexican–American War, Nueces River, President of the United States, Republic of Texas, Rio Grande, South Texas, Texas Ranger Division, The Columbian Exchange, Thornton Affair, Treaties of Velasco, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Underground Railroad, Zachary Taylor.

  2. Mexican–American War
  3. Regions of Texas
  4. Republic of Texas

Alfred W. Crosby

Alfred Worcester Crosby Jr. (January 15, 1931 – March 14, 2018) was professor of History, Geography, and American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, and University of Helsinki.

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Anglos and Mexicans in the Making of Texas, 1836-1986

Anglos and Mexicans in the Making of Texas, 1836-1986 is a non fiction book by David Montejano, published in 1987 by the University of Texas Press.

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Feral horse

A feral horse is a free-roaming horse of domesticated stock.

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Fort Brown

Fort Brown (originally Fort Texas) was a military post of the United States Army in Cameron County, Texas, during the latter half of the 19th century and the early part of the 20th century.

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History of slavery in Texas

The history of slavery in Texas began slowly at first during the first few phases in Texas' history.

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James K. Polk

James Knox Polk (November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 11th president of the United States from 1845 to 1849.

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Juan Agustín Morfi

Juan Agustín Morfi was a Franciscan friar, born in Asturias, Spain, in 1735, who died in Mexico, New Spain, in 1783.

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Mariano Arista

José Mariano Arista (26 July 1802 – 7 August 1855) was a Mexican soldier and politician who also became president of Mexico.

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Matamoros, Tamaulipas

Matamoros, officially known as Heroica Matamoros, is a city in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, and the municipal seat of the homonymous municipality.

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Mexican–American War

The Mexican–American War, also known in the United States as the Mexican War, and in Mexico as the United States intervention in Mexico, was an invasion of Mexico by the United States Army from 1846 to 1848.

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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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President of the United States

The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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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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South Texas

South Texas is a region of the U.S. state of Texas that lies roughly south of—and includes—San Antonio. Nueces Strip and south Texas are regions of Texas.

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Texas Ranger Division

The Texas Ranger Division, also known as the Texas Rangers and also known as, is an investigative law enforcement agency with statewide jurisdiction in the U.S. state of Texas, based in the capital city Austin.

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The Columbian Exchange

The Columbian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492 is a 1972 book on the Columbian exchange by Alfred W. Crosby.

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Thornton Affair

The Thornton Affair, also known as the Thornton Skirmish, Thornton's Defeat, or Rancho Carricitos, was a battle in 1846 between the military forces of the United States and Mexico west upriver from Zachary Taylor's camp along the Rio Grande.

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Treaties of Velasco

The Treaties of Velasco were two documents, one private and the other public, signed in Fort Velasco on May 14, 1836 between General Antonio López de Santa Anna and the Republic of Texas in the aftermath of the Battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836.

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo officially ended the Mexican–American War (1846–1848).

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Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early to mid-19th century.

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Zachary Taylor

Zachary Taylor (November 24, 1784 – July 9, 1850) was an American military leader who served as the 12th president of the United States from 1849 until his death in 1850.

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See also

Mexican–American War

Regions of Texas

Republic of Texas

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nueces_Strip

Also known as Wild Horse Desert.