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51John Coker — (1789ndash 1851) was a soldier in the Texas Army during the Texas Revolution, noted for a daring action during the Battle of San Jacinto that helped seal the decisive Texian victory.BiographyJohn Coker was born in Laurens County, South Carolina.… …
52List of Texas-related topics — The following is a list of topics about the U.S. State of Texas. NOTOC compactTOC4 0–9*7 Eleven *28th State to join the United States of AmericaA [ 254 counties of the State of Texas] *Abilene, Texas *Adams Onís Treaty of 1819 *Adjacent states:… …
53Houston — /hyooh steuhn/, n. 1. Sam(uel), 1793 1863, U.S. soldier and political leader: president of the Republic of Texas 1836 38 and 1841 44. 2. a city in SE Texas: a port on a ship canal, ab. 50 mi. (80 km) from the Gulf of Mexico. 1,594,086. * * * I… …
54texas — /tek seuhs/, n. U.S. Naut. 1. a deckhouse on a texas deck for the accommodation of officers. 2. See texas deck. [1855 60; after TEXAS, from the fact that the officers accommodation was the most spacious on the Mississippi steamboats, on which… …
55Texas — Texan, Texian /tek see euhn/, adj., n. /tek seuhs/, n. a state in the S United States. 14,228,383; 267,339 sq. mi. (692,410 sq. km). Cap.: Austin. Abbr.: Tex., TX (for use with zip code). * * * I State (pop., 2000: 20,851,820), southwestern U.S.… …
56Galveston — /gal veuh steuhn/, n. a seaport in SE Texas, on an island at the mouth of Galveston Bay. 61,902. * * * City (pop., 2000: 57,247) and port of entry, southeastern Texas, U.S. Located at the northeastern end of Galveston Island in the Gulf of Mexico …
57USS Wichita (CA-45) — USS Wichita (CA 45), the lead and only ship of the Wichita class of heavy cruiser. The Wichita was the first ship of the United States Navy named after the city of Wichita, Kansas.Initial operations Wichita was laid down on 28 October 1935 at the …
58Раск, Томас Джефферсон — В Википедии есть статьи о других людях с такой фамилией, см. Раск. Томас Джефферсон Раск Thomas Jefferson Rusk …
59Сан-Хасинто, битва при — (San Jacinto, battle of) (21 апр. 1836 г.), последнее решающее сражение в ходе непродолжительной борьбы Техаса за создание независимой республики. Сэмюэл Хьюстон с 800 техасцами разгромил мексик. войска численностью 1400 чел. у р. Сан Хасинто и… …
60List of counties in Texas — EP …
