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Mon dieu! Pigs on the loose may have changed Texas history FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 Jean Peter Isidore Alphonse Dubois, the French charge d’affaires to the Republic of Texas, hoped to secure some 3 million acres of land for 8,000 French immigrants to Texas.Courtesy / Texas Historical CommissionShow MoreShow Less 2of6 Richard Bullock, owner of the Bullock House (pictured above) sparked an international incident when he beat the French ambassador?’s butler with a stick.Courtesy / Texas Histo...

How did Houston lose out to Austin as the Capital of Texas? FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 General Samuel Houston (1793-1863). Undated. One of Texas most well known political figures, Sam Houston led the forces that defeated Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna at the battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836. He later served Texas as a president of the republic, a U.S. Senator and a governor. Show MoreShow Less 2of6 A bronze statue depicts innkeeper Angelina Belle Peyton Eberly across Congre...