Mon dieu! Pigs on the loose may have changed Texas history
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 Historical CommissionShow MoreShow Less 3of6 4of6 A sculpted pig on the grounds of the French Legation co...
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