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Texas land and property genealogy familysearch wiki. The republic of texas covered much of presentday new mexico including santa fe, albuquerque and taos as well as parts of colorado that cover many of the popular ski resorts. Published by the university of texas at austin, bureau of business research, 1976. This map is unsurpassed in its beauty and its place in the history of the great republic of texas. Popular texas history books showing 150 of 650 lone star. Republic of texas overlay modern us, with city names. A map of mexico and the republic of texas the portal to. Texas colonial period subject guides reference tools. Daughters of the republic of texas library the handbook of. In 1839, tiny waterloo was chosen to be the capital of the new republic of texas. When the republic of texas was annexed into the united states, its territory was split into different states.
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