Original Republic of Texas Head Right, circa 1839 handcrafted-american-flags originally published at the turn

originally published at the turn of the last century

both along the Clear Fork of the Brazos

More than two months before elected delegates from throughout Texas met at Washington on the Brazos and voted to break from Mexico

This fine map reflects the relative expansion of the counties of Texas

In action two years later their resistance to General Burgoyne's British raids to seize food

Original Republic of Texas Head Right, circa 1839 handcrafted-american-flags originally published at the turnThis original Republic of Texas document certified that the named individual was entitled to buy one League and one Labor of Texas land. The price varied from a total of $1. 20 to $3. 50, depending on the quality of the surveyed tract. To encourage settlers to move to Texas and to earn premiums of additional land for themselves, the early Texas empresarios used the Mexican system of land allocation established in 1823. A Labor of land consisted of 177