Texas Political History | Key Events, Reforms, and Power Struggles

Photograph from water tower showing Abilene in the 1880s.

Texas History The Courthouse Era (1875-1900)

Texas Government in the Post-Frontier Generation, 1880s–1890s

Primary Sources in Texas History The Civil War The Reconstruction Era (1865–1874)

Loyalty Oaths in Texas During Reconstruction

Mexican Texas (1821–1836)Texas History

Coahuila y Tejas: The Mexican State Before Texas Independence

Declarations & Proclamations Primary Sources in Texas History The Texas Revolution

The Goliad Declaration of Independence: Text and History

Bison hunted from railroad line for sport.

Texas History The Courthouse Era (1875-1900)

The Great Bison Slaughter of the 1870s

Texas History The Courthouse Era (1875-1900)

The Jaybird–Woodpecker War

20th Century History

History of the Poll Tax in Texas

Reporter at the Courthouse

20th Century History Texas History

The Sharpstown Bribery Scandal That Shook Texas Politics

Flags of the Texas Nationalist Movement (TNM), a separatist organization, saying "Independence" and "LIberty or Death," flying in front of the Texas Capitol during a demonstration by secessionists.

Featured Legal History The Civil War

Can Texas Secede from the United States?

20th Century History Texas History

The Impact of the ‘New Deal’ on Texas Politics and Society