October 2, 1835

On October 2, 1835 the Battle of Gonzales took place between Texas militia and a Mexican army, during the starting point of the Texas Revolution. The Mexican cavalry force was under the command of Francisco de Castañeda which commanded 100 men, while the Texan militia was under the command of John Henry Moore in which commanded 150 militia men. Only 4 Mexican troops died in this small skirmish, while there was no Texan casualty. In reality no one win this battle, the Mexican force retreated so there wouldn’t be a blown out battle between them and the militia. Though the Texan believe that they won this battle against the Mexicans. After the battle Antonio Lopez De Santana started to gather troops for the Texas campaign against the rebels

from the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, UT Austin

Boy sitting on debris in the wake of the Hurricane of 1900 

Galveston, Texas

M.H. Zahner (Niagara Falls, NY), publisher

Library of Congress

Egyptian artifacts seized at international bridge in Laredo

LAREDO, TEXAS (AP) — U.S. customs officers in Laredo have seized two stolen Egyptian sarcophagus-type artifacts and are working on getting them back to Egypt.

A Customs and Border Protection statement described the artifacts as painted with intricate faces and designs.

A customs officer at the World Trade Bridge in Laredo initially examined the shipment listed as Egyptian sculptures.

Homeland Security Investigations agents determined the artifacts weren’t travelling with required documentation and actually were Egyptian property.

The priceless objects will move through a government forfeiture process and eventually be returned to Egypt. Read more.

Crews of scientists with wooden spoons and small metal picks dig carefully around bones embedded in a dry lake bed, excavating what is believed to be the remains of freed slaves and their children buried in a long-forgotten cemetery.

More than two dozen graves were exposed this summer in a...