Texas Weekly - Review (Famous People)

Spanish explorer found Fort St. Louis abandoned.

• Alonso de Leon

• Alvarez de Pineda

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Vazquez de Coronado

Engineer in charge of drilling when Spindletop first gushed oil

• Anthony F. Lucas

• Patillo Higgins

• Hendrick Arnold

• Santa Anna

A friend of Moses Austin. Helped get approval from Spain to allow Moses Austin to build a colony

• Baron de Bastrop

• Stephen F. Austin

• Sam Houston

• Santa Anna

Temporary president of Texas after winning the war against Mexico

• David G. Burnet

• James Polk

• Stephen F. Austin

• Abraham Lincoln

Famous frontiersman and congressman who helped Texas fight Mexico at the Alamo.

• Davy Crockett

• William B. Travis

• Sam Houston

• Moses Austin

A priest who wrote the "Grito de Delores" which led to the Mexican revolution

• Father Miguel Hidalgo

• Santa Anna

• Vincente Guerrero

• Stephen F. Austin

The Father of San Antonio who built Mission San Antonio de Valero.

• Fray Olivares

• Sam Houston

• Santa Anna

• Baron de Bastrop

Declared all slaves to be free in Texas on Juneteenth

• Gordon Granger

• Moses Austin

• Baron de Bastrop

• James Polk

Last defender to arrive at the Alamo. Fired the cannon from the church during the battle of the Alamo.

• Gregorio Esparza

• Davy Crockett

• James Bonham

• William B. Travis

A free African American that spied on the Mexican army

• Hendrick Arnold

• Deaf Smith

• Sam Houston

• Santa Anna