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Irish trader takes citizenship oath
May 19, 1829
On this day in 1829,
George B. McKinstry took the oath of Mexican citizenship, required of
all settlers in Texas at that time. McKinstry, born in Ireland in 1801,
had arrived in Texas about a month before, probably by way of Georgia.
In Stephen F. Austin's Register of Families McKinstry is listed as a
trader, and in 1830 he was appointed the first postmaster of Brazoria.
In 1833 Austin, deploring McKinstry's central role in the Anahuac
Disturbances and the battle of Velasco, wrote that McKinstry had "done
as much harm to Texas as any man in it." Ironically, Austin died at
McKinstry's home in Columbia in December 1836. McKinstry himself died
less than a year later, on December 10, 1837.
Halley's Comet drops meteorite in northeast Texas
May 19, 1910
On this day in 1910, a
500-pound meteorite fell to earth outside the northeast Texas community
of Charleston during the passage of Halley's Comet. Delta County's most
publicized event of the decade was not without precedent, however, as
more than 230 meteorites have been catalogued in Texas. The earliest
written record dates from 1772, when Athanase de Mézières learned of the
Texas Iron from Tawakoni Indians near the Brazos River. Considered the
largest preserved find from Texas, this 1,635-pound meteorite was
venerated by several Indian cultures for its supposed healing powers and
is currently housed at the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale
University. Other finds in Texas include the 500-foot- diameter Meteor
Crater at Odessa, the third largest crater in the United States, and the
Peña Blanca Spring meteorite, which plunged into a swimming pool on the
Gage Ranch in Brewster County on August 2, 1946.
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Indians take captives at Fort Parker
May 19, 1836
On this day in 1836, a
large force of Comanche warriors, accompanied by Kiowa and Kichai
allies, attacked Fort Parker, located on the headwaters of the Navasota
River in what is now Limestone County. During the raid the Comanches
seized five captives, including Cynthia Ann Parker. The other four were
eventually released, but Cynthia remained with the Indians for almost
twenty-five years, forgot white ways, and became thoroughly Comanche.
She was perhaps the most famous Indian captive in Texas history. Her son
Quanah became a celebrated Comanche chief.
posted - 5.19.2012 - The Texas State Historical Association
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