Physical location
Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-03: Indians III:
Page 2.8
Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-03: Indians III:
Page 2.8
- Material type
- Magazine
- Description
- Sam Houston serving his second term as president faced a budget crisis; Mexico mistook this for weakness and tried to invade. Mexico failed and retreated. Houston was faced with the question of whether Texas should remain a republic or join statehood in the United States. Texas ends up joining the union under President John Tyler
- Author or creator
- Howard Peacock
- Publication or source
- Texas Highways
- Subjects and names
- Sam Houston, President, Republic, Statehood, United States, Mexico invasion, Union
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