Texas History
1865 - General Gordon Granger landed at Galveston and issued a proclamation announcing that slavery had been aboloished and that all slaves in Texas were free. This day is referred to as "Juneteenth."
1890 - Larry Chittenden's "The Cowboys' Christmas Ball" was first published in the Anson "Texas Western."
1999 - The Dallas Stars won their first NHL Stanley Cup by defeating the Buffalo Sabres in the third overtime of game six. The game actually ended on June 20th.
1999 - The Dallas Stars won their first NHL Stanley Cup by defeating the Buffalo Sabres in the third overtime of game six. The game actually began on June 19th.
| I'd rather be a fencepost in Texas, than the king of Tennessee. - Chris Wall, Singer-Songwriter-Austin |
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