A filibustering army led by a Mexican ... September: Texans approve their new Constitution of the Republic of Texas. Sam Houston is elected president. October: The First Congress of the Republic ...

BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) — Shamsud-Din Jabbar grew up in Texas, joined the U.S. Army and eventually settled in Houston, where he spun up a real estate business and made $120,000 a year for one of ...

defeating the Mexican Army, creating the Texas Republic, and making possible what would become the western half of the United States. Among them was Jesse Lindsey McCrocklan following the orders ...