Empresario
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An empresario was a person who entered into a contract with the Spanish or Mexican government during the early nineteenth in order to settle on sizeable grants of land in exchange for recruiting famil
Stephen F. Austin, known as the "Father of Texas"
Lorenzo de Zavala
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Manuel Lorenzo Justiniano de Zavala y Sánchez, known simply as Lorenzo de Zavala, was a Mexican and later Tejano medical doctor, politician, diplomat and author. Born in Yucatán under Spanish rule, he
The Lorenzo de Zavala State Archives and Library Building in downtown Austin, which houses the headquarters of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Lorenzo de Zavala Elementary School in Crystal City, Texas
Texas Historical Marker in De Zavala Plaza, Harris County, Texas