1. The True Beginning of Texas
S killed at law
T rustworthy
E xplorer-Texas September 1821
P ersuaded Mexican authorities to change back imagration law
H elpful and generous
E ntrepreneur
N obleman
F ounded the first American colony in Texas
A ccomplished: college, studied law, worked for newspaper,
legislator, judge
U nyielding to challenges
S ecretary of state of the Republic of Texas until death
T exas War for Independence in 1836
I nnovative, found new ways to develop and finance land
N egotiator