Nov. 23, 2015

Bonus Episode: Texas Thanksgiving

Bonus Episode: Texas Thanksgiving
Bonus Episode: Texas Thanksgiving
Wise About Texas
Bonus Episode: Texas Thanksgiving
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The story of the first thanksgiving is not the one you might think. Before the pilgrims, Texas already had a thanksgiving–and now we have two! Learn more in this bonus episode of Wise About Texas. Happy thanksgiving!

p h bell

Governor Peter H. Bell proclaimed in 1850 that Thanksgiving in Texas be celebrated on the first Thursday in March. That proclamation stands.

1959 marker site

A crossing on the Prairie Dog Fork of the Red River in Palo Duro Canyon. Did Coronado celebrate thanksgiving here in 1541?