Texas Historical Documents

Texas Timeline - 1854

Texas Timeline Index

1854 January 11 Fort Bliss is established to protect El Paso from the Indians.
1854 November 19 Sam Houston is baptized in a creek near Independence.
1854 December 03 One hundred Polish families arrive in Galveston, an event marking the start of major Polish immigration to Texas.
1854 December 10 Richard King marries Henrietta Chamberlain; together they make the King Ranch great.