Texas Historical Documents

Texas Timeline - 1842

Texas Timeline Index

1842 February 11 The crew of the San Antonio stages the republic's first, and only, mutiny
1842 March 02 Robert Potter, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, is murdered in the Regulator-Moderator War.
1842 April 20 Germans form a society to aid German immigration to Texas.
1842 September 18 Forty-two people are massacred by Indians at the Battle of Salado Creek.
1842 December 31 The Archives War: Austin citizens keep the state's papers from being moved to Houston.