Essay About Texas History

At first, I thought I had made a huge mistake taking a five week course during the summer, mainly because I wanted that time for myself and I also did not confide in myself with such a task, but I did it anyway. Throughout these rigorous five weeks it was challenging but I managed to get by with a whole lot of knowledge that I never knew I would receive in such short time. To be honest, before I had ever taken this history class I was somewhat oblivious about Texas history. I simply did not know much about the state of Texas, and there were many interesting things that I learned throughout this course, from the first settlers in Texas to the great world wars. I was surprised on how much history Texas holds in this land, with so many events
His name literally mean “cows head”, which is pretty neat for a person. Cabeza de Vaca became to be more famous than his counterpart Narvaez whom was in charge of the expedition to the Caribbean (Campbell 27), mainly because he was the first European to set foot in Texas (“Cabeza de Vaca discovers Texas”). His unintentional expedition trough out Texas was harsh, but he made it out alive slowly but surely. Cabeza de Vaca was a strong man because he survived two shipwrecks, and in 1532 he and four surviving men were captured by Karankawa Indians and virtually became slaves for two years (“Cabeza de Vaca discovers Texas”). This man was truly invincible because he survived harsh conditions throughout his journeys, I was pretty impressed with this man. Another interesting fact about Cabeza de Vaca was that he became a medicine man for the Karankawa Indians and later on in northern Mexico he had performed the first surgery in the American southwest by removing an arrowhead from the chest of an Indian ( Campbell 31). I have learned many things throughout these past five weeks, considering that it was an online class and not face to face like I am accustomed to. The book itself was interesting because it was actually good and factual. I learned many great