
Eras of Texas History
Exhibitions
In history, an era defines a span of time by its events, challenges, or characteristics.
MOUTH focuses on eras before the early twentieth century.
Native Americans established the first known communities, orders, and traditions in the land that would later be known as Texas.
Subsequent eras include the activities of Europeans and people of African descent that settled on these lands.
Early on, Texas residents faced many of the same types of challenges common to frontier living.
However, as political climates changed, the Black Texas experience would dramatically differ from that of others.
Throughout history, Black Texans made countless contributions to the state of Texas, championing its causes, developing its wealth, and enhancing its culture while, at times, asserting their rights and value as people in the most horrendous circumstances.
Indigenous Peoples of Texas
1519 - 1689
Age of Contact
1689 - 1821
Spanish Colonial
1689 - 1821
1821 - 1836
Mexican National
1835 - 1836 and 1836 - 1845
Revolution and Republic
1835 - 1836 and 1836 - 1845
1845 - 1861
Early Statehood
1861 - 1865 and 1865 - 1874
Civil War and Reconstruction
1861 - 1865 and 1865 - 1874
1874 -
The Next 100+ Years
Reform; Cotton, Cattle and Railroads; Progressives; Age of Oil; The Great Depression, World War I and II; Civil Rights and beyond.