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  1865 - Abt 1899  (33 years)
	
		
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| 1  | 1865  | - 14 Apr 1865: Abraham Lincoln is assassinated
 
- May 1865: The Civil War ends
 
- 19 Jun 1865: Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger arrives in Galveston with word that slavery has been abolished.
 
- 18 Dec 1865: The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified; slavery is abolished.
 
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| 2  | 1866  | - 19 Sep 1866: Texas cotton planters meet and organize the Waverly Emigration Society.
 
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| 3  | 1867  | - 23 Apr 1867: Meyer Levy and twenty-nine Polish families arrive in Galveston and head to New Waverly, Texas.
 
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| 4  | 1875  | - 1875: Joseph Bartula becomes the first Polish immigrant to settle in Bremond, Texas
 
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| 5  | 1876  | - 4 Oct 1876: Texas A&M opens with 40 students and a faculty of six men.
 
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| 6  | 1895  | - 14 Feb 1895: A rare Gulf Coast snowstorm dumps up to 20 inches of snow on the Houston-Galveston area.
 
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| 7  | 1899  | - 20 Jun 1899: A severe flood on the Brazos River in Texas kills nearly 300.
 
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