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"Architect of Annexation"
Anson Jones (1798-1858)

"Betsy Ross of Texas"
Joanna Troutman (1818-1879)

"Father of Texas"
Stephen F. Austin (1793-1836)

"First American Governor"
Henry Smith (1788-1851)

"First Native Governor"
James Stephen Hogg (1851-1906)

"Mother of Texas"
Jane Long (1798-1880)

"Father of Texas Education"
Mirabeau B. Lamar (1798-1859)

"Father of Texas Geology"
Robert Thomas Hill (1858-1941)

"Father of Texas Journalism"
Charles DeMorse (1816-1887)

"Father of the Texas Navy"
Samuel May Williams (1795-1858)

"Old Three Hundred"
Settlers who received land grants in Stephen F. Austin's first colony.

"Poet President of Texas"
Mirabeau B. Lamar
(1798-1859)

"Raven"
Sam Houston (1793-1863)

"Savior of the Alamo"
Clara Driscoll (1881-1945)

"Yellow Rose of Texas"
Emily West (aka Emily Morgan) (??-??)

 

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