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Bonus Episode:  Texas Thanksgiving

Bonus Episode: Texas Thanksgiving

FromWise About Texas


Bonus Episode: Texas Thanksgiving

FromWise About Texas

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Length:
12 minutes
Released:
Nov 23, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The story of the first thanksgiving is not the one you might think.  Before the pilgrims, Texas already had a thanksgiving--and now we have two!  Learn more in this bonus episode of Wise About Texas.  Happy thanksgiving!

 

Governor Peter H. Bell proclaimed in 1850 that Thanksgiving in Texas be celebrated on the first Thursday in March. That proclamation stands.

A crossing on the Prairie Dog Fork of the Red River in Palo Duro Canyon. Did Coronado celebrate thanksgiving here in 1541?
Released:
Nov 23, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

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