From 1685 until 1689, a French colony, Fort Saint Louis, existed near what is now Inez, Texas Inez is a census-designated place , on U.S. Highway 59 fifteen miles northeast of Victoria, Texas, near the Jackson County, Texas line in Victoria County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,787 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Victoria, Texas, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The name is that of a daughter of a railroad developer (USA ^ b. English is the de facto language of American government and the sole language spoken at home by 80% of Americans age five and older. Spanish is the second most commonly spoken language). Explorer Robert de La Salle René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, or Robert de LaSalle was a French explorer. He explored the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, the Mississippi River, and the Gulf of Mexico. La Salle claimed the entire Mississippi River basin for France intended to found the colony at the mouth of the Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the largest river system in the United States and also the largest of North America. About 2,320 miles long, the river originates at Lake Itasca, Minnesota and flows slowly southwards in sweeping meanders, terminating 95 river miles below New Orleans, Louisiana where it begins to flow to the Gulf of Mexico. Along with its, but inaccurate maps and navigational errors caused his ships to instead anchor 400 miles (650 km) west, off the coast of Texas Texas ( /ˈtɛksəs/ ) is the second-largest U.S. state in both area and population, and the largest state in the contiguous United States. The name had wide usage among native Americans, meaning "friends" or "allies". Located in the South Central United States, Texas is bordered by Mexico to the south, New Mexico to the west, near Matagorda Bay Matagorda Bay is a large estuary bay on the Texas coast, located between Calhoun and Matagorda counties. The Colorado River empties into the bay on its way to the Gulf of Mexico. The bay is separated from the gulf by Matagorda Peninsula. The city of Port O'Connor is located on its shores. Matagorda Bay is approximately 352 square miles in area.
The colony faced numerous difficulties during its brief existence, including hostile Native Americans, epidemics, and harsh conditions. Mindful of his original mission, La Salle led several expeditions to find the Mississippi River. These did not succeed; instead, La Salle explored much of the Rio Grande The Rio Grande is a river that forms part of the border between the United States and Mexico. At 1,885 miles (3,034 km) long, it is the fourth-longest river system in the United States. It serves as a natural boundary along the border between the American state of Texas and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas as and parts of East Texas According to the Handbook of Texas, the East Texas area "may be separated from the rest of Texas roughly by a line extending from the Red River in north central Lamar County southwestward to east central Limestone County and then southeastward to Galveston Bay", though some separate the Gulf Coast area into a separate region. During one of his absences in 1686 the colony's last ship was wrecked, leaving the colonists unable to obtain supplies from the French colonies in the Caribbean Sea The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean situated in the tropics of the Western hemisphere, bounded to the south and west by the American landmass, with the North Atlantic Ocean proper to the northeast and the Gulf of Mexico to the northwest. More specifically, it washes upon the South American countries of Venezuela and Colombia on the. As conditions deteriorated, La Salle realized the colony could only survive with help from French settlements in Illinois Country The Illinois Country was the name used in the 17th century and afterwards to refer to a legally undefined region without formal boundaries, centered around present day southwest Illinois that was explored and settled by the French beginning in 1673, when Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette explored the Mississippi River, and France claimed the. His last expedition ended along the Brazos River The Brazos River, called the Rio de los Brazos de Dios by early Spanish explorers . The Brazos is the longest river in Texas and the 11th longest river in the United States at 2060 km (1280 miles) from its source at the head of Blackwater Draw, Curry County, New Mexico to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico with a 116,000 km² (44,800 sq mi) drainage in early 1687 when La Salle and five of his men were murdered by rivals in the group. Although a handful of men reached Illinois, help never arrived. The remaining members of the colony were killed or captured during a Karankawa The Karankawa were a group of Native American peoples, now extinct as a tribal group, who played a pivotal part in early Texas history raid in late 1688. Although the colony lasted only three years, its existence established France's claim to possession of the region that is now Texas, and later supported the claim by the United States to the region as part of the Louisiana Purchase The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition by the United States of America of 828,800 square miles (2,147,000 km2) of the French territory Louisiana in 1803. The U.S. paid 60 million francs ($11,250,000) plus cancellation of debts worth 18 million francs ($3,750,000), a total cost of 15 million dollars for the Louisiana territory.
Spain learned of La Salle's mission in 1686. Concerned that the French colony could threaten Spain's control over New Spain The Viceroyalty of New Spain , was the first of four viceroyalties created to govern Spain's lands in the North and Central America. It was ruled by a viceroy from Mexico City who governed many territories on behalf of the King of Spain. The Viceroyalty of New Spain lasted from 1535 to 1821, and was one of two early viceroyalties established in and the southern portion of North America, Spanish authorities funded multiple expeditions to find and eliminate the settlement. The unsuccessful expeditions helped Spain to better understand the geography of the Gulf Coast The Gulf Coast region of the United States, sometimes called the Gulf South, South Coast, or Third Coast, comprises the coasts of states which border the Gulf of Mexico. The states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida are known as the Gulf States. All Gulf States are located in the Southern region of the United States region. When the Spanish finally discovered the remains of the French settlement in 1689, they buried the cannons and burned the buildings. Years later, Spanish authorities built a presidio A Presidio is a fortified base established by the Spanish and Mexicans in North America between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. The fortress' were built to protect against pirates, hostile native Americans and European colonists. Other presidios were held by Spain in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, in Italy and on Elba at the same location. When the Spanish presidio ceased to exist, the site of the French settlement was forgotten. It was rediscovered in 1996, and the area is now an archaeological site.
Approximate location of Fort Saint Louis, near Matagorda Bay Matagorda Bay is a large estuary bay on the Texas coast, located between Calhoun and Matagorda counties. The Colorado River empties into the bay on its way to the Gulf of Mexico. The bay is separated from the gulf by Matagorda Peninsula. The city of Port O'Connor is located on its shores. Matagorda Bay is approximately 352 square miles in area on the Gulf Coast The Gulf of Mexico is the eleventh largest body of water in the world. Considered a smaller part of the Atlantic Ocean, it is an ocean basin largely surrounded by the North American continent and the island of Cuba. It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States, on the southwest and south by Mexico, and of Texas Texas ( /ˈtɛksəs/ ) is the second-largest U.S. state in both area and population, and the largest state in the contiguous United States. The name had wide usage among native Americans, meaning "friends" or "allies". Located in the South Central United States, Texas is bordered by Mexico to the south, New Mexico to the west,
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My name is Layla and I love food I currently live in Seattle but spent most of my life in Vilcabamba Loja Ecuador A lot of my recipes are inspired by the food I was exposed to growing up from my mother s New Mexico cooking to the market food stalls and snack carts in the street serving the best Ecuadorian food for the record I have never gotten sick from eating anything from a snack cart in Ecuador but I probably have some sort of immunity because I was born there I also lived in Texas with my grandmother and she makes some of the best Southern food Finally I married a French guy who can cook perfect crepes and likes good red wine which gives me a great excuse to explore French cooking but I ll leave the crepes to Nicolas with a glass in hand
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Recipe: . Texas. Black Bean Soup for the crock pot. August 3, 2009 by sugarmamabakingco. Anything made in the crockpot can also be made in a . French. or Dutch oven. A few years ago, I got an idea: Start a regular, rotating potluck dinner ...
