Traditional Muzzleloading Association
The Center of Camp => People of the Times => Topic started by: Craig Tx on August 01, 2025, 10:15:57 AM
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On this day in 1731, Capt. Juan Antonio P?rez de Almaz?n, the commander of San Antonio de B?xar Presidio, presided over what was probably the first election in Texas history.
In March he had welcomed a group of settlers from the Canary Islands by laying out a place for their homes and by establishing a municipal government. The immigrants formed the nucleus of the villa of San Fernando de B?xar, the first regularly organized civil government in Texas. On August 1 the new city council met to elect alcaldes, and electoral politics was off and running.