Cathedral High School - Chaparral Yearbook (El Paso, TX)

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D J A fl 5 I- 'Z' 5 ', . vi, Q, as . 12.3 2, PAGE EIGHT Va , A inf Sfsw.-asm. M The place where two friends, first inet is sacred to them: allthrough their friendship, all the more sacred as their friendship deepens and grows old. - ' H -Phillips Brooks.

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X CAPITALS AND CAPITOLS OF TEXAS What might be called the first capital ot Texas other than the central government in Mex- ico City, 'is Monclova. It was this town that Governor Alonzo de Leon selected as his head- quarters on his expeditions into Texas in J6S9.and 1690. .From 1772- until 1824 San Antonio served as the provincial capital of Texas. But after the Mexican ,Revolutloxhrand her independence was gained from Spain, Texas hecame a part of the-'State-'of:CoaI1uilaffxSaltillo was the capital. An order from Santa Anna in' 1833. however, moved it -back to' Monclova ..-. jc -.., - When-the Consultation' was called in 1835 at San Felipe :de Austin, representatives oi' the different municipalities gathered there to discuss their course of action against the change of government. So, San Fedipe de Austin is now considered the first capital ot American Texas. After' the Battle of San .Taoi.nto, a treaty of peace was signed between Santa. Anna, and President David G. Burnet at Vela co. This town near the seacoast became the temporary capital until the first permanent government of the Republic ot'.Texas went into operation at Columbia in Octoher of 1836. L ' On December 15, 1836, 'President Sam Houston commanded the' removal of the seat gf government to a new town, Houston. Here at Houston, the capitol was.a wooden structure, and it stood on the site now occupied hy the Rice Hotel. , After several removals from Houston to Austin, to Houston and finally Back to stay at Austin, the first largecapitol was erected in Austin. hut was destroyed by fire on the night of November 9, 18811. The corner- tone of the present capitol was laid on March 2. 18883 it was completed and' formally opened on May 16. 1888. I I 3,,,,,,f,, J!J,5f':,,g,.+,-,f,.,, z 1' ...cf-gefiifs' , ::i:s.w- L.-.1'Ls-waamialiienim 'WGBH .

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RIGHT REVEREND A. J. SCHULER, S. J., D. D. Bishop of El Paso Historical high lights of El Paso Diocese and vicinity: Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca passed through Big Bend country in 1536. Francisco Chamuscado and Fray Agustin Rodriguez led an expedition through El Paso to New Mexico in 1581. In 1582 Antonio de Espejo passed through El Paso seeking Fray Rodriguez and learned of his death. Don Juan de Oflate took possession of this region as New Mexico in the name of the King of Spain, on The day of the Ascension of the Lord, April 30, 1598 in the neighborhood of present Socorro, Texas. On the same day Captain Farfan pres- ented a comedy, the first play in the United States. At Ciudad Juarez, in 1583 was established the Presidio de Nuestra Senora del Pilar y el Glorioso San Jose which was moved in 1773 to the east side of the river, and named San Elzeario, now known as San Elizario, Texas. On the feast of the lnnnaculate Conception, 1659 was laid the cornerstone of the Mision de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe de los Mansos del Paso del Norte, the present well known Mission of Ciudad Juarez. PAGE NIN IC