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Many governments were alarmed by the idea of United States' Manifest Destiny

The yet to be fully developed areas of Texas consist of the large Robertson and Milam counties in the North

which included most of eastern New Mexico and the Texas panhandle

On the Santa Gertrudis River "King's Ranch" is recorded

in command of the Georgians

Gonzales Flag and Map of the Republic of Texas texas-oil-and-gas-collection Many governments were alarmed byIn 1835 the commander of the Mexican garrison at San Antonio sent a few men to Gonzales to recover a cannon that had been loaned to the town to fight off occasional Indian attacks. The citizens of Gonzales realized that the intent of the move was to disarm possible rebels, and so the request was denied. Dragoons under Captain Francisco Castaneda arrived to demand the cannon unconditionally. The cannon was so small that blacksmiths hammered iron scrap