The limestone buildings shimmer in the blazing Texas sun. A Franciscan friar emerges from the parish office behind the church ...

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leading to 35 years of peace between the Native Americans and the colonizers. In the spring of 1821, Mexico won independence from Spain and established the Mexican Empire and Federal Republic of ...