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Like many great American cities of the West and Southwest, the site of Dallas, Texas was well known to Native Americans and the Spanish long before Americans from east of the Mississippi River settled there. No doubt, the Caddo Nation of Native Americans crossed the Trinity River at its easiest fording point, regularly, even before the Spanish arrived. Spain, being the first European country to discover and settle much of what are now Mexico and the Southwest United States, included the three forks of the Trinity River as part of the Spanish Viceroyalty of New Spain during the 16th century. Even as late as 1819, the United States and European governments recognized the area as part of Spanish-held territory, since the Red River, now the border between Texas and Oklahoma, was the northern boundary of New Spain.
When Mexico became an independent country during 1821, modern-day Texas was included within its borders. Fifteen years later, Texans fought for their independence from Mexico at The Alamo and other famous battles, and remained a sovereign, separate country until it became a U.S. state during the last days of December 1845.
During those legendary years of Texas’ independence, John Neely Bryan traveled from Arkansas to Texas in search of a commercially strategic location for a trading post. Being attuned to local Native American culture, Bryan recognized that many of the Caddo Nation trails he found when he arrived at the broad Trinity River floodplain led to the best place to cross the river.
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