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Capital of the Republic of Texas
1837
Houston, Texas
Katie Haugland Brown · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
The Allen brothers bought swampy bayou land, named it for the general who had just won at San Jacinto, and sold it in advertisements describing a seaport with cool sea breezes. Congress moved the capital to Austin two years later, having found the place unbearable.
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