1) The hurricane of 1900 that slammed into Galveston <-- probably lots of books on that including biographies. 2) What about the oil rush? 3) Try finding information on congresswoman Barbara Jordan. She broke a lot of racial barriers in Texas. 4) What about the real estate crash in the late 80s. It was during the Savings & Loan crash 5) What about the dust storms? I think that some of the dust storms in the 1930s involved parts of Texas.

Sorry, I just checked and it was 1993. The assassination of President Kennedy is a good one but you may not be the only one writing about it.

Okay, I found a link that should be useful to you about Texas history. It looks like all the important events are listed by century and then by year.

This one seems interesting:

“1954 – Texas women gain the right to serve on juries.”

My other choice is a stretch, but Robert La Salle and his buddy Tonti were really cool French explorers who went all through the middle part of the States and Canada way way before anybody. Here is the Texas connection. La Salle crashed in Texas while trying to find the mouth of the Mississippi from the Gulf side. He set up a fort there and… well, here is a wik site to get you started,if you are interested, but they have a really bad picture of him.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Cavelier_de_La_Salle

Good Luck to you and don’t mess with Texas

Herman Lay…didn’t he found his snack food empire in Texas?

Who are the railroad pioneers of Texas?

Who founded Texas Instruments after leaving Fairchild Semiconductor? How did this chain of events influence the opening of Intel and the Silicon Valley?

How did the purchase of Radio Shack by Tandy Corporation influence the American electronics marketplace and ultimately it’s decline as we knew it? Hint: Tandy was known primarily as a leather goods and tools marketer at some point long before the TRS-80.

A few I can tweak from my noggin for what’s it’s worth. If it makes sense or not, food for thought.

http://www.wildflower.org/

http://www.natchezbelle.org/oldtime/1900strm.htm

Hope that helps. 🙂