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Brief History. This area was first explored by Spanish exploreres Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and Francisco Vásquez de Coronado in 16th and 17th, settling El Paso in 1682. Americans began to settle along the Brazos River in 1821 when the Texas was controled by Mexico. After Texas becane a state in 1845, border disputes led to the Mexican War of 1846-1848. Texas is now a major agricultural state and an industrial giant. Millions of tourists spend well over $44 billion annually visiting more than 100 state parks, recreation areas, and points of interest such as the Gulf Coast resort area, the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, the Alamo in San Antonio, the state capital in Austin, and the Big Bend and Guadalupe Mountains National Park.
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