[KarlInOhio]

A mere fifteen years later in April 1836, following the fall of the Alamo a month earlier, a Texas army at the Battle of San Jacinto defeated the Mexican army, thus ending a brief war. On October 22, Gen. Sam Houston was sworn in as the first president of the Republic of Texas. Under the terms of surrender, Gen. Santa Ana, to save his skin, turned over most of the Southwest as well. That's how we ended up with Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico.

I think the author is confusing the Texas War of Independence with the Mexican-American War of 1846-48.

[AreaMan]

I think the author is confusing the Texas War of Independence with the Mexican-American War of 1846-48.

You may be right. As a product of the public schoo system I can barely tell what the state capital is.