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Texas and the U.S.–Mexican War: Palo Alto, the Rio Grande and the Border That Changed a ContinentThe first major battles of the U.S.–Mexican War were fought near Brownsville. This guide connects annexation, the disputed border, Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Texas Rangers, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the war's lasting consequences.
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Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical ParkThe preserved South Texas prairie where U.S. and Mexican armies fought the first major battle of the U.S.–Mexican War on May 8, 1846.
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Caddo Mounds State Historic SiteAn East Texas archaeological site preserving monumental earthen mounds built by ancestors of the Caddo people along an important regional trade corridor more than a thousand years ago.