In 1920, the inaugural season of the National Football League (NFL), 11 veterans of Major League Baseball (MLB) (including George Halas and Jim Thorpe) became the first athletes to accomplish the feat. Since 1970, only seven athletes have done so, including Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders.
The Constitution of the Republic of Texas (1836), the first Anglo-American constitution to govern Texas, was drafted by a convention of fifty-nine delegates who assembled at Washington-on-the-Brazos on March 1, 1836 (see CONVENTION OF 1836).
GRANGE. R. A. Baird of the national Grange or Patrons of Husbandry organized the first Grange in Texas at Salado in July 1873.This nonpartisan, agrarian order offered to farm families its four-fold plan for cooperation in business, happier home lives, more social contacts, and better educational opportunities.RANGE. R. A. Baird of the national Grange or Patrons of Husbandry organized the first Grange in Texas at Salado in July 1873.