Question | Answer |
Who was the first man to obtain permission to bring Anglo-American settlers into Spanish Texas? | Moses Austin
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Who founded a computer company with $1000 in 1984, when he was only 19 years old? | Michael Dell
| Who brought 297 families to live in Austin\'s Colony, which became known as the \"Old Three Hundred\"? | Stephen F. Austin
| Who was the first woman to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate? | Kathryn Ann Bailey Hutchison
| Who wrote, with little assistance, the Texas Declaration of Independence? | George Childress
| Who was granted two patents for rock drills in 1908 and 1909 and eventually patented over 25 improvements to the oil drill? | Howard Robard Hughes, Sr.
| Who was the only Mexican empresario to found a colony in Texas? | Martin De Leon
| Who founded the Texas Heart Institute in 1962? | Denton Cooley
| Who is known as the \"father of the lower Rio Grande Valley\" for his efforts in colonization? | Jose de Escandon
| Which compose and pianist was called the \"King of Ragtime\"? | Scott Joplin |