Timeline of Definitive History of Texas

Here is a rough sketch and some research points for the Definitive History of Texas up to the American Civil War. (Again this is a farcical account and pseudohistorical).

1. Prehistoric Texas
1. Colvis Culture, Folsom Culture, Bison Latifrons
2. Hueco Tanks
3. Various Indian Tribes fighting for supremacy
4. When the Spanish arrived the Pueblo, Mound Builders and the remnants of the Teotihuacan Empire are there)
2. The Age of the Conquistadors (1520 - 1689)
1. Alonso Alvarez de Pineda
2. Narvaez Expedition
3.  Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
4. Estevancio - important because he fathers many children who form a city. The Chakwaina is developed after him
3. The Five Years of France
1. Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
2. Fort Saint Louis
3. Jean Gery, French deserter and god of the Coahuitecan
4. Spanish Texas
1. Founding of San Antonio
2. Robeline, Louisiana (Nuestra Senora del Pilar de los Adaes)
3. War of the Quadruple Alliance
4. Spanish settlers vs. Apache, Comanche, Tonkana, etc. The enslavement of the descendants of Estevancio
5. Louisiana Purchase
6. First Spanish-American War
1. A lot of sabre rattling, raids in both territories, no pitched battles
2. Ends in the Adams-Onis Treaty (Historical except that Louisiana west of the Mississippi River remains in Spanish hands, including New Orleans. Consequently, Baton Rouge becomes an instrumental city for the US both because of the invention of the steamboat and as a military city. Also the small city of Metairie becomes another major military city in the US as it is directly opposite New Orleans)
5. Mexican War of Independence (Mexican Texas)
1. Empresarials - Add the Stone Family to this
2. The Slave Battle of 1831, Mexican president crushes the Texans and frees all of the slaves
3. Convention of 1832, 1833
6. Texas Revolution/Republic of Texas
7. Mexican-American War
1. US Congress votes to annex the Republic of Texas (narrow majority, northern in favor and southern not as Texas no longer has slaves)
2. Mexico invades Texas and marches up to Baton Rouge crushing combined Texan/American forces
3. Battle of Baton Rouge
4. Mexican Retreat
5. Texas decides not to join the union, but is debt riddled. They cede Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma & Wyoming to the US, but not New Mexico and California as the US wanted.
6. Congress, enraged by the Texans refusal to join the union after the Mexican-American War and their side treaty with Mexico for what would have been New Mexico and Southern California passed that no Americans could emigrate to Texas. The Republic of Texas thus stretched from New Orleans to the East up through the Texas panhandle and cut a line from there to Albuquerque, NM down to Phoenix, AZ and West to San Diego and occupying Baja California. Most Americans obeyed this order, starving The Republic of Texas of vastly needed manpower to work and occupy their newly won territory.
7. The Great German/Czech Migration
8. The US Civil War

The Beginning of The Definitive History of Texas - Draft 1

First, of all let's start with the current state of affairs in Texas. Texas is huge. Massively huge. It is the wealthiest of all the oil states in the world and is run by the Stones family. Like most of the royal families in the world, especially those from the oil rich states, the Stones family are wealthy. Massively wealthy. Also like many of the oil rich rulers, the Stones can tend toward the despotic when their power or wealth are seemingly threatened. But, despite this they are generally a benevolent bunch and hands off in their approach to governance. Keeping with this policy, for the most part, the Stones and Texas stay out of world affairs unless they are on a mission to spread democracy to less civilized parts of the world. While the Stones rarely show their ruthless tendencies, explicitly at least, in domestic or foreign policy they rarely show their benevolence in matters of finance. But, all of this will become crystal clear by the end of this chronicle.

In addition to the Stones family there are a few other families of prominence and oligarchs that have shaped the history of Texas and it's current state. There is also Tommy Santa Cruz de la Maria Cebollas, a newly rich rabble-rouser hell bent on fixing his splintering Texas back to its pristine homogenous state. But, this will become clear later as well. For now, suffice it to say that Tommy is neither a friend to the Stones, a member of a prominent family nor oil rich.

The Royal Federation of Texas has a lot of wealth to be thrown around in it. There is of course, the old money, like that of the Stones and other ancient families. Then, there is the black gold men, which is virtually the same as the old money because it all started with oil. But, in large part because of the Stones' laissez faire style economy, many others have become opulently wealthy without any connection to oil whatsoever. Those who got rich without any connection to the oil aren't generally accepted into the high society with the old money or looked at as something to aspire to by the lower classes, but while some egos are deflated and feelings hurt in this hierarchical society, the newly minted rich still go home to their extravagant mansions at the end of the day so no tears are needed for these folks.

The Royal Federation of Texas has been shaped by a number of forces we will explore in this definitive history. It has been shaped by other nations interjecting themselves into their history like the French, the Spanish, the Mexicans and the United States. It has been shaped aristocratic and powerful families. The Stones Family are of course, the royal house of the RFT, but Texas has been shaped by other clans like that of the Zavalas, the Lamars, the Houstons and others. Then there are the heroes of old like those who fought at the Alamo and in subsequent wars against Mexico and the United States. And there are those who like Tommy who are looking to shape the future of the Royal Federation of Texas and secure their place in this history. But, Texas was also shaped by Dinosaurs and ancient fauna that became the oil that Texas got rich on. And oh yeah, Texas has guns. Lots of guns.

The Stories to Be Told

Here are the stories (so far they are all still in my head).

Current Date: 1/29/2015

A Cornish Mess (The one I'm currently working on). - Time Traveling Bumbling & Stumbling.
 
Status: The framework is done. I've got a few chapters written in rough drafts.

The Joseph Flannigan Series (Habitaciones Con Banos, The Bulgogi) - A writer losing his way and then coming up with the goods at the last second.

Status: The framework is basically done for Habitaciones. I think even most of it is written in some form of draft. I haven't played with it for a few years. The Quest For The World's Greatest Beef Bulgogi is somewhat thought out. I'm not sure if anything is really done on it though.

The House of Urtsiul - An Epic Style story about the ancient times.

Status: I'm pretty sure that most of this exists in some form of rough draft.

A Hagiography of Obscurity: Loosely Based on a Loosely Held Version of Reality - Short Stories Concerning Obscure Saints and Religious Figures

Status: An Idea

The Definitive History of Texas - An historical account of Texas, if Texas had never been brought into the United States.

Status: An Idea