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Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas lawmakers touted the new power plant’s potential to supply more electricity to a rapidly growing ...

Texas joined the United States in 1845, and American interest in the Panhandle increased. The Red River War (1874–1875) marked a decisive campaign by the U.S. Army to remove Comanche and Kiowa tribes ...