The Texas Heartland
History
As with all matters relating to the Apocalypse nothing is clear and there are dozens of contradicting stories and’ facts’ that everyone knows or has heard of. Most people agree that when the enemy came that many fell and were killed but a good number found sanctuary on Galveston Island and the other barrier islands of the coast. That these folks held firm and stood their ground with every home full to bursting. After the Texans on the islands had time to re-organise they slowly and carefully began the reclamation of their state. Texas City was the first liberated with its refineries and heavy industry of great help.
Galveston (Capital)
Prior to the Fall it is actually believed that Galveston was not the capital of Texas but rather the extensively ruined nearby settlement of Houston, which was called ‘Space City’ because of the huge area it covered. As every Texican school child knows it was on Galveston that their forefathers turned and defeated the rampaging horde of Santa Obama and took the first steps in reclaiming Texas! Since then Galveston has grown in to the largest Texican city spreading from Galveston Island to absorb League and Texas cities. Much of the material came from the remains of Old Houston which had suffered so much damage from aerial bombardment and rampaging mobs that is was irreparable. Galveston is now the political and economic heart of the Republic where expansion and commerce and planned in equal large measures.
Alamo City (San Antonio)
This is without doubt the soul and very heart of the Republic where the citizen soldiers of Texas stood and died to buy time for their neighbours to finally drive Santa Obama back cross the Rio Grande. Much history has been lost in the chaotic times since the Fall but all know it was here that ‘Texans stood Tall!”. Alamo City is administered by the Daughters of the Texican Republic who act as custodians of the great site lest it be used as a political tool by the immoral and unscrupulous.
Lexington (Corpus Christi)
Lexington is a southern coastal city with long, if confused, history stretching way back before the Fall. The city has a large deep water bay and rich fishing grounds. In the centre of the city is moored the USS Lexington, a pre-fall floating fortress. During the Fall period it is known that local folks fought back from the floating fortress and from nearby Mustang Island. Prior to that, according to legend, the Texans of Lexington fought and defeated the Redcoats of Queen Victoria in a huge battle on the city green. Details are vague but the Battle of Lexington was a pivotal moment in Texican history where the Redcoat’s airports were seized and freedom gained.
Brownsville
Brownsville is the most southern settlement in Texas where the mighty Rio Grande enters the sea and is very much a border town. Trade flourishes with the Mexican lands over the river and it is the southern end of the Texan Gulf Railroad. It is blessed with an excellent climate and agriculture is a major agricultural centre being especially famed for its citrus fruits. It has a relaxed atmosphere and Texicans and Mexicans seem to get along just fine. There are close links with the neighbouring town of Matamoros just over the Rio Grande in Mexico which only seems to have strengthened over time. Much of Brownsville’s agricultural workforce is ‘guest’ labourers from Mexico that have been resident for many years.
"I ain't ever slapped a lady before but then again, you ain't no lady!”
John Wayne-Bobbitt to Yankee Admiral Shepard after her demand for Texican submission, Port of Galveston (5 A.F.)
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