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In 1825, impresario Green DeWitt received a grant from the Coahuila y Tejas legislature to settle 400 families into the area now recognized as DeWitt county Texas. Between 1826 and 1831 settlers arrived from Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, and other Southern states. April 1, 1866 marked the first cattle drive on the Chisholm Trail, which began at Cardwell's Flat, near the present city of Cuero.

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In 1825, impresario Green DeWitt received a grant from the Coahuila y Tejas legislature to settle 400 families into the area now recognized as DeWitt county Texas. Between 1826 and 1831 settlers arrived from Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, and other Southern states. April 1, 1866 marked the first cattle drive on the Chisholm Trail, which began at Cardwell's Flat, near the present city of Cuero.