Before 1537 Cabeza de Vaca crossed central Texas or northern Mexico from the Gulf to northwest Mexico.

Before admission to the Union, Texas, as an independent nation, controlled water within three miles of the coast, the normal limit for nations.

Before he became widely known as an astronaut, the film Air Cadet ( 1951 ) starring Richard Long and Rock Hudson briefly featured Grissom early in the movie as a U. S. Air Force candidate for flight school at Randolph Field, San Antonio, Texas.

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Before the final removal to present-day Oklahoma, many Cherokees relocated to present-day Arkansas, Missouri and Texas.

Before Venditti pulled the plug on his " Love Radio ", which eventually signed off the air, it attracted a lot of publicity in the Texas press concerning the rebirth of XERF as a real border blaster.

Before the steamboat era faded, Camden had become a railroad town — served by the mainline of the Texas and St. Louis ( Cotton Belt ) and by branch lines of the Missouri Pacific and the Rock Island railroads.

Before the incorporation and street name changes, Dormont actually had three designated " streets ": Beech St. ( Dwight Ave .), Sycamore St. ( Philadelphia Ave .), and Sylvester St. ( Texas Ave .).

Four more songs from the album Dead Man's Party were used in soundtracks: " No One Lives Forever " was featured in Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, " Stay " ( in the Boingo Alive version ) was used as the theme music for the Brazilian soap opera Top Model, " Same Man I Was Before " was used in My Best Friend Is a Vampire and " Just Another Day " opened the 1985 film adaptation of S. E. Hinton's That Was Then, This Is Now.

Before building the public clock in Nevada, the foundation is building a full-scale clock of similar design in a mountain near Van Horn, Texas.

Before and throughout the Mexican-American war, the state of Texas ( and previously the Republic of Texas ) was considered by Mexico to be a rebelling Mexican province.

Before arriving at Alabama, Bryant was head football coach at the University of Maryland, the University of Kentucky, and Texas A & M University.

Before World War II, hundreds of small, family-run chili parlors ( also known as " chili joints ") could be found throughout Texas and other states, particularly those in which émigré Texans had made new homes.

Before he was an astronaut, Casper was a United States Air Force fighter pilot, earning his pilot wings at Reese Air Force Base, Texas.

Before the 1978 season San Diego acquired Perry from Texas in exchange for middle reliever Dave Tomlin and $ 125, 000.

Before his political career he was in the oil business in Texas.

Before entering Canadian Idol, he also worked as a waiter at the Lone Star Texas Grill in Kingston.

Before European settlement, the Longleaf Pine pine forest dominated as much as stretching from Virginia south to Florida and west to eastern Texas.

Before fighting had officially erupted, Santa Anna had realized that stronger measures were needed to ensure calm in Texas.

Before that he served on the English faculty at Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas.

Before its smelting plant in El Paso, Texas was suspended in 1999 it was producing 1 billion pounds of anodes each year.

Before this season, the Dolphins had never won a playoff game in franchise history, but they surprised the entire NFL by advancing to the Super Bowl with wins against the two previous Super Bowl champions.

The short novel The Word for World is Forest and the short story " The Day Before the Revolution " have also won awards.

Before Grace's debut in the fixture, the Gentlemen had lost 19 consecutive games ; of the next 39 games they won 27 and lost only 4.

Before the start of the new 1999 – 2000 season, Ajax were beaten in their own stadium when Feyenoord won their second Dutch Super Cup title, after a free kick by Patrick Paauwe, which secured a 3 – 2 win.

Before the war Heath had won a scholarship to Gray's Inn and had begun making preparations for a career at the Bar, but after the war he instead passed top into the Civil Service.

Before this promotion Tottenham had won the FA Cup in 1901, making it the only non-League club to do so since the formation of the Football League.

Before their 2010 Stanley Cup victory, the team had not won the Cup since.

Before entering the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen he won the support of Dithmarschen.

Before he had gone to Washington in 1973, he had a reputation as a tough and sometimes harsh teacher, but after his return, he had a reputation as a humorous, considerate, and gentle teacher who won the admiration and affectionate regard of his students.

The lead single from the album " Before You " became a huge radio hit in Canada and she performed the single on the 2000 Juno Awards, where she won two awards for Best Adult / Pop Album and Best Female Artist.

Before that, Carney also won the Golden Globe for Best Actor Musical / Comedy, while Greenfeld and Mazursky were nominated for Best Picture Musical / Comedy.

Before his time four Italian towns had won the honors of Greek publications: Milan, with the grammar of Lascaris, Aesop, Theocritus, a Greek Psalter, and Isocrates, between 1476 and 1493 ; Venice, with the Erotemata of Chrysoloras in 1484 ; Vicenza, with reprints of Lascaris ' grammar and the Erotemata, in 1488 and 1490 ; and Florence, with Alopa's Homer, in 1488.

Before the year was over, however, he was able to avenge that defeat, defeating Montilla by a knockout in round eight, and he won seven of his eight other fights that year.

Before Ruth left Boston, the Red Sox had won five of the first fifteen World Series, with Ruth pitching for the and championship teams ( he was with the Sox for the 1915 World Series but the manager used him only once, as a pinch-hitter, and he did not pitch ).

Before travelling to Argentina for the World Cup, Platini won the first major trophy of his playing career, captaining Nancy to victory in the 1978 French Cup final against Nice and scoring the only goal of the game.

Before his retirement from the sport in the late 1950s, he had won every trophy in the field.

Before leaving Calgary, he was assured by Wood that the UFA would not win more than 20 of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta's 61 seats ; in fact, it won 38.

Before 2010, the publication had only won 2 SPJ awards in its entire history.

He also won the Gold Dagger of the Crime Writers ' Association, and France's Grand Prix de Littérature Policière for Gun Before Butter.

Before the age of 30, however, he has already won recognition beyond Red circles.

Before his surgery, John had won 124 games.

Before that, Cox was " pleased " to help prepare Fine Gael's first-100-day strategy after it won the Irish general election, 2011.

Before leaving, Archy gives all the prize money he won at the race and tells Jack that he will not be coming home for he had decided to enlist.

Before Burnley won a trophy again, they were relegated to the Second Division in 1896 – 97.

Before the transfer of the sovereignty of Hong Kong from the UK to the People's Republic of China in July 1997, the DP was the largest party-following the earlier success of the pro-democracy camp in the 1991 Hong Kong legislative election, the party won 19 seats in the 1995 Legislative Council election.