1. Martin De Leon Texas Empresario
By: Dominick, Daniela, and Hector
Mrs. Gabehart’s 4th Grade Bilingual Class

2. De Leon Family

3. Martin De Leon De Leon was an empresario
He brought Mexican families to settle in Texas
He was born in a wealthy family
His family moved from Spain to Mexico
De Leon went to Texas in 1805 for the first time. He decided that was where he wanted to live

4. Martin De Leon Martin De Leon was a man of firsts
He was the first Mexican empresario to found a colony in Texas
He brought several families to settle there

5. The 41 Mexican Families

6. De Leon’s Colony
He wanted to settle a Texas colony on the Guadalupe River.
De Leon was known as Capitan Vacas Muchas
And the beginnings of the Texas ranching
industry.

7. The Cattle

8. De Leon’s House

9. Credits Drawings by Hector and Dominick Writer: Daniela
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