
Texas History for Kids
Texas History for Kids is a podcast where young listeners explore the stories they didn’t hear about in school—from legendary battles and forgotten monuments to the strange, enchanted, and unexplained corners of the Lone Star State. New episodes air every Monday.
Texas History for Kids
Episode 73- Canary Islanders
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This is the real story of 16 brave families from a very tiny group of Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, who left everything behind in 1731 to come to a place called… San Antonio de Béxar.
Sources
Our History - CIDA. (n.d.). Canary Islands Descendants Association. Retrieved January 25, 2025, from https://cida-sa.org/our-history/
Anonymous, “Canary Islanders,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed January 25, 2025, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/canary-islanders.
Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
Music
Sound Effect by theatticdude13@gmail.com from Pixabay - SFX Thriller Impact
Sound Effect by solarmusic from Pixabay Ocean Waves
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