Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Mai i tōna whakatūnga i te tau 1824, ko Washington he tūnga nui i runga i te ara o te tonga ki te hauauru mō ngā pionie e haere ana ki Texas. I taua tau ano i whakapumautia hei "nohoanga whakawa" mo taua rohe, a i te tau 1825 i whakatuhia te Kooti Hempstead County Court of Common Pleas, kei roto i tetahi whare i hangaia i te taha o te tavern na te kainoho o mua a Elijah Stuart. I waenganui i te 1832 me te 1839 mano o nga Inia o Amerika Choctaw i haere i roto i Washington i to ratou ara ki te rohe Inia. Ko nga tangata o te rohe me nga toa o te motu ko James Bowie, ko Sam Houston me Davy Crockett i haere katoa i roto i Washington i te huarahi ki te
Ko Alamo. E whakaponohia ana kua whakamahere a Houston i nga waahanga o te rautaki tutu i roto i te whare karakia i Washington i te tau 1834. Ko James Black, he kaihanga makawe o Washington, i whakawhiwhia ki te hanga i tetahi maripi i mohiotia ko te maripi Bowie rongonui, i kawea e James Bowie.