True. At the time, the easiest route to the Texas interior was thru the port of New Orleans, thence up the Mississippi and Red Rivers to Natchitoches, Louisiana.
The Old San Antonio Road, the emigration route from the U.S. used by Moses Austin and his followers, began at Natchitoches and continued thru Nacogdoches, Texas down to San Antonio.
Thus, it was easier to reach East and Central Texas via New Orleans than via the lesser port of Galveston.
Um, no. Nassau (now Nassau Bay) and Carlshafen (correct spelling was Karlshafen now Indianola) are both on the coast. Nassau Bay is an inlet near Galveston and Indianola is between Galveston and Corpus Chrisi.
not always documented at the US end
Well, if the author can claim the above cities are still named Nassau and Carlshafen I suppose he can claim they were US cities...
But the group soon discovered it was unsuitable for farming
Oh, reallllly???