Tex-Mex? No, Tex-Pole

Poles preceded the Mayflower's pilgrims to America by 17 years when they were part of the Virginia Company's settlement at Jamestown. Some attribute Jan z Kolno sailing to America before Columbus could raise "two-bits" from Queen Isabella.


But, the first purely Polish settlement in America wasn't in Pennsylvania, New York or Delaware. The symbol displayed here has one more flag than American Polonians expect to see.

For information on the facinating story of Panna Maria, Texas:

Czesc, Cowboy!