It was uninhabited when it was chosen as a terr. capital in 1836 & named for a president who died that year
However, Harrison died of pneumonia in April 1841, a month 
after taking... [DOC] [TLE] History of Texas - Wikipedia [PAR] The recorded History of Texas begins with the arrival of the first Spanish 
conquistadors in the region now known as Texas in 1519, who found the region 
populated by numerous Native American tribes.