Plymouth may get props for being home to the first Thanksgiving, but other states claim to have had similar feasts PRIOR to the Pilgrims' harvest celebration in 1621. That includes Texas, which touts a great feast back in 1598. After a treacherous 50-day expedition that landed 500 colonists near modern-day El Paso, the group held a mass and massive meal to give thanks to God that they made it. It's a journey still celebrated in Texas more than 400 years later.

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