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== Biography ==
Don Ramón González Músquiz was born in 1797 in [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]].<ref name="TEORM">{{cite news|author=Exploradores Coahuiltecos|date=August 6, 2003|url=http://www.castanoscoahuila.com.mx/caminoreal/muzquiz.html|title=Jefe político de Bejar y vecino de Monclova (Bejar political chief and resident of Monclova)|accessdate= December 5, 2010 <!-- at 19:35 --> }}</ref> He was son of Miguel Francisco Músquiz, a military officer, and Catarina Gonzales. Early 1820s, Musquiz undertook a series of business trips through the province.
He was raised in an environment where he lived with [[presidio]] soldiers and settlers, both Spanish and Mexicans and Anglos, mostly of northern Texas. Coming from a [[Basque people|Basque]] family, his life was spent in the company of [[missionary]] [[friar]]s and people from [[Canarian people|Canarian]] and Basque origins like himself. He developed friendships with prominent families, such as the Leal, Arocha or Veramendi. With these influences, he was appointed acting governor of [[Coahuila and Texas]] in the early 1830s (although he resigned in 1831, being replaced by [[Juan Martin de Veramendi]], friend of him) <ref name="TEORM"/> and lieutenant governor of the Federalist [[Agustín Viesca]] in 1835.<ref name="TEORM"/><ref name="tshaonmus"/> Moreover, it was after the arrest of Viesca and the National Congress annulled his election in early summer 1835,<ref name="tshaonmus"/> when, during the [[Texas Revolution]], Ramon Muzquiz was appointed governor of Texas in early 1835, in the presence of President General [[Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana]],<ref name="TEORM"/> but he never took office<ref name="tshaonmus"/> and in May of that year, he submitted his resignation the office citing "family reasons". <ref name="TEORM"/>
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[[Martín Perfecto de Cos]] reelected him as a political chief and, in December 1835, Cos appointed to assist in the negotiations between the Mexican army and the Texans at the Siege of Bexar. Músquiz assisted in the identification of the bodies of the defenders of the Alamo.<ref name="tshaonmus"/>
Muzquiz, knew the effects and consequences of central power and its impact on Texas.<ref name="TEORM"/> So, in 1836, he moved with his family in the colonial city of
Known by people of Monclova its experience in Texas government, he was appointed political prefect as ad interim in 1853 and 1858. In addition, he was one of the largest shareholders in terms of water rights, in the bags of water from San Francisco and San Miguel (now part of the [[Pueblo]]), to whose inhabitants he championed for endorse guarantees to the state government of [[Nuevo Leon]] and Coahuila, headed by former resident of Monclova, Santiago Vidaurri Valdés.
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