Commanded (The Kentucky Volunteers) Company A, First Regiment at San Jacinto
Died at Houston, June 7, 1854
Erected by The State of Texas
Reverse:
"It is my desire that my body be buried on the battle grounds of San Jacinto . . . — — Map (db m126244) HM
(Front)
David Thomas
Born in Tennessee in 1801
Died From an accidental
wound April 30, 1836 at
the home of Lorenzo DeZavala
Erected by The State
of Texas
(Rear)
Signer of the Texas
Declaration of Independence
First . . . — — Map (db m126262) HM
Name honors Lorenzo de Zavala, Vice President of Republic of Texas (Ad Interim, March 17-Oct. 17 1836).
Born in Yucatan and educated in the Seminary of Ildefonso, De Zavala was an ardent Liberal who was jailed 1814-1817 for political . . . — — Map (db m119970) HM
First Marine Division
was founded aboard USS TEXAS (BB 35)
when a directive was read on the ship’s
fantail redesignating 1st Marine Brigade on
1 February 1941
while the battleship was flagship for
Caribbean amphibious exercises. . . . — — Map (db m36076) HM
A member of Captain Thomas H. McIntire's company at San Jacinto.
Died at Lynchburg in 1839 and was buried near his comrades who fell in battle. — — Map (db m125926) HM
Came to Texas in October, 1835. Fought at San Jacinto in Captain Thomas H. McIntire's company. Died at Lynchburg, August 6, 1836. — — Map (db m90110) HM
(Front)
Lorenzo De Zavala
Born October 3, 1789
Died De Zavala's Point
Harrisburg County
November 15, 1836
First Vice President
of the
Republic of Texas
Erected by the State
of Texas
(Rear)
Member of Consultation . . . — — Map (db m126265) HM
Dedicated to the memory of the men who fought in the Battle of San Jacinto and later fought in the Army of the Confederacy
Andrew Jackson Berry, Henry P. Brewster, Sion Record Bostic, Moses Austin Bryan, Rev. Anderson Buffington, Thos. . . . — — Map (db m126246) WM
Vice President Lorenzo de Zavala 1789-1836 · Emily West de Zavala · Ricardo de Zavala 1835-1906 · Minna Wadzick de Zavala · Emily Smith de Zavala 1847-1883 · Darwin de Zavala 1872-1881 · Edward Theodore de Zavala 1863-1882 · Katherine E. de Zavala . . . — — Map (db m215875) HM
Participated in the capture
of San Antonio in 1835 and
served in the army in 1836
Born in New York in 1799
Died in Harris County,
Texas in 1870 — — Map (db m126009) HM
Roster Company No. 6
James Gillaspie Captain
Matthew Finch 1st. Lieut.
A. L. Harrison 2nd. Lieut.
R. H. Chadduck 1st. Sgt.
Privates
G. Grosby - J. S. Darling - Fielding Dedrick
W. L. Ellis - Hezekiah Faris - Wm. Ferrell
Wm. . . . — — Map (db m126245) WM
(part 1)
The movement to set aside the San Jacinto Battleground as a patriotic shrine was begun in 1856, when a group of Texas veterans assembled here started a fund for a monument to the nine men who fell in the battle. In 1883 the . . . — — Map (db m126008) HM
North Side:
Two Days Before the Battle
This morning we are in preparation to meet Santa Anna. It is the only chance of saving Texas. From time to time I have looked for reinforcements in vain: We will only have about seven hundred men to . . . — — Map (db m126243) HM WM
Marker Front:
No 1
Site Twin Sisters April 20, 1836
Cannon Presented by Citizens of
Cincinnati to Republic of Texas
Supplemental Plaque:
In grateful appreciation of the efforts of the
citizens of Cincinnati, Ohio,
whose . . . — — Map (db m125950) HM
Last steam engine-driven battleship Four cylinder triple expansion steam engines Largest afloat (27,000 h.p.) at commissioning (1914) Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.
U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships
The American Society of Mechanical . . . — — Map (db m36228) HM
When the Rev. Nicholas Gallagher became third bishop of Galveston in 1882, most Roman Catholic priests in the Diocese were natives of other states or countries. Realizing the need for a diocesan seminary to train young Texans for the priesthood, . . . — — Map (db m51421) HM
A tribute to the fidelity of pioneer Masons under whose outstanding leadership was laid the cornerstone of The Republic of Texas.
Among these were
Stephen F. Austin • Sam Houston • Thomas Rusk • Branch T. Archer • Anson Jones • Eli . . . — — Map (db m240780) WM
At mid-afternoon April 21, 1836, two miles to the north, General Sam Houston with about 1,000 Texans in 18 minutes annihilated the 1,400-man army of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, President of Mexico.
Screened by trees and rising ground, . . . — — Map (db m125882) HM
In 1893, Madame Martha Fontaine-Besson who was at the World's Fair when the founders were promoting La Porte, decided to investigate the wonders of Texas. She journeyed to La Porte on one of the excursion trains from Chicago.
Madame . . . — — Map (db m133969) HM
In its early days, La Porte had little need for a city hall or jail. City Council meetings were held in various vacant buildings around town and the few lawbreakers were placed either in an old abandoned ice house or locked in a convenient box car . . . — — Map (db m53607) HM
"Five Points" is where five main roads converged on what was then the center of town. The roads, which started out as trails, were East Main, West Main, North Broadway, South Broadway and San Jacinto Streets. The spot became a reference point for . . . — — Map (db m133981) HM
The Houston Yacht Club was organized in 1897 by a group of prominent citizens. Members met in the Binz Building in downtown Houston and were led by the first Commodore, Dan E. Kennedy. After Kennedy's death in 1904, the boatmen reorganized as the . . . — — Map (db m59849) HM
During the late 1920s, and early 1930s, the city of Shoreacres became a weekend haven for residents of nearby Houston. Families built weekend homes and boating fish camps, where they could enjoy fishing and boating activities on Galveston Bay. . . . — — Map (db m135262) HM
Colorado-based land developers A.M. York, J.H. York, I.R. Holmes, and Tom Lee formed the La Porte Land and Town Company in 1890. They purchased over 1,000 acres of land in this area and began laying out town lots in the fall of 1891. Edward York . . . — — Map (db m51423) HM
A pioneer ferry of Texas under Mexico and the Republic. Established at the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and the San Jacinto River, 1822, by Nathaniel Lynch, one of Stephen F. Austin's "Old Three Hundred" colonists. Usual charges at ferries like . . . — — Map (db m125910) HM
The Mexican Cavalry was on the left wing, Infantry and Artillery in the center behind a fortification of boxes and baggage, while the extreme right was far extended. — — Map (db m125905) HM
Many of the Mexican soldiers who escaped the initial bloodshed were taken prisoner.
After the Texans won the battle, they continued chasing down and killing Mexican soldiers. Few were allowed to surrender in the immediate aftermath. However, . . . — — Map (db m125954) HM
The early policies of Mexico toward her Texas colonists had been extremely liberal. Large grants of land were made to them, and no taxes or duties imposed. The relationship between the Anglo-Americans and Mexicans was cordial. But, following a . . . — — Map (db m6702) HM
Near here on the afternoon of April 21, 1836, the army of The Republic of Texas commanded by General Sam Houston was drawn up to attack an invading Mexican army commanded by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. — — Map (db m125909) HM
Plaque on Front of Marker:
This heritage live oak, planted as a living memorial, marks the site of surrender of Mexican President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna to Sam Houston, Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Texas. Dedicated to the heroes of . . . — — Map (db m126006) HM
The town of La Porte, developed in 1892, originally reserved a portion of the bayfront for a recreational park, known as Sylvan Grove. Following the panic of 1893, much of the bayfront was sold except for 22 acres that were retained as Sylvan Beach . . . — — Map (db m139614) HM
Legend has it that Emily Morgan, Mulatto servant of Col. James Morgan, actually "won" the Battle of San Jacinto for Texas by catching Gen. Santa Anna's eye when he sacked and burned Morgan's Plantation on April 19, 1836. According to the legend, . . . — — Map (db m233561) HM
The Texas Army attacked in four divisions; the Cavalry on the right, commanded by Mirabeau B. Lamar; next, the Infantry under Lieutenant Colonel Henry Millard; the “Twin Sisters” cannon under Colonel Edward Burleson; the 2nd Regiment, . . . — — Map (db m125883) HM
To the tune of “Will You Come to the Bower,” the Texans advanced; “Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad!” was their cry. With cannons and gunshot, clubs and Bowie knives they fought — no quarter was given; the rout . . . — — Map (db m125908) HM
Within a few minutes the Battle of San Jacinto was over. According to General Houston's report 630 Mexicans lay dead on the field, 208 were wounded and 730 were taken prisoners. Money, arms and equipment were captured. The Texans had 9 killed and 30 . . . — — Map (db m125906) HM
Enoch and Eliza (Ballew) Brinson traveled to Texas in 1824 with her father, Page Ballew, and her sister and brother-in-law, Levicy (Ballew) and William Bloodgood. The extended family were among Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred colonists. The . . . — — Map (db m168693) HM
The La Porte, Texas branch of the Harris County Public Library began in June 1921
with 110 books placed in the La Porte High School. In 1923, due to increased adult
patronage, the library was moved to quieter and larger quarters in the La Porte . . . — — Map (db m134158) HM
1895 - The La Porte/Sylvan Beach Depot was constructed in downtown La Porte on East Main Street a short distance from Five Points.
1899 - The Depot became part of the Southern Pacific System and was known as the Galveston, Houston and San . . . — — Map (db m134004) HM
