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Texas Independence War Topic
By Mark Hilton, July 20, 2016
James Bowie statue
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On North State Line Avenue at Hazel Street, on the left when traveling north on North State Line Avenue. |
| |
Front
Hero of the Alamo
"They never fail who
die in a just cause"
Love of adventure
brought the young
South Carolinian to
Texas with James Long
in 1819. Romance made
of him a Mexican
citizen and won for
him in San . . . — — Map (db m96572) HM |
| On North Velasco Street (Business State Highway 288) at West Live Oak Street, on the right when traveling north on North Velasco Street. |
| | Robert James Calder was born in 1810 to James H. and Jane E. (Caldwell) Calder in Baltimore, Maryland. His father died when he was a child, and Robert and his mother moved to Kentucky, where he was raised in part by his mother's family. They moved . . . — — Map (db m120660) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 521 0.2 miles south of Cannon Road (Farm to Market Road 51), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Kentucky native Albert Sidney Johnston graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1826. He was assigned to posts in New York and Missouri, and served in the Black Hawk War in 1832. He resigned his commission in 1834 to return to . . . — — Map (db m91921) HM |
| On N. Brooks Street (State Highway 36) at W. Smith Street, on the right when traveling south on N. Brooks Street. |
| |
(South Face of Monument)
Henry Smith was born in Kentucky, May Twentieth 1788, came to Texas in 1827 and settled in what is now Brazoria County which he regarded as his home until his death. He was severely wounded in the Battle of . . . — — Map (db m90101) HM |
| Near County Highway 8 0.1 miles south of Boone 6th Street. |
| | Emigrated to Texas from Missouri in 1827 as an Austin Colonist Participated in the Battle of Velasco, 1832 Five of his sons were in the Army of Texas in 1836 Born May 14, 1786 Died in December, 1833
Erected by the State of Texas . . . — — Map (db m158869) HM |
| Near County Highway 8 0.1 miles south of Boone 6th Street. |
| | A San Jacinto Veteran Born in Missouri 1815 Died in 1838
Erected by the State of Texas 1936 — — Map (db m158863) HM |
| Near County Highway 8 0.1 miles south of Boone 6th Street. |
| | Born in Massachusetts. Came to Texas in 1831. Served in Texas Revolution at Siege of Bexar as Wagonmaster for Stephen F. Austin, "Father of Texas". Stole the bells of Mission Concepcion (Property of Mexico, Texas' enemy) to melt into bullets. Also . . . — — Map (db m158873) HM |
| Near Main Street (County Route 703) 0.1 miles south of Austin Street (County Road 300E), on the right when traveling north. |
| | John Sweeny, Sr. (d. 1855) moved his family from Tennessee to Brazoria County, Texas, about 1833. With the help of slaves, he cleared his land and established a large plantation. This log cabin, originally located about 9 miles southwest of this . . . — — Map (db m49709) HM |
| On Main Street (County Road 703) at Austin Street (County Road 300E), on the left when traveling south on Main Street. |
| | A structure erected in noted old river port town of Marion in Republic of Texas era. First portion, of hand-hewn cedar, was built about 1835 by colonist Thomas W. Nibbs. Merchant-civic leader-soldier Ammon Underwood (1810-87) bought and enlarged . . . — — Map (db m49707) HM |
| On State Highway 36 at Gulf Prairie Road and Peach Point Road, on the right when traveling east on State Highway 36. |
| | Born in Missouri. Rode a mule to Texas in 1831 to join his uncle, Stephen F. Austin, Father of Texas. A private in Texas War for Independence. Legislator, congressman, member of Texas Secession Convention. Enlisted as a private in the Civil War, but . . . — — Map (db m53084) HM |
| Near Gulf Prairie Road 0.2 miles south of Texas Highway 36, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Adjutant of the Texas army in Battle of Velasco, June 26, 1832. Wounded there, he was guarding civilians at time Texas won independence in Battle of San Jacinto, April 21, 1836.
A bosom friend of Stephen F. Austin, Caldwell received land grant . . . — — Map (db m90590) HM |
| Near Gulf Prairie Road 0.2 miles south of Texas Highway 36, on the left when traveling south. |
| | In Texas war for independence, joined Matamoros expedition of January 1836. In detachment that captured horses of Gen. Urrea of Mexican army, Brown was made captive in a counterattack, and spent 11 months in prison in Mexico, but finally escaped. . . . — — Map (db m90602) HM |
| On Blue Water Highway (State Highway 332) near Surf Drive when traveling east. |
| | Here was fought a battle-- the first collision in arms between Texas colonists and the Mexican military-- a conflict preliminary to the Texas War for Independence. On June 26, 1832, when Texans under John Austin and Henry Smith came down river with . . . — — Map (db m10332) HM |
| On Monument Drive west of Jettyview Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | First vessel with emigrants to Austin's colony landed here December 23, 1821.
The Battle of Velasco was fought here June 26, 1832.
Public and secret treaties of peace between the Republic of Texas and General Santa Anna were signed here . . . — — Map (db m96294) HM |
| Near Main Street (Farm to Market Road 524) 0.2 miles east of Old Main Street. |
| | A San Jacinto Veteran Born in Tennessee 1812 Died in La Grange, Texas 1869
Erected by the State of Texas 1936 — — Map (db m158808) HM |
| On South 17th Street (State Highway 35) at East Bernard Street, on the right when traveling north on South 17th Street. |
| | In September 1836 Columbia, now known as West Columbia, became capital of the Republic of Texas. This took place with the removal of the ad interim government here from Velasco. After the election called by ad interim President David G. Burnet, the . . . — — Map (db m49703) HM |
| On East Brazos Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | In 1836 and 1837, the town of Columbia (Now West Columbia) served as the capital of the Republic of Texas. Josiah Hughes Bell, a colonist with Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred, surveyed and platted Columbia in 1824 to serve as a center for . . . — — Map (db m41707) HM |
| On East Brazos Avenue (State Highway 35), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Site of
First Capitol
of Republic
of Texas
1836 - 1837 — — Map (db m129404) HM |
| Near Oil Field Road (County Route 467) 0.5 miles east of Texas Highway 36W, on the right when traveling east. |
| | A member of Austin's colony, 1829. Soldier in the Battle of Velasco; delegate to the General Convention, 1832; chief justice of Brazoria County, 1836. In this home, built about 1830, Stephen F. Austin died, December 27, 1836 — — Map (db m78618) HM |
| Near North 14th Street at Hamilton Street. |
| | Near site of The First Capitol of the Republic of Texas
About 1833 Leman Kelsy built a story-and-a-half clapboard structure near this location. When Columbia became capital of the Republic of Texas in 1836, the building was one of two . . . — — Map (db m43057) HM |
| On E. Jackson St. 0.8 miles east of S. 17th, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Site given by Josiah H. Bell family out of their grant, the first deeded to one of "Old 300" in colony of Stephen F. Austin. Has graves of many heroes of Texas Revolution of 1836.
Deeded in 1852 to Bethel Presbyterian Church. Since 1933 managed . . . — — Map (db m46452) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1301 at County Route 376, on the right when traveling south on Road 1301. |
| | Zeno Phillips, one of Stephen F. Austin's "Old 300" colonists, acquired land here in 1829. Zeno and his brothers John Clark, Sidney, and James Ray (J.R.) Phillips, served in the Republic of Texas Army. The cemetery began with the burial of Zeno and . . . — — Map (db m96305) HM |
| On South Broadway Street west of North Fisk Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Donor of present townsite of Brownwood, Fisk was noted as a soldier, public servant, surveyor and businessman. The son of English parents, he was born in New York. As a boy he was so studious that he voluntarily gave up recess periods to read. In . . . — — Map (db m126061) HM |
| On West Fox Street east of South Echols Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | When Mexican Dictator Santa Anna revoked national rights, 30 or more men from this sparsely settled area left to resist his armies: in Grass Fight (Nov. 26, 1835), Siege of Bexar (Dec. 5-9) and other actions. While able men were absent, the foe came . . . — — Map (db m125670) HM |
| Near Hoovers Valley Road (County Road 116). |
| | One of "Old 300" of Stephen F. Austin's first colony from Pennsylvania, took part in 1836 War for Texas Independence, he made and lost several stakes.
In 1851 bought a league and labor of Burnet County land, including site of Fort Croghan. . . . — — Map (db m29150) HM |
| On County Highway 401 at State Highway 71, on the right when traveling north on County Highway 401. |
| | Texas patriot Jesse Burnam (also spelled Burnham), born in Madison County, Kentucky, was the youngest son of seven children. In 1812, Jesse married Temperance Null Baker in Shelbyville, Tennessee. Jesse was a private in the Mounted Volunteers of . . . — — Map (db m139958) HM |
| Near U.S. 283 0.1 miles south of County Road 328, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Veteran of San Jacinto Officer in the Confederate Army Born in Indiana, May 16, 1816 Died at Baird, Texas, July 31, 1899 — — Map (db m80900) HM |
| | The Port of Matamoros was established in 1824. Commercial cargo, shipped mainly from New Orleans and other U.S. ports, was unloaded at the Port and transported overland to Matamoros, Reynosa, Camargo, Monterrey, and Mier. Mexico maintained a . . . — — Map (db m16542) HM |
| On Miller Street (State Highway 61) at Magnolia Avenue South, on the right when traveling west on Miller Street. |
| | In the spring of 1832, Wm. B. Travis, Patrick C. Jack and other American settlers in Texas were unjustly imprisoned by Col. Juan Bradburn, commander of the Mexican garrison at Anahuac. Bradburn's refusal to deliver his prisoners for civil trial . . . — — Map (db m157356) HM |
| On Unnamed roads within the park at Unnamed roads within the park, on the right when traveling west on Unnamed roads within the park. |
| | Known as Perry's Point until 1825, Anahuac was a port of entry for early Texas colonists. In 1830 the Mexican government established a military post here to collect customs duties and to enforce the law of April 6, 1830, which curtailed further . . . — — Map (db m117180) HM |
| Near Unnamed roads within the park. |
| | On this site first known as Perry's Point, a fort, established in 1830 by General Manuel Mier y Terαn for the purpose of halting Anglo-American colonization was named Anahuac, the Aztec name of Mexico City, then the capital of Texas. The . . . — — Map (db m117183) HM |
| Near Interstate 10 at milepost 815, on the right when traveling east. |
| | A veteran of the War of 1812, James Taylor White (b.1789) migrated to this area from Louisiana in 1828. As a rancher, he developed one of the largest herds of Longhorn cattle in southeast Texas.
On White's ranch in June 1832, area colonists . . . — — Map (db m121266) HM |
| On Unnamed roads within the park at Unnamed roads within the park, on the right when traveling east on Unnamed roads within the park. |
| | Adventurer from Kentucky who first came to Texas in 1817 with an expedition seeking to expel Spain from North America. Bradburn served in the Army of the Republic of Mexico in the 1820s, and in 1830 was sent to establish a military post at the mouth . . . — — Map (db m117179) HM |
| On Unnamed roads within the park at Unnamed roads within the park, on the right when traveling west on Unnamed roads within the park. |
| | Crippled by disease at 15, with a leg permanently bent at the knee, wore a pegleg which like his two natural legs was covered with his trousers. Hence he was nicknamed "Three-Legged Willie."
Settled in Texas in 1827 to practice law. Here at . . . — — Map (db m117181) HM |
| On White Park Road 0.3 miles west of Texas Highway 61, on the right when traveling west. |
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Drafted and signed at Turtle Bayou on June 13, 1832; this first formal protest of Texas colonists against Mexican tyranny formed an early step in events that led eventually to the Texas Revolution of 1836.
The settlers were protesting recent . . . — — Map (db m60341) HM |
| On Unnamed roads within the park at Unnamed roads within the park, on the right when traveling east on Unnamed roads within the park. |
| | Co-commander with James Bowie, siege of the Alamo. Born in South Carolina; moved with family in 1818 to Alabama, where at 19 he was admitted to the bar; came to Texas 1831. In Anahuac he joined William H. Jack and others resisting tyranny of customs . . . — — Map (db m117182) HM |
| On U.S. 175 near County Route 3405, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Originally an Indian trail. Used in 1765 by the Spanish priest Calahorra on an Indian peace mission. Gained importance, 1820s, for use in hauling salt from Neches Saline to Nacogdoches.
Survivors of the Killough family massacre of 1838 fled via . . . — — Map (db m81748) HM |
| On U.S. 69 at County Road 2626, on the right when traveling north on U.S. 69. |
| | Joseph H. Bowman, a veteran of the Texas War for Independence from Mexico, offered one hundred acres of land to the Rev. W.D. Lewis to come to Mt. Hope community and establish a Methodist church and cemetery. The Rev. Mr. Lewis agreed and the . . . — — Map (db m28138) HM |
| Near Live Oak Street at West Street. |
| | Born in Kentucky. Came to Texas in 1832. Commanded company of volunteers at Siege of Bexar (San Antonio), Dec. 5-10, 1835. Delegate to constitutional convention where he signed Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836. Aide-de-Camp to Gen. Sam . . . — — Map (db m94449) HM |
| On FM 1439, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Texas Historic Cemetery
Needwood Church and School - 1890
✟ ✟ Needwood Cemetery - 1894 ✟ ✟
Needwood Cemetery Association - 1992
Founded by Bailey Stinson & Irma Morgan
O God, above all creations Thy . . . — — Map (db m152793) HM WM |
| | Benjamin Beason, one of Stephen F. Austin's original 300 colonists, settled by a widely used Colorado River crossing near here in 1822. He and his wife Elizabeth proceeded to build a large home (also used as an inn) and established a gristmill, . . . — — Map (db m29691) HM |
| Near Walnut Street (U.S. 90) 0.2 miles west of Old U.S. 90, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Site of the camp,
March 19-26, 1836
of the Texas Army
under General Sam Houston,
who directed the retreat
from Gonzales to the San Jacinto — — Map (db m76821) HM |
| On Veterans Drive (Old U.S. 90) at Milentz Street, on the right when traveling east on Veterans Drive (Old U.S. 90). |
| | Site of the Camp, March 20-26, 1836, of one division of General Santa Anna's Army under the command of General Joaquνn Ramνrez y Sesma. It crossed the Colorado at Atascosita Ford, eight miles below Columbus. — — Map (db m29707) HM |
| On Walnut Street (U.S. 90), on the right when traveling east. |
| | William L. Menefee, born ca. 1796 in Knox County, Tennessee, served in the Tennessee Militia in the War of 1812. He studied law and was admitted to the bar sometime prior to 1824 when he moved to Alabama. In 1830 he and his wife Agnes (Sutherland) . . . — — Map (db m130391) HM |
| On County Road 208 at County Road 205, on the left when traveling north on County Road 208. |
| | Site of 1820 trading post of Jesse Burnam. His ferry on the Colorado River helped Gen. Sam Houston reach San Jacinto, 1836. To cut off Santa Anna, Houston then burned post and ferry.
Town started in 1850s was named for Osage Orange trees. . . . — — Map (db m61298) HM |
| Near Bryan Street at East Cedar Avenue. |
| | A member of Stephen F. Austin's Colony, George Washington Gentry came to Texas in 1835 with his father and brother. Settling what is now Washington County, he worked as a farmer and surveyor. He participated in the Texas Revolution, several Indian . . . — — Map (db m158029) HM |
| On South Main Street (U.S. 83) at Jackson Boulevard, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street. |
| | Texas troops under Sam Houston won independence, as they shouted out "Remember The Alamo" when we tried that here the neighbors complained about the noise.
At this very location on April 12, 1861 absolutely nothing happened. — — Map (db m136348) HM |
| On Richards Street east of 9th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| |
The Texas Legislature created Cottle County in 1876 and named it for George Washington Cottle, who died defending the Alamo forty years earlier. Stage routes connected early ranches, including the OX, SMS, and Matador, to established towns in . . . — — Map (db m104852) HM |
| On 11th Street (State Highway 466) east of Avenue E (State Highway 163), on the left when traveling east. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m7413) HM |
| On 11th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | (Inscription on front of monument)
.. Be sure you are right - then go ahead ..
(Inscription on rear of monument)
David Crockett was born in Tennessee on August 17, 1786
Participated in the Creek Indian Campaign 1813-1814 . . . — — Map (db m116599) HM |
| On Liberty Avenue at Peace Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Liberty Avenue. |
| | Greenwood Cemetery was part of a Republic of Texas grant, called the John Grigsby League, given for service in the Battle of San Jacinto. W. H. Gaston, pioneer Dallas banker, acquired title to the site in 1874, after the noted local legal battle, . . . — — Map (db m72412) HM |
| On South Seaman Street (Texas Route 6) at West Commerce Street, on the right when traveling south on South Seaman Street. |
| | County seat, Eastland County. Named for William M. Eastland—Texas War for Independence hero who was in Mier Expedition against Mexico, and was executed in "Black Bean" lottery at Rancho Salado in 1842.
Most noted early local people were . . . — — Map (db m105247) HM |
| On Couch Street north of North Ward Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | A soldier in the Army of Texas
in 1836 Born in Tennessee, Feb-
ruary 2, 1804; died October 15, 1891
His wife
Mary Hardeman
Born in Tennessee, February
12, 1812 Died February 19, 1857 — — Map (db m117284) HM |
| Near Water Street 0.2 miles east of North Main Street (U.S. 77), on the left when traveling east. |
| | Served in the Army of Texas in
1836 Born in Alabama, September
10, 1810 Died January 11, 1885
His wife
Isabella Weir
McDaniel
Born in Alabama, March
8, 1818 Died May 4, 1897 — — Map (db m117283) HM |
| Near Water Street 0.2 miles east of North Main Street (U.S. 77), on the left when traveling east. |
| | Soldier in the Texas Army in
1836 Born in Tennessee June
17, 1808 Died November 24, 1880
His wife
Stacy Choate Jordan
Born in Tennessee, October 15,
1816 Died January 27, 1884 — — Map (db m117282) HM |
| On West Franklin Street west of South College Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | By birth and education, a Virginian;
through residence, 1813-1825, an Alabaman jurist
In that year, Texas claimed him
—
As president of the Constitutional Convention in 1836
and as a member of the Congress of the young republic,
he . . . — — Map (db m152358) HM |
| On West Washington Street (Business Highway 377) at North Erath Avenue, on the left when traveling east on West Washington Street. |
| | Protector of the Texas frontier. Hero of San Jacinto. Major in the Confederate Army. Member of the Texas Congress and Legislature. Born in Vienna, Austria January 1, 1813. Died at Waco, Texas May 15, 1891. Erath County was named in his honor. . . . — — Map (db m117456) HM |
| On East Sam Rayburn Drive (State Highway 56) at North Center Street (Highway 78), on the right when traveling west on East Sam Rayburn Drive. |
| |
(panel 1)
Born February 20, 1807 in South Carolina Studied at South Carolina College 1825-1827
On the staff of the Governor of South Carolina at the time of the Nullification Controversy 1832 to 1833 Practiced law at Pendleton, . . . — — Map (db m128658) HM WM |
| On East Farm Road 955, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Born in South Carolina in about 1787, James
Jeffres Ross was a member of the ""Old Three
Hundred." He arrived in Stephen F. Austin's colony
in late 1822 or early 1823, moving onto the league
granted him near Eagle Lake in Colorado . . . — — Map (db m22753) HM |
| Near Park Drive (State Highway 92 Spur) 0.3 miles west of U.S. 77, on the right when traveling west. |
| | In September 1848, the remains of Texans killed in the 1842 Dawson Massacre and the 1843 “Black Bean Death Lottery” were reburied at this site in a sandstone vault. The Kreische family did its best to care for the grave during their . . . — — Map (db m53218) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 155 at Anton Salas Loop, on the left when traveling north on Road 155. |
| | (obverse)
First ferry in present-day Fayette County. Established about 1824 at the crossing of the La Bahia Road by Jesse Burnam. After the Army of the Republic of Texas crossed on March 19, 1836, the ferry was destroyed by order of General . . . — — Map (db m53220) HM |
| On North Washington Street at West Colorado Street, on the left when traveling north on North Washington Street. |
| |
The Dawson Expedition
Under this historic oak on September 15, 1842, Capt. Nicholas Mosby Dawson organized his company of Fayette County mounted volunteers, who rushed to reinforce Col. Matthew Caldwell, after San Antonio was captured by . . . — — Map (db m53231) HM |
| On North Washington Street south of West Colorado Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| |
Erected
by the State of Texas
to the
memory of her defenders
Captain N. H. Dawson
and his command.
Who fell at the battle of Salado Texas
Sept. 18th, 1842. . . . — — Map (db m80829) HM WM |
| On Main Street (State Highway 237) at Live Oak Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street. |
| | Home of the Townsends, Hills and McH. Winburn, veterans of San Jacinto; Joel W. Robison, one of Santa Anna's captors; John Rice Jones, first postmaster general, Republic of Texas; and John C.C. Hill, boy captive of Mier Expedition and adopted by . . . — — Map (db m49728) HM |
| On State Highway 159 at Old College Road, on the right when traveling north on State Highway 159. |
| | Born in Martin County, N.C. Married Elizabeth Barksdale in Georgia, Oct. 6, 1808. Came to Texas 1835. In army in 1836, was sent by Gen. Houston to warn people in enemy's path. Settled here 1839. In 1840, enrolled eight children in Rutersville . . . — — Map (db m71582) HM |
| On South Main Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | When this county was created by the Texas legislature in 1876, it was named in honor of Dolphin Ward Floyd (1804-1836). A native of North Carolina, Floyd left his home in 1825 and arrived in Gonzales, Texas, about 1832. He married Esther Berry House . . . — — Map (db m104622) HM WM |
| On Houston Street at South 6th Street, on the right when traveling west on Houston Street. |
| | The Texas Spy Died Nov. 30, 1837 — — Map (db m158530) HM |
| On Houston Street at South 6th Street, on the right when traveling west on Houston Street. |
| | Most famous scout in Texas War for Independence. Obeyed Gen. Sam Houston's strategic order, then raised San Jacinto Battle Cry: "Fight for your lives! Vince's Bridge has been cut down."
A native of New York, Smith settled in 1821 in San . . . — — Map (db m126519) HM |
| On South 4th Street north of Morton Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Born in Maryland in 1798, Jane H. Wilkinson moved to Mississippi (1811) and became the ward of her famous relative, Gen. James Wilkinson, field commander of the United States Army. Jane married Dr. James Long in 1815 and later followed him on a . . . — — Map (db m126517) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 723 0.1 miles south of Farm to Market Road 359, on the left when traveling south. |
| | John Foster was born on May 25, 1757, in South Carolina to William James and Mary (Hill) Foster. Family history indicates he may have served with his brothers in Charleston against a British attack in June 1776. He married Rachel (Gibson), and . . . — — Map (db m156722) HM |
| On Jackson Street (Alternate U.S. 90) east of South 5th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar The Father of Education in Texas Born in Georgia August 16, 1798 Founded the Columbus Enquirer Came to Texas in 1836 He commanded the cavalry at the Battle of San Jacinto Served successively as Secretary of War, . . . — — Map (db m126864) HM |
| Near Commerce Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Burial place of illustrious pioneers, including 1838-1841 Republic of Texas President Mirabeau B. Lamar (1798-1859) and one of State's first women settlers, Jane Long (1798-1880), known as "The Mother of Texas."
On Labor No. 1 of Mexican land . . . — — Map (db m126485) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 723 0.1 miles south of Farm to Market Road 359, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Born in the Natchez District of Spanish West Florida on March 12, 1790, Randolph Foster was the son of John and Rachel (Gibson) Foster. After service in Captain Randal Jones' Company during the War of 1812, Randolph hunted and explored throughout . . . — — Map (db m156724) HM |
| On Preston Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m126487) HM |
| On Riverview Drive at Yandell Drive, on the left when traveling north on Riverview Drive. |
| | Where a part of the Mexican Army under command of General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna crossed the Brazos on April 14, 1836 en route to an engagement with the Texans This occurred one week later at San Jacinto
Erected by the State of . . . — — Map (db m158527) HM |
| On an unnamed cemetery road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Born in Virginia 1808, reared in Georgia. Fought in Texas War for Independence, 1836, under James W. Fannin at Refugio Mission. Captured at Goliad, was spared to repair guns for Mexican Army. Escaped during Battle of San Jacinto.
Settled in . . . — — Map (db m126526) HM |
| Near Commerce Street at North 3rd Street. |
| | This marker was dedicated January 27, 2001 on the 150th anniversary of Morton Lodge No. 72 A.F. & A.M. honoring the memory of William Morton, a Masonic brother who was one of the first settlers of Richmond. He acquired this labor of land (177 . . . — — Map (db m158448) HM |
| On Mustang Avenue at Herndon Drive, on the right when traveling east on Mustang Avenue. |
| | Born 1798 in Georgia. Came to Texas 1835. Became involved immediately in movement for independence from Mexico. Upon fall of the Alamo and news of Goliad Massacre, joined Texas Army as a private, as Houston moved eastward toward San Jacinto. . . . — — Map (db m126520) HM |
| Near 4th Street at City Hall Drive. |
| | Developed and Erected By The Rosenberg Sesquicentennial Committee Jill Beard & Margaret Gonzales Co-Chairmen
As a gift to the City of Rosenberg on the occasion of the Texas Sesquicentennial 1986
In grateful appreciation to those members . . . — — Map (db m158524) HM WM |
| On Dulles Avenue at Viking Lane, on the right when traveling south on Dulles Avenue. |
| | One of Stephen F. Austin's "Old 300," William J. Stafford (1764-1840), founded the settlement of Stafford's Point on the 6819.7-acre land grant he received in the winter of 1824. Bringing his family and slaves from his Louisiana sugar . . . — — Map (db m27781) HM |
| On Texas Route 37 at U.S. 67 on State Route 37. |
| |
Formed from Titus County
Created March 8, 1875
Organized April 30, 1875
Named in honor of
Benjamin C. Franklin
1805 – 1873
Hero of San Jacinto
District Judge of the
Republic of Texas.
Member of the . . . — — Map (db m119672) HM |
| Near Cemetery Road 0.5 miles west of South 3rd Street (State Highway 14). |
| | Born in Sunderland, England.
Came to America as Carpenter's Apprentice on a ship. Married Lucy Haggard, 1820, in Alabama. Came to Texas, 1832. Obtained land grant from Mexico 1835. In 1836 fought in Texas Revolution and in 1839 in Indian Wars. In . . . — — Map (db m158950) HM |
| Near 7th Street just south of Madison Avenue, on the left. Reported missing. |
| | Headquarters for Long's Expedition which attempted to free Texas from Spanish rule in 1819. Named in honor of Simon Bolivar (1783-1830), leader in the Spanish-American War for independence. Here Mrs. Long and a small group remained until news of her . . . — — Map (db m34880) HM |
| On Avenue O 1/2 at 29th Street, on the right when traveling west on Avenue O 1/2. |
| | Building in which in 1891 Misses Betty Ballinger and Hally Bryan founded the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, a society for historical preservation.
This Victorian structure was then library of "The Oaks," family home of the founders, who . . . — — Map (db m59424) HM |
| On 57th Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | A man of strong principle who carried a gun in one pocket and a Bible in the other, Burnet acted as a cohesive force in the chaotic days of early Texas independence, though his dour, quick-tempered disposition kept him from ever winning wide . . . — — Map (db m127628) HM |
| On Avenue K west of 40th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Born in Virginia. Captain of a
company at San Jacinto, 1836 and
in command of the Mier Expedition,
1842. Died in Galveston in 1845. — — Map (db m127598) HM |
| Near Avenue K west of 40th Street. |
| | A veteran of the War of 1812, David Ayers brought his family to Texas in 1833. On behalf of the American Bible Society, they distributed bibles to new settlers. Settling first in San Patricio, Ayers moved to Washington County, where he became a . . . — — Map (db m127585) HM |
| Near 20th Street 0.1 miles north of Wharf Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Dedicated to the
First Navy of the Republic of Texas
Established by Governor Henry Smith
November 25th, 1835
The Fleet
Brutus Independence
Liberty Invincible
Commemorating the heroism of its
personnel . . . — — Map (db m65031) HM WM |
| On Seawall Boulevard at Boddecker Drive, on the left when traveling east on Seawall Boulevard. |
| | The northeastern tip of Galveston Island has seen defense fortifications since the early 1800's. Crude Spanish and French forts (1816-1818) gave way to small sand forts and batteries constructed by the Republic of Texas from 1836 to 1844. In 1863 . . . — — Map (db m78508) HM |
| On Avenue M at 20th Street, on the right when traveling west on Avenue M. |
| | Built in 1886 to replace a house destroyed in the great Strand fire, this was the home of Robert Morris and Sarah Franklin. Robert Franklin (1839-1923) was the son of Benjamin C. Franklin, the Battle of San Jacinto veteran for whom Franklin County . . . — — Map (db m59423) HM |
| On Moody Avenue (21st Street) at Avenue G, on the right when traveling north on Moody Avenue (21st Street). |
| | Galveston Island, for centuries a crossroads for Indians, privateers, Spanish and French explorers, for a time was capital of the Republic of Texas. This was during the Texas War for Independence, when Santa Anna was making his 1836 invasion. On . . . — — Map (db m36130) HM |
| On Broadway at 7th Street, in the median on Broadway. |
| | Born in Massachusetts July 26. 1805. Came to Texas February 1836 as captain of a company of volunteers he had recruited in Kentucky and Ohio. Commanded the second regiment of volunteers at San Jacinto. First to sound the immortal war cry opening the . . . — — Map (db m49823) HM |
| Near Moody Avenue at Winnie Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Born into a prominent Nashville, Tennessee, family, George Campbell Childress attended Davidson Academy (later the University of Nashville). He was admitted to the bar in 1828, the same year he married Margaret Vance. She died in 1835, soon after . . . — — Map (db m50006) HM |
| On Avenue K west of 40th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m127601) HM |
| Near Avenue K west of 40th Street. |
| | Who served in the
Army of Texas, 1836
and was a member
of the Mier Expedition, 1842
Born in New York
June 23, 1815
Died July 2, 1870 — — Map (db m127602) HM |
| Near 40th Street at Avenue K, on the right when traveling south. |
| | A sea captain's son who became a sailor at the age of 14, Lent Munson Hitchcock left his native Connecticut and joined the Texas Navy about 1836. Seafaring duties brought him to Galveston in 1837 where he later served as harbor master, city . . . — — Map (db m50049) HM |
| On Avenue K west of 40th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | San Jacinto veteran. First
Mayor of Galveston. Born in
Kentucky. Died February 12, 1847 — — Map (db m127600) HM |
| On Avenue K east of 43rd Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Leon Dyer was born Feist Emanuel Heim (Haim) on Oct. 2, 1807 in Mayene, Germany, to John Maximilian and Isabella (Babette) Nachmann Dyer. The family immigrated to the U.S. around 1812 and settled in Baltimore where they began a meat packing . . . — — Map (db m127579) HM |
| Near Avenue K east of 43rd Street. |
| | A native of Canada, Michel B. Menard came to Texas in 1829. He lived in Nacogdoches and Liberty before settling in Galveston in 1833. He was one of the signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence in 1836, and later represented Galveston in the . . . — — Map (db m127531) HM |
| On Avenue K east of 43rd Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Nicholas Descomps Labadie was born in Canada in 1802. In Missouri, he trained for the priesthood and later changed to the study of medicine. In 1831, he moved to Texas, serving as post surgeon at Anahuac. He served in the Second Regiment of Texas . . . — — Map (db m127532) HM |
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