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Texas Independence War Topic
By Bill Kirchner, October 25, 2012
Andrews County Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On Eunice Highway (State Highway 176) 0.3 miles east of County Road 7001, on the right when traveling west. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m61419) HM |
| Near Hagy Drive 0.1 miles east of Charlotte Avenue, on the left when traveling east. |
| | John Fagan
Soldier in the Texas
War for Independence
at Goliad, 1835-1836 — — Map (db m53825) HM |
| Near Hagy Drive 0.1 miles east of Charlotte Avenue, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Irish immigrant James W. Byrne (1787 – 1865), a veteran of the Texas Revolution, was an early settler of this area. He established the town of Lamar and with his wife Harriet, sold land on Aransas Bay to the Catholic Church for a chapel site. . . . — — Map (db m53717) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1333 at Curvier Road, on the left when traveling south on Route 1333. |
| | This land had once been allocated in the 1700s as a ranch for Mission San Jose in San Antonio (20 mi. N), but in the 1820s was left unsettled. In 1828 prominent San Antonio resident Jose Antonio Navarro (1795-1871) beseeched the Governor of the . . . — — Map (db m111187) HM |
| On West Main Street (State Highway 36) at Nelsonville Road (State Highway 159), in the median on West Main Street. |
| | A part of the grant to
Stephen F. Austin in 1821
Created a municipality under the
Mexican government in 1828
Became a county of the
Republic of Texas, March 17, 1836
Named in honor of
Stephen Fuller Austin, 1793-1836
Pioneer . . . — — Map (db m125601) HM |
| On South Masonic Street at West Lewis Street, on the left when traveling north on South Masonic Street. |
| | The heritage of Bellville Methodist Church dates to 1822, when Thomas B. Bell came to Texas from Florida with Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred colonists. He settled in an area west of the Brazos River, and donated fifty acres of land . . . — — Map (db m157592) HM |
| On SH 159 (State Highway 159) at Hofheinz Road, on the left when traveling west on SH 159. |
| | In Jan. 1831 Charles Fordtran, a German of Huguenot descent, joined the colony of Stephen F. Austin. His first work was to survey land for Austin's partner, Samuel May Williams. He was given a league (4,428.4 acres) as his fee. Soon he brought in . . . — — Map (db m146168) HM |
| Near Farm to Market 1458 0.2 miles from 2nd Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Near this site stood
A Town Hall
Built about 1830
in which were held
the First and Second Conventions
of Texas, 1832 and 1833,
and the Consultation of 1835
the provisional government functioned
here until March 2, 1836, when . . . — — Map (db m43759) HM |
| On Farm to Market 1458 0.2 miles north of 2nd Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | During the mid-1820's, When Stephen F. Austin was founding this town, the only roads in the area were wagon ruts or beaten trails marked by notched trees. Within a decade, however, the village of San Felipe, one of the first Anglo settlements in . . . — — Map (db m43718) HM |
| Near Farm to Market 1458 0.2 miles north of 2nd Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Built by John Crutcher in 1847 on the Plaza de Commercio in San Felipe, this was the last store built in the town after its 1836 burning by military order. Purchased in 1867 by Dr. J.J. Josey, it was in continuous operation as a store until 1942. . . . — — Map (db m43760) HM |
| Near Farm to Market 1458 0.2 miles north of 2nd Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | In memory of
John Bricker
a private in Captain Mosley Bakers
company, who was killed just
across the river from this site
April 7th 1836 by a shot from a
Mexican cannon, and was buried
where he fell. He was born in
Cumberland . . . — — Map (db m43758) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1458 0.2 miles north of Interstate 10, on the right when traveling north. |
| | First Anglo-American capital of Texas. Came into being on July 26, 1828, as capital of the Austin Colony, by decree of the Mexican government. Father of Texas Stephen F. Austin had begun under the 1821 grant from Mexico the settlement of more than . . . — — Map (db m116924) HM |
| On Farm to Market 1458 0.2 miles from 2nd Street, on the left when traveling north. Reported missing. |
| | Replica of
Stephen F. Austin's Cabin
This structure is a replica of the only Texas home of Stephen F. Austin, “Father of Texas.” The chimney contains bricks from original (1828) cabin. Other materials were made as . . . — — Map (db m156552) HM |
| On 36th Division Memorial Highway (State Highway 36) at Johnston Road, on the right when traveling south on 36th Division Memorial Highway. |
| | As a young man Martin Allen assisted his father, Benjamin, in surveying roads in their native state of Kentucky. He married Elizabeth Vice in 1804 and by 1810 they and their three children were living in Louisiana.
Martin joined the . . . — — Map (db m61299) HM |
| On Pecan Street north of Walnut Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Chosen commissary by
General Andrew Jackson, War of 1812
Edward Burleson, his son,
accompanied him as book-keeper
Participated in
the Battle of New Orleans
January 8, 1815
Served under
his son, Edward, Army of Texas,
in the Grass . . . — — Map (db m111111) HM |
| On Loop State Highway 150 at Park Road 1, on the right when traveling west on State Highway 150. |
| | Long before white men arrived, this region was inhabited by Tonkawa and Comanche Indians. In 1691 the first Spanish explorers crossed this territory en route to east Texas. From their route, parts of “El Camino Real” (the King's . . . — — Map (db m126751) HM |
| On Park Road 1-A 0.6 miles east of Loop Texas Highway 150 when traveling east. |
| | Erected in recognition of the
distinguished service to Texas of
Felipe Entrique Neri,
Baron De Bastrop
1770 - 1829
Pioneer Red River empresario. Land commissioner of Austin's colony. Member of the Congress of Coahuila and Texas. In . . . — — Map (db m111113) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 20 0.1 miles north of Humble Lane (County Highway 232), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Early land grantee in this area. Of Dutch descent, he was born in Virginia. Came to Texas (then part of Mexico) in 1831 as a colonist of Stephen F. Austin, the "Father of Texas."
Received a Spanish league of land (4,444 acres) here. Active in . . . — — Map (db m118406) HM |
| On Walnut Street at Hill Street, on the right when traveling west on Walnut Street. |
| | Thomas H. Mays was born in 1802 in Virginia and emigrated to Texas from Tennessee in 1830. In 1834, he became Bastrop's first municipal surveyor and platted the city's new streets. Two years later, he was wounded in the leg at the Battle of San . . . — — Map (db m65221) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 969 0.2 miles west of Upper Elgin River Road (County Route 127), on the right when traveling east. |
| | Signer of the Texas
Declaration of Independence
Aide-de-camp to Gen. Houston at
San Jacinto
Commander of a regiment of Rangers
1836-37
Here his widow
Mrs. Elizabeth Coleman
and son, Albert V. Coleman
were killed by Indians
and . . . — — Map (db m82688) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 2571 at Young School House Road (County Road 280), on the right when traveling west on Road 2571. |
| | Maryland native Stephen Scallorn (1787-1887) lived in Kentucky and Tennessee, where he practiced medicine and was active in the Primitive Baptist Church, before moving to Texas. He was attracted to the Republic by the favorable accounts of his . . . — — Map (db m160302) HM |
| On U.S. 59, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Named by the Spaniards about 1800 because of its midway position between the San Antonio and Nueces Rivers. Rises in Karnes County; empties into Mission River. Crossed by explorers, padres, soldiers, settlers who traveled on three early ox-cart . . . — — Map (db m32271) HM |
| On East Avenue E east of South Penelope Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Widow of William Hardin
before her marriage to
Dr. O.P. Kelton
Many of the Mexican officers
and men were placed in the
care of Judge and Mrs. Hardin
after the victory at San Jacinto
and were mercifully treated by them.
Born August . . . — — Map (db m152194) HM |
| Near North Main Street (State Highway 317) north of East 15th Avenue, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Texas revolutionary veteran and local merchant Norman Austin made important contributions to his adopted state. Born in Skaneateles, New York, he was the fifth son of a large family and traveled widely throughout his life. He farmed in Michigan and . . . — — Map (db m152240) HM |
| On Mesquite Rd 0.1 miles north of Shanklin Road. |
| | A native of South Carolina, Wilson Van Dyke served as a member of the Somervell Expedition, which was organized in 1842 to expel the Mexican Army from Texas. Under command of Col. W.S. Fisher, he crossed the Rio Grande and was captured. A survivor . . . — — Map (db m29382) HM |
| On Market Street at Losoya Street/Alamo Street, on the left when traveling east on Market Street. |
| | Texas Revolution - 1836
Spanish-American War - 1898
Cuban Occupation - 1898
Mexican Border Serivce - 1916
World War I - 1918
World War II 1940-1945
Campaigns
Naples-Foggia Anzio
Rome-Arno Southern France
Ardennes Alsace . . . — — Map (db m32656) HM |
| Near Alamo Plaza 0.1 miles south of East Houston Street. |
| | As the granddaughter of Lorenzo de Zavala (1789-1836), first vice-president of the Republic of Texas, young Adina de Zavala was exposed to vivid accounts of Texas' revolutionary and republican past. She became a guiding force in the preservation . . . — — Map (db m61083) HM |
| On East Commerce Street east of South Alamo Street. |
| | On this spot bodies of heroes slain at the Alamo were burned on a funeral pyre. Fragments of the bodies were afterward buried here. This tablet is the gift of relatives of Green B. Jemision and of other friends.
Second Marker
The De . . . — — Map (db m30589) HM |
| On Alamo Plaza, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Mission San Antonio de Valero, established nearby in 1718, was relocated here in 1724. By 1762, the mission plaza was enclosed by thick stone and adobe walls. The 11x14-foot main gateway was located at this site along the south wall. In 1803 . . . — — Map (db m30713) HM |
| On Villita Street at King Philip Alley, on the right when traveling west on Villita Street. |
| |
In this place
General Cos
signed articles capitulating
to the Texans who under
Milam and Johnson
took San Antonio Dec. 9, 1835. — — Map (db m82889) HM |
| On Dolorosa at Military Plaza, on the right when traveling north on Dolorosa. |
| | The administrative government of Bexar County, besides being the oldest in Texas, is distinguished by having served under nine governments. The community served under Spanish rule from May, 1718, until January, 1811, when it was taken over by the . . . — — Map (db m53972) HM |
| On E. Commerce Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | A descendant of early Texas colonists, including a veteran of San Jacinto, Clara Driscoll was born in Refugio County and grew up as a wealthy rancher's daughter. In 1903, soon after returning from school in Europe, she learned that the Long . . . — — Map (db m30130) HM |
| |
Title to the Alamo Mission property,
acquired through her efforts and
her personal fortune, was conveyed by
Clara Driscoll
to the State of Texas, Sept. 5th 1905:
“That the sacred shrine be saved from the
encroachments of . . . — — Map (db m30734) HM |
| On Main Plaza just north of West Market Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Here stood the early Court House, City Council Room, etc., and where occurred the Indian Massacre in 1840, and where the Court was captured in 1842. De Zavala Daughters of the Heroes of Texas. 1924. — — Map (db m142413) HM |
| On Austin Highway (State Highway 368) at Corrine Drive, on the right when traveling south on Austin Highway. |
| | Dawson
Massacre Memorial
September 18, 1842
Erected by Alamo Mission Chapter
Daughters of The Republic of Texas — — Map (db m85982) WM |
| | The San Antonio de Padua Mission was founded in San Antonio in 1716 by the Franciscan Father, Antonio Olivares, and after merging with the San Francisco Solano Mission in 1718, it was officially founded as the San Antonio de Valero Mission. The . . . — — Map (db m9228) HM |
| |
Erected in grateful recognition of
the supreme act of heroism of the
thirty two men from Gonzales
who gave their lives in the Alamo
in response to the appeal of Travis.
Erected March 1, 1936 — — Map (db m30777) HM |
| Near East Houston Street at 3rd Street. |
| | This oak tree planted in the spring of 1965 in memory of the Heroes of the Alamo. Presented by the First Officers' Training Camp Association of Texas, Leon Springs, Texas, May 8...August 15, 1917. Roster of First Campers filed in Alamo Library. — — Map (db m30599) HM |
| |
To the Memory of
The Heroes of the Alamo
[Poem in Chinese follows]
Japanese Monument
The story of the Alamo reaches far beyond the borders of Texas. More than 2.6 million visitors from around the world came to the Alamo in 1996. The . . . — — Map (db m30779) HM |
| On King Philip Alley at East Nueva Street, on the right when traveling north on King Philip Alley. |
| | Great early San Antonio leader, a native of North Carolina. Moved to Illinois, then to Missouri, where he was sheriff of Rawls County in 1824. Came to Texas with Green DeWitt in 1826 and settled at Gonzales.
Smith moved to San Antonio in 1828 . . . — — Map (db m82880) HM |
| On Dolorosa at Plaza de Armas, on the right when traveling east on Dolorosa. |
| | One of two native Texans who signed Declaration of Independence and helped found Republic of Texas.
Ruiz, born in San Antonio, son of a wealthy rancher, was educated in Spain. Upon returning home, he was appointed school teacher by order of the . . . — — Map (db m130094) HM |
| On South Alamo Street at Villita Street, on the right when traveling south on South Alamo Street. |
| | La Villita, “The Little Village”, settled about 1722 as “The Town of the Alamo". Here General Martin de Perfecto Cos signed the Articles of Capitulation to Texians December 11, 1835 and General Santa Anna's artillery battery . . . — — Map (db m82886) HM |
| |
Commandancy of the Alamo,
Bexar, Feby. 24th, 1836-
To the people of Texas & all Americans in the world--
Fellow citizens and compatriots
I am besieged, by a thousand or more of the Mexicans and Santa Anna - I have sustained a . . . — — Map (db m78329) HM |
| Near Alamo Plaza north of East Crockett Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| |
Legend states that in 1836 Lt. Col. William Barret Travis unsheathed his sword and
drew a line on this ground before his battle-weary men stating: “Those prepared to
give their lives in Freedoms cause, come over to me!” — — Map (db m123951) HM |
| On Dwyer Avenue at Kallison Walk, on the right when traveling north on Dwyer Avenue. |
| | During the Main Plaza renovation in 2007, archaeologists discovered remnants of a military fortification underneath this street. This entrenchment would have been part of San Antonio's defense against attacks during the turbulent revolutionary . . . — — Map (db m30214) HM |
| On Alamo Plaza, on the right when traveling north. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m30821) HM |
| On West Nueva Street east of South Main Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| |
Born in San Antonio; descendant of Frenchman who settled in Mexico before 1714. Always a civic leader, helped found first public school in San Antonio, 1812.
Went (1821) with Juan M. Veramendi to escort Austin Colony leaders to Bexar, and . . . — — Map (db m118112) HM |
| On East Commerce Street at Soledad Street, on the right when traveling west on East Commerce Street. |
| |
Here 56 Texans gathered in home of Samuel A. Maverick, Sept. 11, 1842, to defend city in surprise attack of 1800 Mexicans under Gen. Adrian Woll. Maverick and 52 others were captured and marched to Perote in southern Mexico. On March 30, 1843, . . . — — Map (db m118096) HM |
| |
The remains of the Alamo Heroes
are entombed in the chapel at the
left-hand side of the entrance to
this cathedral
Visitors Welcome — — Map (db m30343) HM |
| On North Alamo Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | A native of South Carolina; came to San Antonio in 1835; was guide for Ben Mailam and other leaders in first attack on San Antonio by Texas Army, Dec. 1835. As Bexar Delegate, Maverick signed Texas declaration of Independence at . . . — — Map (db m30608) HM |
| On Soledad Street at East Houston Street, on the right when traveling south on Soledad Street. |
| |
Erected on this site in 1734 for prominent Bexar citizens Geronimo and Javiera Cantu de la Garza, the de la Garza family home was designed by Geronimo's brother-in-law Pedro Flores Valdez. The complex occupied an entire city block and was crafted . . . — — Map (db m118527) HM |
| |
This tree dedicated in honor of
the soldiers of the War of 1812
who fought for Texas liberty
March 16, 1935 — — Map (db m30735) HM |
| |
In commemoration of the
150th Anniversary of Texas Independence
and in honor of the
Tennessee Volunteers
who gave their lives at the Alamo
on March 6, 1836
the Citizens of Tennessee
present this Tennessee Homecoming Tree and Plaque . . . — — Map (db m30775) HM |
| | This is the Long Barrack, the oldest building in San Antonio. It was built in 1724 as a convento or residence for priests and was originally part of the Mission San Antonio de Valero, now known as the Alamo. Since then it has been used as a . . . — — Map (db m30743) HM |
| Near Alamo Plaza at East Crockett Street. |
| |
The Alamo
Mission San Antonio de Valero - famed as The Alamo - founded 1718 by Spanish Missionaries. Secularized 1793. Garrison for Spanish Cavalry and Flying Company of San Carlos de Parras y Alamo. Between February 23 and March 6, 1836, . . . — — Map (db m156704) HM |
| On Alamo Plaza at Houston Street, on the right when traveling north on Alamo Plaza. |
| |
In memory of the heroes who sacrificed
their lives at the Alamo, March 6, 1836,
in the defense of Texas.
“They chose never to surrender nor retreat.
These brave hearts, with flag still
proudly waving, perished in the flames
of . . . — — Map (db m30709) HM |
| | Corrals for cattle and horses occupied this space during the famous 1836 Siege and Battle of the Alamo. Small fortifications provided cover for the Texans during the siege. The structures shown in the illustration are (left to right) the church, the . . . — — Map (db m30714) HM |
| | The church of former Mission San Antonio de Valero had been converted into a powder magazine and artillery platform by the Mexican Army in the autumn of 1835 during the Siege of B้xar. Following the capture of the town in early December 1835, Texan . . . — — Map (db m30736) HM |
| On Alamo Plaza, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The fortress known to history as “The Alamo” was originally built by the Spanish in the 18th Century. Named Mission San Antonio de Valero by Franciscan officials, the mission occupied this site from 1724 until it was closed in 1793. The . . . — — Map (db m30824) HM |
| On Crockett Street at Alamo Plaza, on the right when traveling west on Crockett Street. |
| | One of the weakest points of the fortified former mission was an open space between the old church and the Low Barrack. During the Siege of B้xar, Mexican troops constructed a palisade, or double log-wall, to close the exposed area. The Texans . . . — — Map (db m30857) HM |
| On Holbrook Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Decisive in Texas history, was fought here, September 18, 1842. Col. Mathew Caldwell and Capt. John C. Hays, commanding a force of Texas volunteers, opposed the Mexican Army under General Adrian Woll that had captured San Antonio, and with the loss . . . — — Map (db m128119) HM |
| On Market Street at West Main Plaza, on the left when traveling east on Market Street. |
| | On site chosen July 2, 1731, for "government houses" by people of San Fernando de Bexar, including newly-arrived settlers from the Canary Islands. Structure, erected 1742, had to be rebuilt in 1779 by Don Jose Antonio Curbelo, alcalde of the Villa . . . — — Map (db m20332) HM |
| On Austin Highway (State Highway 368) at Corrine Drive, on the right when traveling south on Austin Highway. |
| | Occurred in this vicinity on September 18, 1842 when Captain Nicholas Mosby Dawson and 53 men from La Grange, in attempting to join Captain Mathew Caldwell (Old Paint) and his company of Texas volunteers during the Battle of the Salado, were . . . — — Map (db m85981) HM |
| On Dwyer Avenue at Kallison Walk, on the right when traveling north on Dwyer Avenue. |
| | First of four major engagements of the War for Texas Independence, this sanguinary battle ended a siege of six weeks. The assault began at dawn, Dec. 5. 300 volunteers (Texans, Mexicans, and Americans) under Cols. Frank W. Johnson and Benjamin R. . . . — — Map (db m30211) HM |
| On Commerce Street at Main Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Commerce Street. |
| | Mexicos last invasion of the Republic of Texas alarmed San Antonio on Sept. 11, 1842, when Gen. Adrian Woll and 1300 troops struck the city from the west.
Awakened by booming cannon, 56 Texians (including judge, jurors, and citizens in town to . . . — — Map (db m30325) HM |
| On River Walk at W. Crockett Street on River Walk. |
| | An old legend describes this twin cypress as a lookout of a Mexican sniper who picked off the Texans as they came to the river for water. — — Map (db m119152) HM |
| On James Bowie Drive 0.1 miles east of North McCoy Boulevard (Texas Highway 8), on the right when traveling east. |
| |
Named for James Bowie (1799-1836), who fought for Texas freedom from 1819, when he joined the Long Expedition, to 1836 — when he died in defense of the Alamo.
Inhabited before 1800 by agricultural Indians, charted 1819 for . . . — — Map (db m96141) HM |
| 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 Terแn 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 |
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