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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMTT_santa-annas-surrender-ratified_Goliad-TX.html
Gen. Vicente Filasola, Second in Command of Mexican armies in Texas War for Independence, fled from area of his nation's defeat at San Jacinto, April 21, 1836. Filasola's aim was to go to Mexico with his army.
After he had passed through Golia…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMT8_goliad_Goliad-TX.html
One of the three first Texas municipalities. Old Aranama Indian village called Santa Dorotea by the Spanish. Presidio La Bahia and Mission Espiritu de Zuniga established 1749. Here early events leading to the Texas Revolution were expeditions of M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMSJ_goliad-tornado-of-1902_Goliad-TX.html
A cyclone, considered one of the two most disastrous in Texas history, struck Goliad on Sunday, May 18, 1902. The twister touched down on the south side of the San Antonio River at 3:35 p.m. Sounding like a heavily loaded freight train, the storm …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMSH_the-hanging-tree_Goliad-TX.html
Site for court sessions at various times from 1846 to 1870. Capital sentences called for by the courts were carried out immediately, by means of a rope and a convenient limb.
Hangings not called for by regular courts occurred here during the 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMRM_dennis-m-o-connor-public-library_Refugio-TX.html
Dennis Martin O'Connor, II, was born October 31, 1906, into a South Texas pioneer family, being the eldest son of Thomas and Kathryn Stoner O'Connor. He was the great-grandson of Thomas O'Connor, who emigrated from Ireland with the Power-Hewetson …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMRL_the-church-la-iglesia_San-Antonio-TX.html
"The church...is a large, beautiful gallery of three vaults with a very pretty cupola...for its size and good taste, it could be the parish church of a great town."Fr. Juan Agust?n de Morfi, 1777-78
The church was central to the mission communi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMRG_amon-b-king_Refugio-TX.html
In the early morning of March 14,1836, twenty eight Texans under Captain Amon B. King separated from Col. William Ward's command in the mission church and late that day in a wood on the west bank of Mission River a half mile below the town fought …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMRE_rose-window-ventana-de-rosa_San-Antonio-TX.html
No one knows why this intricate carving is now called "the Rose Window." Possibly dedicated to Saint Rose, its baroque beauty is entangled in many San Antonio legends that whisper of its mystery.
The artistry lavished on the church wall facing …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMRA_the-convento-el-convento_San-Antonio-TX.html
"From this roof one can hunt without risk, in comfort and with good success. I saw so many ducks, geese, and cranes in a nearby field that, as I said, they covered the ground, and so close to the house that it would be impossible to miss the shot.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMQF_john-and-virginia-linney-house_Refugio-TX.html
John Filmore Linney (1853-1924) and his wife Virginia (Lum) Linney (1854-1946), were both members of pioneer Texas families. His father, Col.John Linney had this house built for the couple in 1876, just two years after their marriage. John F. and …