Goliad County
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WalksfarTX
N 28° 38.723 W 097° 26.402
14R E 652466 N 3169692
1936 Pink County Marker with a 1965 plaque.
Waymark Code: WMYB87
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/24/2018
Views: 3
West of Goliad in a roadside park along US-59, the Texas emblem is missing from the front.
Marker Number: 2203
Marker Text:
First known to Spanish settlers as Nuestra Senora de Loreto, later called La Bahia del Espiritu Santo.
Established as a mission in 1749. Became a strategic fort under Spanish, Mexican, Texas occupancy, 1810-1821, 1835-1836.
Name changed to Goliad and created a Mexican municipality in 1829. Scene of massacre of Fannin and his command in 1836.
Organized as a county, 1836, with town of Goliad as the county seat.
Home of Confederate General Hamilton P. Bee. From population of 3,384 county sent several army companies to the Civil War.
(1965)
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