First Shot Monuments Historic District - Cost, Texas - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

The First Shot Monuments Historic District is in the unincorporated community of Cost, Texas, approximately seven miles southwest of the Gonzales County seat of Gonzales. The district consists of two small parks connected by State Spur 95, a 1.1-mile-long state highway running between State Highway 97 and Stevens Creek, approximately 500 feet south of its confluence with the Guadalupe River. The southern roadside park is a triangular 2-acre parcel bounded on the south by Highway 97, featuring a large sculpted granite and bronze bas-relief monument dedicated in 1937 to commemorate the “First Shot” of the Texas revolution in 1835. The north park is an irregular 3-acre parcel featuring a small granite monument dedicated to the same event in 1903. Completed in 1937, the asphalt 2-lane road connecting the parks gently winds through its rural setting. The district overall retains a high degree of integrity.