1903 Monument - First Shot Monuments Historic District - Cost, TX
Posted by: WalksfarTX
N 29° 27.130 W 097° 31.545
14R E 642970 N 3258987
The 1903 monument is set in front of a flagpole on a raised island defined by a low two- and three-course stone curb.
Waymark Code: WMZCWR
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/21/2018
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Texas Historic Site Atlas
The 1903 gray granite monument is set on a short limestone base. The monument is approximately 2-feet square in plan, and three feet high. The stone is rough-faced, with a smooth inscribed panel on its south face, which reads:
HERE WAS FIRED
THE FIRST GUN
FOR TEXAS INDEPENDENCE
OCT. 2, 1835
ERECTED BY THE
CHILDREN OF GONZALES
CITY SCHOOLS
APR. 21, 1903