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 El Camino Real -- Site of Battle of Fredonia, SH 21 east of San Augustine TX
N 31° 31.606 W 094° 04.704
15R E 397616 N 3488486
The state historical marker at the site of the Battle of Fredonia, along the SH 21/El Camino Real
Waymark Code: WMXGDN
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/09/2018
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This replacement marker is located in a highway pullout east of San Augustine on the SH 21, which follows the route of El Camino Real.
The text of the marker reads as follows:
"SITE OF THE BATTLE OF FREDONIA
Climax of first Anglo-American rebellion in East Texas. In 1826 colonizer Hayden Edwards defied expulsion orders of Mexico and founded Republic of Fredonia - raising flag of "Independence, Liberty and Justice." When Ayish Bayou settlers refused to join, he ordered their banishment. Fredonians, from log fort at this site, were ordered to take Ayish Bayou on Jan. 21, 1827. That day, however, without a shot, Stephen Prather's nine Anglos and sixty native Americans took the fort and 200 soldiers. At news of this, Edwards fled to the U.S., ending the Fredonia Rebellion. (1966)
Marker is property of the state of Texas"
Road of Trail Name: El Camino Real / Old San Antonio Road
State: Texas
County: San Augustine
Historical Significance:
The El Camino Real opened LA, TX, and the southwest to exploration and conquest by the Spanish Government. It led directly to the establishment of the Spanish Empire in this part of the New World.
Years in use: 1691-present (as TX SH 21)
How you discovered it:
Learned about it in Texas History courses
Book on Wagon Road or Trial:
From Saltillo, Mexico to San Antonio and East Texas (Paperback) – Unabridged, April 26, 2016
by Joseph P Sanchez (Author), Bruce A Erickson (Author)
and
El Camino Real de los Tejas (Images of America) Paperback – October 20, 2014
By Steven Gonzales (Author), Mary Joy Graham (Author), Dr. Lucile Estell (Author)
Website Explination:
https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/exo04
Why?:
exploration, conquest, colonization, trade, immigration
Directions:
SH 21 east of San Augustine TX
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Visit Instructions:
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