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 Fort Lipantitlan
N 27° 58.022 W 097° 50.004
14R E 614741 N 3094098
The plate style state historical marker for Fort Lipantitlan, down a couple of dusty Nueces County roads near Sandia, Texas
Waymark Code: WM15M5P
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/20/2022
Views: 4
One of two state historical markers at this location, this historical marker is obviously intended as a more complete story of Fort Lipantitlan than the 1936 gray granite monument that stands literally a foot away.
These markers are located out in the South Texas scrubby brush at the corner of FM 70 and NCR 58 near Banquete TX. Bring water and wear your long pants.
Marker Number: 18022
Marker Text:
In 1728 a Spanish fort was built at this site near a Lipan Apache village with the Aztec name "Lipantitlan." The post was later abandoned, and the village was deserted after many Indians died with the Gutierrez-Magee Expedition at the Battle of Medina, Aug. 18, 1813.
Garrisoned again about 1831 by Mexican troops as a deterrent to further Anglo-American colonization, Fort Lipantitlan was then a simple earthen embankment surrounding unfinished barracks. In 1835 the soldiers borrowed a cannon from the settlers in nearby San Patricio, foreshadowing a similar incident at Gonzales which led to the skirmish of Oct. 2, 1835, and sparked the Texas Revolution. Late in Oct. 1835, Capt. Philip Dimitt, commander of Texas forces at Goliad, dispatched a company under Ira Westover to take Fort Lipantitlan. Westover captured the fortification on Nov. 3 and the next day stopped a Mexican counterattack led by Capt. Nicolas Rodriguez. Although not decisive, the battle boosted the Texans' morale.
On June 7, 1842, Fort Lipantitlan was successfully defended by an army of volunteers under Gen. James Davis against an attack by Gen. Antonio Canales and his "Republic of the Rio Grande" forces. After that battle, the post was abandoned and soon crumbled into ruin.
(1976)
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