Gonzales. If you get the chance it's worth a quick trip. But first things first. EVERYONE stops here, whether you need to or not.
This place is legendary. Only one complaint, there is no place to sit and eat the food you get, has to be done in your car.
They have more gas pumps than you have ever seen, there are more on the other side too. The BBQ is pretty dang good too. Way more things inside for you to spend your dollars on. The ladies love this part of it, not to mention they are famous for their bathrooms. You just 'gotta go' in them. This place was packed.
On to the good stuff. The real 'Come and Take It' cannon.
This is what started it all. They (Mexico) wanted this cannon back they gave to the settlement of Gonzales for protection against Indians. It was hidden, buried for 100 years and then two young boys found it after a flood had uncovered it. There is much more to that story than I planned to go into. It was found again in 1936 (centennial year of the Revolution).
Size leaves me confused as to what real good this thing was for. The bore is 1 inch approximately.
Hope you can see the names. These are the Texians that prevented Mexican Troops from taking it and buying more time to rally the Texians to arms. The statue appropriately faces South to meet the the coming threat from Mexico.
More memorials to the Texas Revolution. You find these on the town plaza across from the court house.
Tomorrow, more pics of various things around this great little town.
Happy Trails
2 comments:
Buc-ee's has become a destination in itself.
I think the cannon was used to fire grapeshot. One inch bore makes it a pretty wicked shotgun, especially against the massed troops of the time.
yes it has
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