Houston ordered the town burned and started moving east. Below are photos of the location of the very first camp for the Texian Army approximately 10 miles east. The tree is known as the Sam Houston Tree.
Remember the Alamo, Remember Goliad
Saturday, March 11, 2017
Texas History
Today, March 11, 1836 General Sam Houston arrived in Gonzales to take command of what existed of the Texian Army. Thus began the great Runaway Scrape. Houston received word of the slaughter at the Alamo. On March 13, Susanna Dickinson, survivor of the battle at the Alamo and wife of Capt. Almaron Dickinson that died there at the Alamo gave her account personally to Houston.
Houston ordered the town burned and started moving east. Below are photos of the location of the very first camp for the Texian Army approximately 10 miles east. The tree is known as the Sam Houston Tree.
Remember the Alamo, Remember Goliad
Houston ordered the town burned and started moving east. Below are photos of the location of the very first camp for the Texian Army approximately 10 miles east. The tree is known as the Sam Houston Tree.
Remember the Alamo, Remember Goliad
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Lots of history down in that area, and the people remember!!!
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