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LANDMARKS OF TEXAS
erected in 1900 through a gift of $50,000 from
Henry Rosenberg, is noteworthy. Fort Bank-
head was established as a Confederate fort.
No trace. Fort Crockett established by U.S.
Army in 1897, was sold in 1957. Named for
Davy Crockett. Fort Herbert, Confederate
post. No traces. Fort Magruder, Galveston
Island, Confederate post. No remains.
Fort San Jacinto, on east end of Galveston
Island. Present buildings constructed in 1898,
but the establishment had its beginning in
1836. Named in honor of the Battle of San Ja-
cinto. Fort Travis, originally Fort Bolivar
Point, built 1836; later named for William
B. Travis. Abandoned in 1844. Second Fort
Travis, built in 1898 on site of old Confeder-
ate fort, Fort Green. Located on Bolivar
Peninsula at mouth of Galveston Bay. At 2513
Avenue N is Ursuline Convent, built 1847 by
nuns from New Orleans; oldest Catholic
school in city. Monument dedicated to First
Navy of Texas Republic is at Galveston. Old
Tucker home (originally Samuel Williams
home), 36th at Avenue P, over 120 years old;
built 1840s by Samuel Williams and bought by
Phillip C. Tucker in 1859. Lewis,Powhattan
House (hotel), Turner Hall (Albert house),
Wolston, John Sealy, Brown, Rosenberg,
Chambers, Valery Austin, Maison Rouge,
Bartlett Moore, Kempner, Open Gates (built
by George Sealy), Ashton Villa, Moody, Ball
and Cherry were notable homes in Galves-
ton area. St. Mary's Cathedral built in 1847,
oldest church in Galveston and third oldest
church in Southwest. Marker at Avenue P
and 39th Street, Galveston, o site of Thomas
Henry Borden home. At Avenue.0 and 35th
Street Is site of home of Gali Borden Jr. He
lived here when he discovered process for
condensing milk. At 1603 33rd Street is site
of home of Michel Branamour Menard, found-
er of City of Galveston. Eight miles west of
Galveston Is site of Lafitte's Grove; fort and
settlement established here 1817; Battle of
Three Trees fought here between Lafitte's
men and Karankawa Indians, February, 1821;
fort abandoned and burned in 1821 by Lafitte
after departure ordered by U.S. Government.
Site marked in 1936. Near Port Bolivar is site
of Point Bolivar, headquarters of Long's ex-
pedition which attempted to free Texas in
1819; named for Simon Bolivar; lighthouse
erected here by Republic of Texas; site
marked 1936. Other notable homes include:
Willard Richardson, 2208 Avenue M: Seins-
heimer, 2425 Avenue K; Heidenheimer's Cas-
tle, 1602 Avenue I Girardeau, 1605 Broadway.
The Bishop's Castle, built in 1891 for $250,000,
chosen in 1957 as only Texas home among 100
outstanding architecturally in U.S. Owned by
Catholic Church.
GARZA: Old C. W. Post home located 615
W. Main and main building of Postex Mills
on Mill Road; both sites in city limits of
Post. Post City Sanitarium, 117 N. Avenue
M, constructed 1912, marked with historical
medallion.
GILLESPIE: The Vereins Kirche, recon-
structed from the original structure of the
German colonists, stands in a park in Fred-
ericksburg, where Catholic church and many
commercial and residential structures have
historic significance. The Sunday Houses were
formerly used by ranchmen and farmers as
weekend residences In Fredericksburg. The
John O. Meusebach Memorial honors one of
the leaders of early German immigration.
Twenty-four miles north of Fredericksburg is
Lange's Mill, established in 1849 by Doss
Brothers. William F. Lange operated the
mill, 1859-1878. and Julius Lange operated it
from 1878 to 1888. On cliffs nearby are Indian
pictographs. Fort Martin Scott, at Fredericks-
burg, established Dec. 5, 1848, by U.S. Army.
Named for Lt. Col. Martin Scott, Fifth United
States Infantry, who distinguished himself atthe Battle of Monterrey, Mexico. Abandoned
1866. Used as late as 1874 by Texas Rangers
under McCulloch. Camp Davis, established
in March, 1862, as station for Frontier Regi-
ment. Abandoned upon consolidation of regi-
ment at Fort Belknap in March, 1864. Near
Fredericksburg is Mormon Graveyard, all
that remains of once-prosperous Mormon
settlement of 1847, called Zodiac. Colony
moved in 1851 after flood destroyed its mill
on Pedernales River. Cemetery visited an-
nually by delegation from Mormon Church at
Salt Lake City, Utah, which cares for graves.
Enchanted Rock on Gillesple-Llano County
line is where in fall of 1841, Capt. John C.
Hays, surrounded by Comanche Indians, re-
pulsed band and inflicted such heavy losses
that they fled. Peter Tatsch house with great
outdoor chimney over century old, is located
in Fredericksburg. At Fredericksburg is site
of old post office built about 1850; Staudt-
Sunday house, built about 1850; and the site
of the following old homes, all built about
1850; Dietz, Foerster, Kammlah, Pfeil. Old
Nimitz Hotel, formerly built on lines of a
ship, though remodeled into modern structure,
is landmark. Three miles north of Fredericks-
burg, on F-M Road 985, is Balanced Rock.
Pioneer Museum on Main Street. Cross Moun-
tain, site of first cross placed by early mis-
sionaries in Central Texas.
GOLIAD: At San Jacinto the charging
Texans cried, "Remember the Alamo, Re-
member Goliad," and thus the three events-
San Jacinto, the Alamo and Goliad-have be-
come forever linked in the mind of the patri-
otic Texan. At Goliad the state established
the Goliad State Park many years ago. This
was improved during the Centennial year pro-
gram, and, in addition, there was erected a
Goliad Memorial Auditorium and stadium.
Here; too, is the Goliad monument of Texas
granite, inscribed with the names of those
who were killed at Goliad, March 27, 1836. -n-
nual observance held. Mission de Nuestra
Senora del Espiritu Santo de Zuniga and
Presidio Nuestra Senora de Loreto de la
Bahia established near Fort Saint Louis in
1772; moved to Guadalupe River near Vic-
toria in 1726; moved to present location at
Goliad in 1749. The chapel of the presidio has
the Shrine of Nuestra Senora de Loreto de la
Bahia, unchanged since it was first con-
structed nearly 200 years ago. Presidio also
known as Fort Defiance. Still used as church,
open weekdays to visitors. Zuniga Mission has
been restored and is open to visitors. Adja-
cent to La Bahia is birthplace of Gen. Ignacio
Zaragoza, hero of Battle of Puebla, May 5,
1862. Annual observance held. Four miles
west of Goliad on HIghway 59 are ruins of
Mission Nuestra Senora del Rosario, estab-
lished in 1754 for the Cujane and Karankawa
Indians. Rosario Mission used as non-mission
school for families of soldiers and settlers in
1818; buildings of old mission leased by Rev.
John Hillyer for a girls' school 1848 and used
by Presbytery of Western Texas for more
than 21 years as Aranama College. Begin-
ning in 1852, Payne Female Institute was con-
ducted in Goliad, 1852-1885. City park has
monument to Col. Fannin and his men, erect-
ed in April, 1885, guarded by two cannons;
famous "Hanging Tree" on courthouse lawn;
old Masonic Temple still in use. South Texas
Presbytery Camp Aranama located tWo miles
from Goliad.
GONZALES: Settled by Anglo-Americans
during the Spanish era, Gonzales abounds in
naies related to early Texas history, build-
ings and monuments of historic interest. It is
often called the "Lexington of Texas," be-
cause the first battle of the Texas Revolution
was there. A monument marks the site of this
first shot. In 1936, the Gonzales Museum and
Amphitheater was built. An interior plaque
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