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FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE-REGULAR SESSION. 39
GOLIAD STATE PARK.
S. B. No. 156.] CHAPTER 31.
An Act to provide for acquiring and acceptance of title from Goliad
County and the City of Goliad to certain lots and blocks of land, being
parts of the Four League Grant from the State of Coahuila and Texas
to the Town of Goliad; and providing for fencing, beautifying and
improving said land, the same to be designated by name as "Goliad
State Park"; and declaring an emergency.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas:
SECTION 1. That, whereas, it has been the policy of the State
of Texas to acquire title to, beautify and preserve important
historic spots where occurred most memorable events leading
to the consummation of Texas Independence; and, whereas, of
the supreme trinity in historical setting of Texas-the Alamo,
Goliad and San Jacinto-the AXamo building and some adjoining
property and the San Jacinto Battle Ground have become
State property, and are now suitably preserved in commemoration
of heroic deeds there enacted; and, whereas, the approaching
centennial of Texas Independence should witness State ownership
of the environs of Goliad which contributed to the cry
of victory at San Jacinto: "REMEMBER GOLIAD, REMEMBER
THE ALAMO"; and, whereas, the Commissioners' Court of
Goliad County and the Board of Commissioners of the City of
Goliad, jointly, have purchased for the purpose of tendering to
the State of Texas for park purposes 207 acres of land, being
Farm Lots 33, 34, 35, 36 and part of 12, Range 3, of the Four
League Grant to the Town of Goliad-the 207 acre tract above
described occupying a horse shoe bend on the North side of San
Antonio River directly across the river from LaBahia Mission,
and containing the fort yard walls and remains of buildings of
Mission Espiritu Sancto de Zuniga, and, whereas, certain lots
and blocks of old LaBahia Town Survey within said Four League
Grant to Goliad, beginning on the San Antonio River abutting
the 207 acre tract above described, and extending to the walls
and fort yard of LaBahia Mission, have reverted to the county
and State for non-payment of taxes and can be acquired for park
purposes without cost to the State; and, whereas, the land here
described is worthy of commemoration and preservation because
it embraces the Espiritu Sancto de Zuniga Mission (established
contemporaneously with LaBahia) where occurred the last encounter
of Colonel Fannin's troops with the Mexicans on the
day before Colonel Fannin's retreat from LaBahia, the ford on
San Antonio River crossed by Colonel Fannin on his retreat, the
environs of LaBahia where occurred the massacre of Colonel
Fannin and his command of about 300 men on March 27, 1836;
and, whereas, the park site here tendered to the State is further
worthy of commemoration and preservation because Espiritu
Sancto de Zuniga and LaBahia Missions furnished the stage for
those earlier exploits of Magee and Guiterrez in 1812; of Long in
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1929-1931 [Volume 27], book, 1931; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth16362/m1/485/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .