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Goliad

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Goliad

Small town and administrative headquarters of Goliad County, south Texas; population (1990) 1,900. It is situated near to the San Antonio River, 137 km/85 mi southeast of San Antonio. It is a farming and ranching centre. Goliad also produces some oil and gas.

The town is located on the site of an Aranama American Indian village. In 1749 the Spanish built mission and presidio (fort) to protect it; together they were called La Bahía. The presidio was occupied for a short time by Texans in 1812 and by Mississippians in 1821. During the Texas Revolution (1835-36), control of the presidio alternated between Texas and Mexico. When Texan troops eventually surrendered, they were executed in the ‘Goliad Massacre’, making ‘Remember Goliad!’ as important a battle cry as ‘Remember the Alamo!’ Goliad State Historic Park preserves the mission and presidio.



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Ten years later, the legend continues, Bull exacted his revenge on Americans by massacring the prisoners at Goliad and sacking the Alamo in an attempt to quell the Texan rebellion, but the crypto-Kentuckian's spree was short-lived, for he was soon captured at the Battle of San Jacinto.
The ethnic in the canon; or, on finding Santa Anna's wooden leg by Aleman, Jesse / MELUS
Two days earlier, Travis had dispatched James Bonham, a childhood friend from South Carolina, to Goliad in search of help.
Remembering the Alamo: vastly outnumbered and with no hope of relief, ... by Grigg, William Norman / The New American
If you were to venture to Goliad State Historical Park near San Antonio, you would find artifacts from the early Mission Period, including two sand molds that were used by early settlers for casting metal.
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