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Gonzales

Town in Ascension Parish, southeast Louisiana; population (1990) 7,000. It is located 32 km/20 mi southeast of Baton Rouge. Oil wells and sugar and truck farming sustain its economy.

Gonzales

Town and administrative headquarters of Gonzales County, southeast Texas; population (1990) 6,500. It is situated on the Guadalupe River, 98 km/61 mi east of San Antonio. Settled in 1825, it was the scene, on 2 October 1835, of the first fighting in the Texas Revolution, when residents and supporters drove off a small Mexican force. It later contributed ‘32 immortals’ to the defence of the Alamo. It is today an agricultural trade centre with some light manufactures.



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Now, here, Roderigo Gonzales Michael Angelo, I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger, but I am not going to have my feelings lacerated by any such caterwauling as that.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
My companions were Mariano Gonzales, who had formerly accompanied me in Chile, and an "arriero," with his ten mules and a "madrina.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
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