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San Jacinto| River in southeastern Texas, USA; length 137 km/85 mi. It is formed by the West and East forks, which meet in Lake Houston, and joins Buffalo Bayou (the Houston Ship Channel) to enter Galveston Bay on the Gulf of Mexico. |
History Texas volunteers under US general Sam Houston defeated the Mexican army of Santa Anna on the banks of the river on 21 April 1836, securing the independence of the Republic of Texas. The battle is commemorated by the San Jacinto Battleground State Historical Park, on the south bank where the river and ship channel meet, east of downtown Houston; it is dominated by the San Jacinto Monument, a 174-m/570-ft obelisk. |
San Jacinto| City in southern California, in the San Jacinto Valley, southwest of the San Jacinto Mountains and 43 km/27 mi southeast of Riverside; population (1990) 16,200. It is a health resort, fruit producing centre, and growing residential community. |
| Nearby, to the east, are the Soboba Indian Reservation and Soboba Hot Springs. |
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