Goliad Flag handcrafted-american-flagsOne week after the first shot of the Texas Revolution was fired at Gonzales, Texans led by George Collinsworth and Ben Milam took the offensive and captured the important Mexican fortress at Goliad. In Spanish these forts were called presidios, and they were originally built to protect a nearby settlement or missionary outpost. More than two months before elected delegates from throughout Texas met at Washington on the Brazos and voted to break from
Oil derricks on this map mark the location of wildcat wells across the state
while an enormous amount of growth blossomed in southeast Texas
This original Republic of Texas document certified that the named individual was entitled to buy one League and one Labor of Texas land
the Fort Worth & Denver City as well as the Kansas City
became one of the most prominent American map publishers of the time working with well-known engravers to create cartographic treasures such as this detailed map of an Independent Texas
An explanation in the bottom right corner describing the cartographic symbols notes that the capitals of countries are marked – Austin
and Sam Houston and Stephen F
which was organized in 1841 and was one of the original Land Grants given to the various Texas Empresarios
which included most of eastern New Mexico and the Texas panhandle
who was later appointed as the first Senior Captain and as Commodore of the Texas Navy
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and most battalions were tasked with guarding the wide open lands of the young state that were difficult to defend again free roaming Comanche and Apache as well as bandits and criminals hiding in the swamps on the Louisiana border
