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Gonzales is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, with a population of 7,165 at the 2020 census. [6] It is the county seat of Gonzales County. [7] The "Come and Take It" incident, the ride of the Immortal 32 into the Alamo, and the Runaway Scrape after the fall of the Alamo, all integral events in the War for Texas Independence from Mexico, originated in Gonzales.
1840 Gonzales men join the Battle of Plum Creek against Buffalo Hump and his Comanches. 1850 Gonzales College is founded by slave-owning planters, and is the first institution in Texas to confer A.B. degrees on women. 1853 The Gonzales Inquirer begins publication. [16] 1860 County population is 8,059, including 3,168 slaves. 1861
The Gonzales County Courthouse is located in Gonzales, capital of the county of the same name in the U.S. state of Texas. It was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1966 [2] and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. [3] It is the second building to serve as the county courthouse. The first burned on ...
Location of Gonzales County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Gonzales County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Gonzales County, Texas. There are three districts and nine individual properties listed on ...
James Tumlinson, Jr. signed for receipt of the six-pounder cannon on March 10, 1831, in Bexar. [ 7 ] At the minor skirmish in 1835 known as the Battle of Gonzales —the first land battle of the Texas Revolution against Mexico—a small group of Texians successfully resisted the Mexican forces who had orders from Colonel Domingo de Ugartechea ...
Volunteers from San Felipe de Austin who had been organized under Captain John Bird on March 5 to reinforce the men at the Alamo [72] had been en route to San Antonio de Béxar on March 13 when approximately 10 miles (16 km) east of Gonzales they encountered fleeing citizens and a courier from Sam Houston. Told of the Alamo's fall, Bird's men ...
Gonzales Independent School District is a public school district based in Gonzales, Texas . Located in Gonzales County , a small portion of the district extends into Caldwell County . The school district was recently engaged in a scandal over the use of prison jumpsuits as a way to combat violators of their dress codes.
The first of Cortez's trials began on July 24, 1901, in Gonzales, Texas. [13] Though many Mexicans were vocal about and attended the trial in Gonzales, the jury consisted of eleven Anglo-Americans and one African-American. At Gonzales, "a gallery full of lawmen filled the courtroom" [14] and wanted to see Cortez sentenced