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Gonzales Memorial Museum, Gonzales, Texas. The Immortal 32 was a relief force of thirty-two Texian Militia from the Gonzales Ranger Company who reinforced the Texians under siege at the Alamo. [1] They are "immortalized" as the only unit to answer the To the People of Texas & All Americans in the World letter.
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 relief forces arrive on the Cibolo below Bexar. March 1 The Convention of 1836 of elected delegates convenes at Washington-on-the-Brazos. Thirty-two to sixty men from Gonzales of the "Gonzales Company of Mounted Volunteers" enter the Alamo at 1:00 A.M. March 2 Texas Declaration of Independence is signed and the Republic of Texas is ...
Hardin, Stephen L. (1994), Texian Iliad – A Military History of the Texas Revolution, Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, ISBN 0-292-73086-1, OCLC 29704011; Lack, Paul D. (1992). The Texas Revolutionary Experience: A Political and Social History 1835–1836. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 0-89096-497-1.
Conjectural replica at the Texas State Capitol showing spiked touch-hole Monument in Gonzales, Texas. In January 1831, Green DeWitt wrote to Ramón Músquiz, the top political official of Bexar, and requested armament for defense of the colony of Gonzales. This request was granted by supplying a Spanish made six-pounder bronze cannon on the ...
[3] East Avenue Primary (Grades 1-2) - From 2021 it will no longer be used for classes and instead will house the district headquarters and offices of curriculum and instruction, special services, and technology. [3] Gonzales Primary Academy (Grades PK-K) - From fall 2021 it will be preschool and early childhood special education only. [3]
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 ...