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Santa Anna is located in east central Coleman County. Three U.S. highways pass through the center of town. U.S. Route 283 leads south 44 miles (71 km) to Brady, U.S. Route 67 leads west 39 miles (63 km) to Ballinger, while U.S. Route 84 and US 283 together lead northwest 9 miles (14 km) to Coleman, the county seat, and US 67 and 84 together lead east 21 miles (34 km) to Brownwood.
James Austin Sylvester (1807-1882) was the Texian soldier who captured Antonio López de Santa Anna on April 22, 1836, the day after the Battle of San Jacinto. Santa Anna's capture [ edit ]
Santa Anna, Starr County, Texas. ... Santa Anna is a census-designated place (CDP) in Starr County, Texas, United States. This was a new CDP for the 2010 census, with ...
Santa Anna had been captured by Texans. Many wanted him hanged as just vengeance for the murder of comrades and family during the battles at Alamo and Goliad, but Sam Houston spared his life and extracted a promise from Santa Anna that Mexican troops would be removed from Texas. [1] Santa Anna persuaded Burnet that if he were allowed to return ...
Texas newspapers, 1813-1939: A union list of newspaper files available in offices of publishers, libraries, and a number of private collections. Houston. {}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ; John Melton Wallace (1966), Gaceta to Gazette: A Check List of Texas Newspapers, 1813-1846; G. Thomas Tanselle (1971). "General Studies: Texas".
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He and his brother, H.F. Mayes, [3] founded one of the earliest newspaper chains, owning Texas papers in Brady, Stephenville, Santa Anna, May, Ballinger and Dalhart. [12] The Brownwood Bulletin was the first newspaper in Texas to not be officially linked to the state Democratic party, instead opting to be independently Democratic (supportive of ...
News of Santa Anna's defeat and capture reaches Santa Anna's second-in-command, General Vicente Filisola. April 25 All Mexican troops in Texas (2,573 men) assemble at Elizabeth Powell 's Tavern near Old Fort , including General José de Urrea 's troops, where in a council of war headed by Filisola, they agree to withdraw south of the Colorado ...