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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.
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.
[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]
March 10 Mexican General Andrade arrives at the Alamo in San Antonio. Edward Burleson at Gonzales is elected as an infantry colonel. March 11 Houston arrives, takes command and begins his retreat from Gonzales precipitating the Runaway Scrape. Houston orders Fannin to fall back from Goliad and to relocate at Victoria. General Sesma departs for ...
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 governor of Coahuila y Tejas, Agustín Viesca, refused to dissolve the legislature, instead ordering that the session reconvene in Béxar, further from the influence of the Mexican army. [12] Viesca was arrested before he reached Texas. [13] Citizens in the states of Oaxaca and Zacatecas took up arms. [10] Public opinion in Texas was ...
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 ...
The soldiers neared Gonzales on September 29, but the colonists used a variety of excuses to keep them from the town, while secretly sending messengers to request assistance from nearby communities. Within two days, up to 140 Texians gathered in Gonzales, all determined not to give up the cannon. On October 1, settlers voted to initiate a fight.