Details for The Battle of the Salado
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5029000335
Data
| Marker Number | 335 |
| Atlas Number | 5029000335 |
| Marker Title | The Battle of the Salado |
| Index Entry | Battle of the Salado |
| Address | Holbrook Rd. |
| City | San Antonio |
| County | Bexar |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 556430 |
| UTM Northing | 3262198 |
| Subject Codes | military topics |
| Marker Year | 1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Holbrook Rd., E side, 0.2 mi. N of Rittiman Rd. Marker reported vandalized 5.8.21. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 1936 Texas Centennial - historical marker |
| Marker Text | Decisive in Texas history, was fought here September 18, 1842. Col. Mathew Caldwell and Capt. John C. Hays, commanding a force of Texas volunteers, opposed the Mexican Army under General Adrian Woll that had captured San Antonio, and with the loss of only one man, checked the last Mexican invasion of Texas and thereby prevented the capture of Austin, capital of the Republic of Texas. Erected by the State of Texas 1936 |