Details for The Guadalupe River
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5187002300
Data
| Marker Number | 2300 |
| Atlas Number | 5187002300 |
| Marker Title | The Guadalupe River |
| Index Entry | Guadalupe River, The |
| Address | 600 River Drive W. |
| City | Seguin |
| County | Guadalupe |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 599655 |
| UTM Northing | 3269522 |
| Subject Codes | exploration and expeditions; Spanish immigrants/immigration; Spanish Texas; water topics |
| Marker Year | 1969 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Max Starcke Park, N bank of the Guadalupe River near the Bowl Pavilion |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | One of the earliest explored rivers in Texas. Named for Our Lady of Guadalupe by Spaniard Alonso de Leon in 1689. During 1691-1693, Domingo Teran de Los Rios, Spanish Governor of Texas, maintained a colony on the Guadalupe. In early Anglo-American settlement, 30 or 40 families located along its bank, which formed a boundary of the Power-Hewetson Irish Colony. Near the mouth of the river, historic Victoria was founded, and 60 miles above was Gonzales, where the first shot for Texas freedom was fired, Oct. 2, 1835. The Guadalupe is 250 miles long. (1969) |