| Marker Number |
11263 |
| Atlas Number |
5313011263 |
| Marker Title |
Site of Trinidad |
| Index Entry |
Trinidad, Site of |
| Address |
SH 21 |
| City |
Midway |
| County |
Madison |
| UTM Zone |
15 |
| UTM Easting |
241520 |
| UTM Northing |
3440337 |
| Subject Codes |
forts; land surveys, land companies, promotional towns; ghost towns |
| Marker Year |
1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
from Midway, take SH 21 about 3.5 mi. east to marker on south side of road |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
1936 Texas Centennial highway marker (gray granite) |
| Marker Text |
Later known as Spanish Bluff A fort and town as early as 1805 Captured by the Magee-Gutierrez Expedition in October, 1812. Near here the survivors of the Battle of the Medina were executed in 1813. Inhabitants of the town were butchered by order of the Spanish commander and the town desolated. Erected by the State of Texas 1936 |
