Details for At the Forks of the Agua Dulce

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5355000093

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Marker Number 93
Atlas Number 5355000093
Marker Title At the Forks of the Agua Dulce
Index Entry Agua Dulce, Forks of the
Address CR 93
City Banquete
County Nueces
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 612988
UTM Northing 3079830
Subject Codes Texas Revolution, Republic of Texas; military topics
Marker Year 1936
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location Near CR 93 on private property. Map dot approximate.
Private Property Yes
Marker Condition
Marker Size 1936 Texas Centennial - monument (pink granite and bronze)
Marker Text At the forks of the Agua Dulce fifteen miles southwest of San Patricio fell Dr. James Grant, Major Robert C. Morris, Captain Thomas Lewellen, Dr. Charles P. Heartt, Stephen Dennison, J.T. Howard, Joseph Smith Johnston, H. Obed Marshall, John C. McLanglin, J.W. Wentworth, Stephen Winship, and two or three other Texan volunteers who were killed in a running fight with General Jose Urrea's Mexican Cavalry March 2, 1836. Erected by the State of Texas 1936

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