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Climax of first Anglo-American rebellion in East Texas. In 1826, colonizer Hayden Edwards defied the expulsion order of Mexico and founded the Republic of Fredonia - raising flag of "Independence, Liberty and Justice." When Ayish Bayou settlers refused to join, he ordered their banishment. Fredonians, from the log fort at this site, were ordered to take Ayish Bayou on January 21, 1827. That day, however, without a shot, Stephen Prather's nine Anglos and sixty Native Americans took the fort and 200 soldiers. At news of this, Edwards fled to the U.S., ending the Fredonia Rebellion. (1966) |
