Indian Fort, Site of
Gonzales, Gonzales County, Texas
Marker Inscription
An Indian raid July 2, 1826, left one Gonzales settler dead, another shot, homes plundered. Settlers fled to Burnham Station on the Colorado, or moved to Lavaca River. In 1827 DeWitt's Colonist were ordered back here. On this lot they built a fort for security.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
An Indian raid on July 2, 1826, left one Gonzales settler dead and another wounded and sent the frightened colonists fleeing to Burnham's Station on the Colorado River or to the Lavaca. In 1827, Green DeWitt's colonists were ordered back to reestablish the settlement, and on this lot they built a fort for protection. It was a small but telling episode in the struggle to hold the Texas frontier.
Why it matters
The fort marks the precarious early days of Anglo colonization in Mexican Texas, when survival depended on banding together against the dangers of the frontier.
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