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	Refugio Texas.
		The "Battle of Refugio" took place in 1836 and nearly everyone abandoned the town.
		The St. Louis, Brownsville and and Mexico Railroad came to Refugio County in 1902 and the town paid $30,000 to insure that they weren't bypassed.
		The mid 20s saw 933 people in Refugio and by 1930 there were just over 2,000.
	www.texasescapes.com /TexasGulfCoastTowns/RefugioTexas.htm (191 words)

	Encyclopedia: Battle of the Alamo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Battle of the Alamo was a 19th Century battle between the Republic of Mexico and the rebel Texian forces during the Texas Revolution.
		The Battle of the Alamo was a battle between Mexican and Texian forces during the Texas Revolution that took place at the Alamo mission in San Antonio in February and March of 1836.
		The Battle of Gonzales was a skirmish that took place on October 2, 1835, in the Texas town of Gonzales between the Texian settlers and a detachment of Mexican army.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Battle-of-the-Alamo (1273 words)

	Refugio County
		Refugio County is on the lower Gulf Coast in the Coastal Prairies region, bounded on the south by San Patricio County, on the west by Bee and Goliad counties, on the north by Victoria and Calhoun counties, and on the east by Aransas County and by Hynes and Copano bays.
		Refugio County is joined to the rest of Texas by U.S. Highway 77, which runs southwesterly across the western part of the county, and by State Highway 35, which runs north to south across the eastern section of the area.
		After independence Refugio was organized as one of the thirteen original counties of the Republic of Texas, with the town of Refugio as the county seat.
	www.gwrra-txw.org /triplog/texascourthouses/refugio.html (3486 words)

	Facts about topic: (Battle of the Alamo) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		San Antonio de Bexar was one of his intermediate objectives; his ultimate objective was to capture the Texas government and restore the rule of the central or "Centralist" Mexican government over a rebellious state.
		After the battle of the Alamo, the company flag was captured and sent to Mexico City as proof of U. envolvement.
		Seguin was elected to the Texas Senate in 1838 and became mayor of San Antonio in 1840.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/battle_of_the_alamo.htm (2245 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		Refugio County (O-18) is on the lower Gulf Coast in the Coastal Prairies region, bounded on the south by San Patricio County, on the west by Bee and Goliad counties, on the north by Victoria and Calhoun counties, and on the east by Aransas County and by Hynes and Copano bays.
		Refugio County is joined to the rest of Texas by U.S. Highway 77, which runs southwesterly across the western part of the county, and by State Highway 35, which runs north to south across the eastern section of the area.
		Refugio County lost much of its coastland during the 1870s when the county was divided after a political dispute between coastal and inland residents.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/RR/hcr7.html (3558 words)

	Battle of Refugio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Battle of Refugio 12-15 March 1836, Refugio, Texas- Mexican Gen. José Urrea (1795-1849) and 1500 Centralist soldiers fought with Amon B. King and 28 American volunteers Lt. Col.
		King found that the Centralist force in the area was greater than imagined and asked Fannin to send help while he took refuge in the old mission at Refugio.
		The arrival of Ward at Refugio initiated a conflict over command between the two officers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Refugio (334 words)

	Presidio La Bahia - Battle Of Coleto Creek
		The battle of Coleto, the culmination of the Goliad Campaign of 1836, occurred near Coleto Creek in Goliad County on March 19 and 20, 1836.
		Originally called "the battle of the prairie" and "la batalla del encinal [oak grove] del Perdido [Creek]," it was one of the most significant engagements of the Texas Revolution.
		William Ward and the Georgia Battalion, defeated in the battle of Refugio, were close enough to hear the Coleto gunfire during their retreat to Victoria, but were exhausted and hungry.
	www.presidiolabahia.org /coleto.htm (2797 words)

	Texas Revolution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The conclusion of the war resulted in the creation of the Republic of Texas, a nation that teetered between collapse and invasion from Mexico until it was annexed by the United States of America in 1845.
		As the Mexican insurgents and the filibusters fought their battle in New Spain, the Panic of 1819 plunged the United States into a major depression that would last many years.
		Thus the battle was jocularly dubbed The Grass Fight.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Texas_Revolution (6189 words)

	Goliad Campaign - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Goliad Campaign was a series of 19th century battles that took place in the Mexican state of Texas in 1836, which ultimately led to the Goliad massacre.
		Meanwhile, Mexican forces under Urrea were quickly reaching Goliad and defeated three Texian forces at the Battle of San Patricio on February 27, 1836, the Battle of Agua Dulce on March 2, 1836, and the Battle of Refugio on March 12, 1836.
		Urrea, meanwhile, heard of their presence and marched a flying column of 300 Mexican troops to Refugio, hoping to overtake the Texans.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Goliad_massacre (973 words)

	Refugio, Texas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Henry Doyle, a native of Ireland was authorized to construct a chapel at the Mission or Refugio.
		King's men in Refugio were left to rot and were re-discovered by Refugians after their bones were found after people began to settle again in the area.
		He returned to Refugio and as a result of his popularity, and considering it was only 10 days before the city election, he was appointed as a representative with a 268 to 68 margin win.
	www.accd.edu /pac/history/rhines/StudentProjects/2001/Refugio/SmallTownResearchProject.htm (3519 words)

	Military Engagements Of The Texas Revolution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		By putting all known insurgent combatants to the sword, he was enforcing his government's decree declaring that there would be "no quarter" for men he and his supporters considered "land pirates." He meant the battle to be not just a military victory but warning to all to cease their resistance to the Centralist government.
		One of the most common misconceptions surrounding the battle is that by their stubborn defense that the men of the Alamo were able to buy Sam Houston time to build his army.
		Fannin and others who had been wounded at the Battle of Coleto Creek and were unable to march out with the rest of the command were killed inside the presidio.
	www.thealamo.org /engagements.html (3463 words)

	Battle of Coleto Creek
		Originally called "the battle of the prairie" and "la batalla del encinal [oak grove] del Perdido [Creek]," it was one of the most significant engagements of the Texas Revolution.
		The battle, however, cannot properly be considered as isolated from the series of errors and misfortunes that preceded it, errors for which the Texas commander, James W. Fannin, Jr., was ultimately responsible.
		William Ward and the Georgia Battalion, defeated in the battle of Refugio, were close enough to hear the Coleto gunfire during their retreat to Victoria, but were exhausted and hungry.
	threepdr.tripod.com (2190 words)

	Battle Of Coleto Creek
		The plan was to meet with members of the Clara Driscoll Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas (DRT) at a restaurant in the town of Refugio, then drive to presidio La Bahia to watch the reenactment of the
		The battle resulted in Fannin's men being captured and taken to presidio La Bahia where they were held for a week, then they were massacred by order of General Santa Anna.
		The following photos are from the reenactment of the battle of Coleto Creek.
	www.taliesyn.com /ralph/coleto.htm (633 words)

	Chapter 11 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		On the night of March 5, 1836, Santa Anna's trained troops had arrived and his army was in place for battle ordering the battle to begin at dawn the next day.
		Suzanna Dickinson, her daughter Angelina, and Travis's slave were allowed to leave San Antonio to spread word of the disaster at the Alamo.
		The loss of lives at San Patricio, Refugio, and Victoria was a severe blow to the chances of the Texans to halt the Mexican invasion.
	www.allenisd.org /facstaff2.nsf/Pages/F054B6D65CE1165286256B04006E4102 (1649 words)

	Refugio, Texas Historical Tour
		The marble monument which graces King's Park in downtown Refugio was erected by the State of Texas in memory of Capt. Amon B. King and other Texas soldiers killed in action or captured and afterwards slain as a result of the fighting at Refugio during the Texas War for Independence from Mexico.
		This heroic and bloody chapter of the county's past, which occurred March l4th-l6th, l836, is known to historians as The Battle of Refugio.
		The permanent exhibits trace the history of the area, from the establishment of the Spanish Mission to the immigration of Irish settlers; and the impact of ranching and oil after 1929.
	www.refugiocountytx.org /history (871 words)

	Timeline of the Texas Revolution - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		1832 June 26 -- Battle of Velasco results in the first casualties of the developing Texas Revolution.
		1836 March 6 -- Battle of the Alamo: approximately 190 Texians, led by William B. Travis, are besieged in San Antonio by the Mexican army under Santa Anna.
		1836 March 14 -- Battle of Refugio Texan troops commanded by William Ward and Amos King are attacked by Mexicans under General Jose de Urrea.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Timeline_of_the_Texas_Revolution (769 words)

	Bio, Teran, Refugio T.
		Refugio Teran, left, sits on a couch as his wife, Anna Bertha Teran, looks at a photo of their son, Staff Sgt. Refugio Thomas Teran, whose remains were recently discovered in Vietnam and returned to the United States.
		Not Anna and Refugio Teran, who, when their children were growing up, always insisted that the sleep-overs be at their house, so they could keep an eye on everyone.
		Refugio Thomas Teran will be buried with full military honors Friday, April 19, in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
	www.pownetwork.org /bios/t/t051.htm (2319 words)

	History of the Goliad Massacre (March 1836) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		At Refugio on March 15, 1836, Urrea was again confronted with the duty of complying with the fatal decree of December 30.
		On March 22 William Ward, who with Amon B. King had been defeated in the battle of Refugio, surrendered near Dimitt's Landing on the terms accorded Fannin, and he and about eighty of his men of the Georgia Battalion were added to the Goliad prisoners on March 25.
		Urrea, in compliance with his promise, wrote to Santa Anna from Guadalupe Victoria, informing him that Fannin and his men were prisoners of war "at the disposal of the Supreme Mexican Government" and recommending clemency; but he reported nothing in his letter of the terms that Fannin and his men had drafted for their surrender.
	www.forttumbleweed.com /goliad.html (3302 words)

	Time for online dating Refugio?
		There are 2,270 adults in Refugio and 40.6% of them are unmarried.
		Every person from Refugio who becomes a member of this dating service fills in a revealing psychometric questionnaire put together by the University of London's psychologist Dr Glenn Wilson.
		That means that when you go looking for someone who meets your 'specification', you will be shown precisely how right every person might be for you.
	www.online-dating-sites.com /texas/refugio.html (167 words)

	Refugio County (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Refugio County narrowly missed becoming part of the first American colony, and parts of the original Refugio County were actually explored and trod by the Father of Texas.
		Two years later, three citizens of Refugio were to play an important role in the Texas Revolution.
		The Battle of Refugio of March 12-15, 1836, with its massacre of Captain Amon B. King and his men, became the harbinger of the same fate that befell Fannin shortly afterwards at Goliad.
	www.texasindependencetrail.org /refugio_county.htm (566 words)

	Battle of the Alamo - The HelpFox tells all he knows about Battle of the Alamo. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Battle of the Alamo - The HelpFox tells all he knows about Battle of the Alamo.
		Travis was able to dispatch riders before the battle and as late as
		In addition, Henry Wornell (sometimes spelled Warnell in early accounts) was reportedly able to escape the battle, but died from his wounds three months later.
	battle-of-the-alamo.helpfox.com /?t=Battle+of+the+Alamo (2107 words)

	Fort Tours \| Historic Road Trips (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		During the battle, the Cherokees had to fall back and hold a council as their difficulties penetrating the fortress that concealed the Tehuacanas were beginning to sting of defeat.
		Upon his victory at Refugio, Urrea and his remaining men piled their dead comrades into a ditch 4 feet by 4 feet, making a pile as high as 20 cords of wood, according to one witness.
		At the Battle of Coleto, Fannin and his men negotiated the terms of their surrender, and they were taken back to the fort to be held prisoner.
	www.forttours.com /pages/drives.asp (13158 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Texas
		Irish settlements near Refugio and San Patricio on the Nueces River (1828 and 1829).
		In the official documents regulating the laying-out of colonial towns provision is always made for the site of a church and priest's house on one of the public squares, though of course most of these colonists were Protestant.
		The Irish settlements, largely Catholic, made near Refugio and on the Nueces River, San Patricio, were served by priests, one of whom, Father Henry Doyle (1830), is mentioned by non-Catholic historians.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/14543a.htm (8602 words)

	March Timeline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		1836 The Battle of Agua Dulce Creek was fought.
		1840 The Council House Fight, a battle between the Comanches and Texans, occurred.
		1813 The Battle of Rosalis was fought near the junction of Salado Creek and the San Antonio River.
	www.btinternet.com /~dkw57/mar.html (1042 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		and twenty-eight men to Refugio to help the families besieged there escape to Goliad, knowing that their destination lay in the path by which the main Mexican force under Urrea was expected daily.
		Though the battle of Refugio is one of the less-known engagements of the Texas Revolution, its consequences are significant.
		This prevented their rejoining Fannin, thereby delaying Fannin's retreat to Victoria-a delay that contributed to his defeat at the Coleto and resulted as well in the Texas misfortune in the battle of Refugio and the execution of King's men.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/RR/qer1.html (808 words)

	Massacre at Goliad
		About March 10th, the notorious Lewis T. Ayers then residing at The Mission, as Refugio was then called by all Texans, sent an urgent request to Colonel Fannin to send guards to remove his, Ayers, family.
		By the Texians it was called "Fannin's Fight," "The Battle of the Prairie" or Battle of or at Coleto Creek.
		Thus were events leading to the Battle of Coleto Creek ending with the capture and subsequent massacre of Fannin's command.
	www.tamu.edu /ccbn/dewitt/goliadmassacre.htm (4425 words)

	Goliad Massacre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Citizens of Refugio, the next town in Urrea's path, were slow to evacuate.
		Like the defenders at the Battle of the Alamo who died only three weeks earlier, the men of Goliad served as martyrs for the remaining forces in Houston's army.
		Inspired by cries of "Remember Goliad" and "Remember the Alamo," the outnumbered Texans won one of history's most decisive victories at the Battle of San Jacinto.
	www.lsjunction.com /events/goliad_m.htm (511 words)

	Battle on Mt. Etna (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Behind him, a mere mile away, a thundering fl volcanic cone belched flaming boulders and slabs of molten rock.
		It swept through the middle of Refugio Sapienza, smothered a road, destroyed a warehouse, a restaurant, and a shop.
		It attacked the cable car lift that ran from Sapienza to the top of the mountain, melting its cables and gobbling up three of its pylons.
	www.tomgidwitz.com /main/etna.htm (1423 words)

	April, 2004, Week 1
		Tue Apr 6, 4:50 PM ET The last time the battle of the Alamo was fought on the big screen, John Wayne played Davy Crockett, the old fort seemed to be garrisoned exclusively by white men in coonskin caps, and myth trumped history at every turn.
		Though not as salient as the battle of the Alamo,qv the massacre immeasurably garnered support for the cause against Mexico both within Texas and in the United States, thus contributing greatly to the Texan victory at the battle of San Jacintoqv and sustaining the independence of the Republic of Texas.
		On March 22 William Ward,qv who with Amon B. King had been defeated in the battle of Refugio, surrendered near Dimitt's Landingqv on the terms accorded Fannin, and he and about eighty of his men of the Georgia Battalionqv were added to the Goliad prisoners on March 25.
	www.rglobal.net /user/padagge/April_2004_Week_1.htm (7179 words)

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