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	Goliad County Chamber of Commerce - The History of Goliad, Texas
		Goliad is one of the oldest municipalities in Texas.
		Goliad is a phonetic anagram of Hidalgo, the name of the priest who became a hero during the Mexican Revolution.
		One of Goliad's most endearing legends was also born of the heroism associated with the massacre here--that of the Angel of Goliad.
	www.goliadcc.org /history.htm (0 words)

	Goliad County
		Goliad, one of the oldest settlements in Texas, is the county seat and largest town.
		Goliad County, one of the original counties of Texas, was established in 1836, organized in 1837, and named for the vast Mexican Municipality of Goliad.
		Goliad during the republic was described by one resident as "a `wild, recky, Indiany looking place'...full of lawless men [who] would throw the rawhide on to [anyone] in a way that was a pity and a caution." Indian raids were frequently perpetrated, especially by Lipan Apaches, Comanches, and Karankawas.
	www.gwrra-txw.org /triplog/texascourthouses/goliad.html (4768 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Goliad massacre (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Colonel Fannin had chosen to keep his troops at Goliad mainly because it had a fort from which he believed it would be easier to fight than out in the open, and because by occupying Goliad, he could ensure that Santa Anna could not draw supplies overland from the Gulf of Mexico.
		The outcome of the Goliad Campaign is generally credited to two factors: First, the strategies of Colonel Fannin and General Urrea: Fannin divided his forces, hesitated several times and improvised his strategy on the spot, while Urrea had a clear objective, pursued the Texans vigorously and organised his own forces quickly.
		The Goliad massacre became the most promenent symbol of the brutality that the Texans had ascribed to the Mexican army, and in particular to Santa Anna.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Goliad-massacre (997 words)

	Goliad, Texas
		Goliad is a city located in Goliad County, Texas.
		In 1749, at which time Goliad was part of the Spanish colony of New Spain, a Spanish mission was founded here at an existing Aranama[?] Native American village.
		In 1829 the name of the town was changed to Goliad, an anagram of Hidalgo (omitting the silent initial "H"), in honor of Miguel Hidalgo, the father of Mexico's independence.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/go/Goliad,_Texas.html (484 words)

	CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Goliad Campaign refers to a series of battles which occurred in 1836 as part of the Texas Revolution in the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas which ultimately led to the Goliad massacre.
		Troops from the army of Mexico defeated Texian forces in several clashes, and eventually massacred many of their prisoners of war, spreading outrage and resentment among the population of the fledgling Republic of Texas, as well as terror.
		Meanwhile, Mexican forces under General José de Urrea were quickly reaching Goliad, and they defeated three Texian forces at the Battle of San Patricio on February 27, the Battle of Agua Dulce on March 2, and the Battle of Refugio on March 12.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Goliad_massacre (1166 words)

	Goliad, Texas at AllExperts
		In 1749, at which time Goliad was part of the Spanish colony of New Spain, a Spanish fort was founded at an existing Aranama Native American village in response to French encroachment in Spanish claimed territory.
		Goliad was the birthplace of the famous Mexican General Ignacio Zaragoza.
		Goliad was a crucial part of the Texas revolution, as it was the location of the Goliad Massacre.
	en.allexperts.com /e/g/go/goliad,_texas.htm (762 words)

	Presidio La Bahia - Palm Sunday Massacre
		Eye witness accounts of those spared from the massacre were filling up a water barrel as they watched the river turn red with the blood of their companions.
		In Goliad (the area around Presidio La Bahia), the ghastly remains of the massacred men of Fannin's Command were found in the partially covered trenches where they had been dumped and burned.
		Fowler, and Goliad Mayor Joseph Wearden, believing the story of rocks placed by George Von Dohlen in 1858, bought for the County of Goliad two acres of land from Manuel Cabrera, a descendant of early La Bahia natives.
	www.presidiolabahia.org /massacre.htm (0 words)

	Massacre at Goliad
		Within two hundred yards of the town (Goliad) one of the wagons broke down, and it was necessary to double teams in order to draw the artillery across the river, each piece having but one yoke of oxen.
		Here the ghastly remains of the massacred men of Fannin's Command were found in the partially covered trenches where they had been dumped and burned.
		A map of the town tract of Goliad was made in 1857, from data furnished by Dr. Barnard, and is on file in the County clerk's office of Goliad County.
	www.tamu.edu /ccbn/dewitt/goliadmassacre.htm (0 words)

	Goliad Massacre
		Fannin now took steps to concentrate his troops at Goliad, and endeavored to have the advance at San Patricio withdrawn; but the latter, holding an independent authority from the council, refused to retreat.
		Ma-king allowance for the slain of the enemy at the Coleta, and the wounded in that and previous engagements who had recovered, it is probable that his force did not exceed seventeen hundred, or at farthest eighteen hundred, at the battle of Coleta.—Filisola's Defence, p.
		At Goliad the prisoners were crowded into the old church, with no other food than a scanty pittance of beef, without bread or salt.
	www.sonofthesouth.net /texas/goliad-massacre.htm (4397 words)

	Goliad, Texas (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Goliad is located on the San Antonio River in South Texas at the intersection of US Highway 183 and 59.
		Goliad's courthouse, along with the 19th and early 20th century structures surrounding it was entered on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
		Goliad is a great historical place to visit with many attractions.
	www.accd.edu /pac/history/rhines/StudentProjects/2000/Goliad/Goliad.htm (1701 words)

	Forgotten Places in Texas History \| Goliad
		And all apply to Goliad, which is at once one of the most historic places in Texas, one of the least appreciated and one of the most neglected.
		No one wants Goliad to become too big, but Tejano and ranching centers could provide a much-needed boost for the heritage tourism that is crucial to the community's economic future, said Doris Freer, chairwoman of the Goliad County Historical Commission, which operates a small museum on the downtown square.
		Estella Zermeo, a Goliad native who traces her lineage to one of the original soldiers assigned by the Spanish crown to the presidio, said a Tejano center could change that.
	www.statesman.com /specialreports/content/specialreports/forgottenplaces/0104goliad.html (1874 words)

	Goliad County Profile (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Goliad County, FIPSCODE 48175, is the 189th largest of the 254 counties in Texas, with an estimated population of 6,928 in 2000.
		The county's population was 5,980 in 1990 and 6,928 in 2000, an increase of 948.
		The Goliad County unemployment rate for March 2002 was 3.9 percent compared to the March 2001 rate of 3.9 percent.
	www.community.txed.state.tx.us /counties/county.cfm?CFIP=48175&COUNTYname=GOLIAD (770 words)

	Goliad Campaign at AllExperts
		The Goliad Campaign refers to a series of battles which occurred in 1836 as part of the Texas Revolution in the Mexican state of Texas which ultimately led to the Goliad massacre.
		Colonel Fannin had chosen to keep his troops at Goliad mainly because it had a fort from which he believed it would be easier to fight than out in the open.
		Meanwhile, Mexican forces under General Urrea were quickly reaching Goliad and defeated three Texian forces at the Battle of San Patricio on February 27, the Battle of Agua Dulce on March 2, and the Battle of Refugio on March 12.
	en.allexperts.com /e/g/go/goliad_campaign.htm (1062 words)

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		After the massacre at Goliad, the Texan troops at Victoria on learning of the defeat of Fannin's troops quickly withdrew to join the scattered Texas bands at Gonzales and on the Colorado and Brazos Rivers, where they were eventually joined by most of the escapees.
		After the victory at San Jacinto and the capture of the butcher of Fannin's men, Santa Anna, by the Texans, a member of the Mexican army, General Filisola was put in command of the defeated Mexican Army and began the famous "Filisola's Retreat" to Mexico, in accordance with the treaty between Houston and Santa Anna.
		Again, on New Years Day, a party of Goliad citizens visited the place, and, on investigating, found fragments of charred bones and teeth which a dentist, a member of the group, pronounced as undoubtedly human remains.
	www.taliesyn.com /ralph/goliad.htm (2632 words)

	Place:Goliad, Texas, United States - Genealogy
		Goliad is named for the Mexican Municipality of Goliad, which in turn is named for Father Miguel Hidalgo; "Goliad" is an anagram of Hidalgo, minus the silent H. Contents
		The Battle of Goliad was a minor skirmish early in the war, but on March 27, 1836, Col. James Fannin and his Texan soldiers were executed by the Mexican army, under orders from Gen. Antonio López de Santa Anna, in what became known as the Goliad Massacre.
		Goliad County is also the birthplace of Mexican Gen. Ignacio Zaragoza, who led the Mexican army against the invading forces of Napoleon III in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862 ("Cinco de Mayo").
	www.werelate.org /wiki/Place:Goliad_County,_Texas (393 words)

	Texas History: The Goliad Massacre
		James Fannin, commander of the forces at Goliad, sent two groups of men to aid in the evacuation, one of about 30 men under the command of Aaron King and the other of 150 men commanded by William Ward.
		At Goliad, Fannin had received a request by Col. William Barrett Travis at the Alamo to bring the remaining force of 350 troops as reinforcements to Travis’ 83 men.
		Incensed that the Goliad prisoners were still alive, Santa Anna sent word that all of the "perfidious foreigners" (prisoners) be executed immediately.
	ndnd.essortment.com /thegoliadmassa_rgis.htm (1088 words)

	Goliad Massacre
		Meanwhile back in Goliad, Fannin and his remaining force of about 350 were called on to aid William Barrett Travis and the Alamo defenders.
		When news of their capture reached Santa Anna, however, he was furious that the Texans had not been executed on the spot.
		Thus, all of Fannin's command except a few that managed to escape and several physicians and others deemed useful by the Mexicans, were massacred, collected into piles, and burned.
	www.joson.com /texas/goliadmassacre.htm (522 words)

	Goliad Texas Resource Guide, City or community of Goliad, Texas Facts, Information, Relocation, Real Estate, Advertising
		The population of Goliad is approximately 1,946 (1990).
		Goliad is positioned 28.66 degrees north of the equator and 97.39 degrees west of the prime meridian.
		Goliad was also the site of the signing of the first Declaration of Texas Independence on 20 December 1835.
	www.usacitiesonline.com /txcountygoliad.htm (390 words)

	The "Angel of Goliad" \| WOAI.COM: San Antonio News (Site not responding. Last check: )
		One dilemma with the story of the raven-haired beauty at Goliad is that her true name and years of birth and death are in doubt.
		Alvarez and Urrea's wife, who stayed in Goliad as her husband moved on to Victoria, urged officers to spare Hughes, who was pulled from the ranks before the others were shot and stabbed with bayonets.
		Each year, around the date of the massacre, descendants lay a wreath by the Fannin Monument at the Presidio La Baha, south of Goliad, and by the Angel of Goliad statue, unveiled in 2004.
	www.woai.com /news/local/story.aspx?content_id=c15509ee-1be1-4698-927a-76e41bf387d2 (1260 words)

	War of Words Divides Hispanics and Anglos of Texas Town (Site not responding. Last check: )
		But to many residents of Goliad, with its 18th-century Spanish fort and towering monument to the dead, that brutal episode in its history is still open to interpretation.
		Some of Goliad's Mexican-American residents prefer "execution" to "massacre" in describing what happened here in 1836 because of Mexican law at the time, which was explicit in meting out de facto death sentences for foreigners taking up arms against the government.
		Tijerina and other historians who say "massacre" is too clumsy and insensitive a term call attention to the methods Anglos used to suppress Mexican-Americans in Goliad in the decades that followed Texas independence and statehood.
	hispanic.cc /war_of_words_divides_hispanics_and_anglos_of_texas_town.htm (1316 words)

	A Cyber Tour of Goliad, Texas (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Goliad is one of the three oldest towns in Texas with a population of 1949.
		One of the darkest days in Texas history is referred to as the Goliad Massacre which took place on Palm Sunday, March 27, 1836.
		They were returned as captives to the Presidio in Goliad and on March 27 under orders of the "Napoleon of the West", General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna ordered their execution.
	members.tripod.com /Samdo/goliad.htm (1053 words)

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		Several survived, however, and made it to Goliad to warn Fannin that the Mexican army was on the move from the south.
		Goliad was to be a nightmare for all the prisoners.
		The massacred Texans remained where they lay on the plains of Goliad to satisfy the appetites of scavengers until June 3, 1836, when General Thomas Rusk had the bodies gathered and interred in a mass grave near the mission chapel of La Bahia.
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		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.
		Forced to surrender on 22 March 1836, he and his men were marched back to Goliad and confined with honor and respect and sent on parole to the United States, General Santa Anna considered the prisoners to be a hindrance and expense and ordered their executions.
		The prisoners were marched outside of Goliad and shot.
	members.lycos.co.uk /oliver1953/id24.htm (615 words)

	Goliad News for March 2007 - Topix
		In the open stretch of highway between Goliad and Refugio is a tall fence that surrounds a ranch where the animals are anything but what you would expect in South Texas.
		Otis Perry, the 85-year-old Goliad man accused of murder man in an attempt to drive him from the house that Perry was sharing with a woman friend.
		A woman who was a prisoner at the Goliad County Jail in 2001 has filed a lawsuit in federal court in Victoria claiming abuse at the hands of a jail guard.
	www.topix.net /city/goliad-tx/2007/03 (3930 words)

	Presidio La Bahia - Goliad, Texas
		The most popular annual event at the site is the Goliad Massacre Living History Program, a two-day reenactment of the battle of Coleto Creek and the subsequent execution of Colonel James W. Fannin and his troops.
		The monument was erected and dedicated in 1938, and placed directly over the grave of the Goliad garrison.
		The monument, which is in fact a gravestone, contains the known names of the Goliad men and those killed at the battle of Coleto Creek on March 19, 1836.
	www.presidiolabahia.org (395 words)

	1836: Goliad Massacre - Bensonwiki
		On the evening of March 26, 1836, Colonel Portilla, who was in charge of the Mexican force at Goliad received orders from General Santa Anna regarding the prisoners being held there.
		From Goliad, Portilla divided the prisoners into three separate groups, telling them that they were going to march to Matamoros.
		This brutal massacre coupled with the dramatic defeat at the Alamo served to strengthen the resolve of the Texans
	facweb.furman.edu /~corth/wiki/mediawiki-1.3.9/index.php?title=1836:_Goliad_Massacre (294 words)

	Goliad Massacre
		Goliad was a small community located on the banks of the San Antonio River in the far northern Mexican province of Tejas.
		Goliad was one of only three Mexican outposts in the area; the others were San Antonio and Nacogdoches.
		He entered Goliad on October 1st with an honor guard of 30, over 400 infantrymen and a unit of local rancheros.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1200.html (783 words)

	Click2Flicks - The Alamo - Goliad Massacre - Chapter 8
		Fannin, and those who did not march, met a similar fate back at the Goliad presidio, although the lives of about twenty others were spared due to the kindness of Col. Francisco Garay and the pleas of Francita Alavez.
		Before the Alamo and Goliad, most people thought Santa Anna (who later disavowed responsibility for the massacare) was a shrewd, effective dictator.
		Atrocities at Goliad and the Alamo inflammed people in Texas, aroused fury in the United States, Great Britain and France, and provided Sam Houston with a meaningful rallying cry.
	www.click2flicks.com /the_alamo/the_alamo_ch8.htm (561 words)

	Presidio La Bahia - The Angel Of Goliad
		Multiple survivor accounts of the Massacre at Goliad mention with honor and reverence and credit their survival to a Mexican lady immortalized with the term "The Angel of Goliad" in the extensive accounts of the events surrounding the massacre by Dr.
		She is often referred to as the wife of Captain Telesforo Alavéz who was commander of Mexican Centralista forces in the Copano and Victoria region under Gen.
		The author of this account describes the shooting of the Texas volunteers at Goliad, their outcries of panic, pain, and agony, and how at last there was silence---a fearfully oppressive silence of the hundred and more dead.
	www.presidiolabahia.org /angel_of_goliad.htm (0 words)

	Goliad Massacre
		Meanwhile back in Goliad, Fannin and his remaining force of about 350 were called on to aid William Barrett Travis and the Alamo defenders.
		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 (0 words)

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