Goliad County, Texas
Fannin is home to 4 official Texas Historical Commission markers — each one telling a piece of the city’s story. Browse the markers below, then find them on the map and discover more nearby with RoadHistorical.
During 1810 - 1819 efforts to expel Spain from Texas, a bloody clash occurred here on June 19, 1817, between the forces of Col. Antonio Martinez, last Spanish governor of Texas, and a Mexican Republican Army of invasion…
View on map ↗After the fall of the Alamo, March 6, 1836, Colonel James Walker Fannin, with about 400 soldiers, mostly volunteers from the United States in the Texas War for Independence, was ordered by Texas General Sam Houston to…
View on map ↗Former slaves established the community of Cologne in an effort to provide safety and refuge from the general lawlessness and violence committed -- particularly against African Americans -- during the post-Civil War…
View on map ↗UNION MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN THE 1880s, BAPTISTS IN COLOGNE, A FREEDMAN’S COLONY, ESTABLISHED WHAT WOULD BECOME THE UNION MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE CHURCH’S EARLY TRUSTEES BUILT THE FIRST…
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