On the day in September 1835 that Stephen F. Austin returned to Texas from his stint in a Mexican prison, the first shots of the Texas Revolution were fired. Not at Gonzales or Goliad or the Alamo...but just off the coast, near Velasco.
On the day in September 1835 that Stephen F. Austin returned to Texas from his stint in a Mexican prison, the first shots of the Texas Revolution were fired. Not at Gonzales or Goliad or the Alamo...but just off the coast, near Velasco.
Michelle M Haas
Chairman, Texas History Trust.
Lead designer, managing editor and researcher at Copano Bay Press.
Native of the Texas Coastal Plains.