La Bahia Road
At the intersection of SH 36 and FM 390, 7 mi. N of Brenham., Brenham, TX, USA
Texas, USA
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EST. 1685
EST. 1685
1685
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at La Bahia Road.
The Texas Historical Commission Atlas records this marker as in situ at the listed location. It remains part of the state marker inventory; the placement description and coordinates in this row follow the current official Atlas record and should be field-verified before publication.
About La Bahia Road
La Bahia Road began as an Indian trail across southeastern Texas, later used by La Salle in the 1680s and by Spanish forces tracking his colony. From 1812 the road and its town, later renamed Goliad, carried settlers including the 1821 Old Three Hundred colonists. In 1836 Colonel James Fannin and his men were massacred nearby during the Texas Revolution.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at La Bahia Road
One of the first overland routes used by European explorers of Texas, La Bahia Road was originally an east-west Indian trail in southeastern Texas and Louisiana. Earlier it may have been an animal trail. Although not as famous, or long, as El Camino Real (the San Antonio Road), La Bahia is probably older and it figured quite importantly in the movement of explorers, soldiers, traders, and settlers across Texas. Possibly the first European to set foot on the road was La Salle, who explored for France in this area during 1685-87. Almost certainly it was traveled by the Spaniard Alonso De Leon, who searched for the French intruders in 1689. From 1812 on, the trail and its westernmost town, La Bahia (now Goliad), served agents of both war and peace. The Gutierrez-Magee Expedition, part of Mexico's revolt against Spain, used the road in 1812-13. In 1821 the first Anglo-American colonists in Texas, the vanguard of the "Old 300", came down La Bahia into this area. During the 1836 Texas Revolution, the road found use by troops of the Texan army; Col. James Fannin and his 400 men were massacred near the road--in Goliad. In the 20th century, La Bahia's route helped surveyors map modern Texas highways. Source: https://atlas.thc.texas.gov/Details/5477008361
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