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Site of Trinidad

Midway, Madison County

Marker Text

Later known as Spanish Bluff A fort and town as early as 1805 Captured by the Magee-Gutierrez Expedition in October, 1812. Near here the survivors of the Battle of the Medina were executed in 1813. Inhabitants of the town were butchered by order of the Spanish commander and the town desolated. Erected by the State of Texas 1936

Marker Details

Address SH 21
Location Description from Midway, take SH 21 about 3.5 mi. east to marker on south side of road
Marker # 11263
Dedicated 1936
Size, Type 1936 Texas Centennial highway marker (gray granite)
Code forts; land surveys, land companies, promotional towns; ghost towns
Latitude, Longitude 31.068397, -95.70902

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