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At the Forks of the Agua Dulce

Banquete, Nueces County

Marker Text

At the forks of the Agua Dulce fifteen miles southwest of San Patricio fell Dr. James Grant, Major Robert C. Morris, Captain Thomas Lewellen, Dr. Charles P. Heartt, Stephen Dennison, J.T. Howard, Joseph Smith Johnston, H. Obed Marshall, John C. McLanglin, J.W. Wentworth, Stephen Winship, and two or three other Texan volunteers who were killed in a running fight with General Jose Urrea's Mexican Cavalry March 2, 1836. Erected by the State of Texas 1936

Marker Details

Address CR 93
Location Description Near CR 93 on private property. Map dot approximate.
Marker # 93
Dedicated 1936
Size, Type 1936 Texas Centennial - monument (pink granite and bronze)
Code Texas Revolution, Republic of Texas; military topics
  • Private Property:

    True
  • Latitude, Longitude 27.838403, -97.852594

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