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Site of "Orozimbo"

West Columbia, Brazoria County

Marker Text

Home of Dr. James Aeneas Phelps, a member of "Old Three Hundred" of Austin's colony, hospital surgeon of the Texas Army at San Jacinto. Here Santa Anna was detained as a prisoner from July to November, 1836.

Marker Details

Address
Location Description CR 255 off CR 25 via SH 35 north of West Columbia
Marker # 9579
Dedicated 1936
Size, Type 1936 Centennial - Subject Marker (gray granite)
Code Texas Revolution, Republic of Texas; pioneers; plantations; military topics
Latitude, Longitude 29.253151, -95.578707

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