Goliad day 2

I am currently suffering from extreme history overload. We spent 2 1/2 hours in a Spanish Presido reading about Texas. Here goes: Mexico eventually won independence from Spain. Their newly acquired land above the Rio Grande was very sparsly populated. The Mexicans invited Anglos to move in provided they swear allegiance to Mexico. They offered "Grants" of land to make the move more attractive. Well, when the number of immigrants topped 30,000 the new Resident's decided they wanted  independance. Santa Anna had just taken over in Mexico and he wasn't happy. When he over ran The Alamo in 1836 he ordered all 185 survivors of the 13 day siege killed. After that he marched his troops here, where there was a contingent of 350 Patriots. There was some slow intel and the commanding officer here, Col. James Walker Fannin, hung around too long. He ended up getting trapped. He eventually surrendered and Santa Anna ordered all of his troops massacred. 350 soldiers were killed and their bodys burned. Remember The Alamo and remember Goliad became battle cries. Santa Anna finally got his ass kicked at San Jacinto and Texas was rid of Mexico. One more bit of history. The Mexican General (Ignacio Zaragoza) who was the hero of "Cinco de Mayo" was born here. He is responsible for beer, margaritas and nachos that we enjoy every May 5th. The river in the collage is the San Antonio river, it flows through town.