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Fort Anahuac

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Fort Anahuac Park, Anahuac, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 29° 45' 20.68355999988", -94° 41' 17.02448000016"
 
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    On this site first known as Perry's Point, a fort, established in 1830 by General Manuel Mier y Teran for the purpose of halting Anglo-American colonization was named Anahuac, the Aztec name of Mexico City, then the capital of Texas. The imprisonment here of settlers in Austin's colony brought the first open rebellion to Mexican rule in 1832.

This page last updated: 11/15/2010 11:09:16

 
StoppingPoints.com Editorial on Fort Anahuac:
For info about the settlers' imprisonment, see the Signing of the Turtle Bayou Resolutions, nearby.

Fort Anahuac Historical Marker Location Map, Texas