The Quarters at Presidio La Bahía outside of Goliad lets guests spend the night with the spirits of Texas history. The two-bedroom apartment is comfortable, if not a bit rugged. The lodgings in ...

Fannin and his troops killed in the Goliad Massacre. Nine flags from Texas history, including the 1835 severed arm banner, fly at the old fort. The Quarters, at the front of the Presidio La Bahia ...

sprouting community of Goliad lie two concrete portals to the past - the centuries-worn ruins of Presidio La Bahia and Mission Espiritu Santo. Built with stone and mortar during the 1720s ...

“Neat details like the playing cards aren’t included in some history books on Texas history ... a living history event at Presidio La Bahía just outside Goliad Saturday.

Dozens of buzzards circled Presidio La Bahia as I stood ... but there was definitely an air of sadness about it. La Bahia fell into ruin after the Texas Revolution. In the 1960s it was carefully ...

Dinnertime in camp outside Presidio La Bahia. Alice Burghart It ... “So they were able to position Goliad in the overall narrative of the Texas Revolution. “History is always written by ...

Our Lady of Loreto Chapel at Presidio La Bahía in Goliad is one of the oldest active ... the mother of Jesus at what is now Loreto, Italy. Texas' first Declaration of Independence from Mexico ...

A tall, businesslike man, he single-handedly holds up Presidio La Bahía ... petitioned the governor of Coahuila y Texas to change the town’s name to Goliad, an anagram of the name of Padre ...

"Nine flags have flown over Goliad. This is the most fought-over fort in the history of Texas."Today, visitors can step through the gates of Presidio La Bahia and find themselves thrust into the past.

and the historic Presidio La Bahía, a Spanish fort established in 1747 that witnessed the “Battle of Goliad” in 1835. In ...

GOLIAD — It was 175 years ago that the ... Last weekend, hundreds of people gathered at Presidio La Bahia to see the living history reenactments of the battles and surrender of the Texans ...

One Texas rep ... of the 1749 presidio. On the anniversary of the Palm Sunday massacre, readings of the story of Goliad survivor Isaac Hamilton and a “death march” from La Bahía to the ...