These are pictures of historic Goliad, Texas, site of the slaughter of 341 Texans ordered by General Santa Anna at the time of Texas fight for independence from Mexico. Many Texans have either forgotten the history of Goliad or they slept through Texas history. Many non native Texans are not aware of the slaughter or the battle cry it inspired at San Jacinto. "Remember Goliad."

                                   Goliad County Courthouse
                                   Goliad County population 7,210 in 201 census
                                   City of Goliad population is appx. 2000

Coleta Creek Battle Site

Fannin and men fought for 3 days but were forced to surrender being surrounded on 4 sides. They were told they would be considered POW's but their horses and oxen were killed and they were marched about 11 miles to Presidio La Bahia. (Fort)

Fannin Monument at Coleta Creek Site

Our camp site at Goliad State Park.

Our son Darrin and his dog Nissa who joined us from Austin.

Presidio La Bahia

Inside the grounds of La Bahia

Chapel at La Bahia

Bell used at La Bahia

La Bahia courtyard looking across at water well

Looking across courtyard at chapel

Looking toward corner of La Bahia

Cannons were located at all 4 corners

Sign in courtyard of La Bahia

Col. Fannin was wounded in the thigh and tied to a chair outside the chapel.

He asked that his personal belongings be given to his family and that he not be shot in the head. He gave his watch to the man in charge of the execution but they shot him in the head and stole his personal belongings. The other Texans were marched out of La Bahia in 4 directions, shot and those who survived were stabbed to death. Those too wounded or sick in La Bahia were either shot or stabbed to death. All Texans were stripped of their clothes, piled in a pile and some brush thrown over the bodies. The brush was then lit but bodies were only partly burned and wild animals ate on the bodies. After Santa Anna's defeat, the victorius Texans came back to Goliad, collected the bones and partial corpses, and buried all 341 men in a mass grave.

Mass grave of those slaughtered by Mexican army.

Plack on grave monument. The monument is inscribed with the names of all 341 men slaughtered.

Grave site of Col. Fannin and 341 men looking toward Presidio La Bahia

La Bahia cemetery located next to mass grave. It has been in use since the early 1800's

 Statue of Senora Alavez, Angel of Goliad who saved about 60 Texans by helping them escape from La Bahia. In addition, when the Texans were being marched out to be executed she and another Mexican officer's wife pulled a 15 year old boy out of the line and didn't allow him to be executed. She was the common law wife of a Mexican officer who later deserted her in Mexico. She apparently had some cooperation in helping the Texans from a Mexican officer and possibly one or more of the Mexican soldiers who helped them climb over the walls to escape. After her common law husband deserted her, she lived on the King Ranch where she was apparently at least partially supported by grateful Texans