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1827, Indian Fort, Site of

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212 St Louis Street, Gonzales, Texas
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An Indian raid July 2, 1826, left one Gonzales settler dead, another shot, homes plundered. Settlers fled to Burnham Station on the Colorado, or moved to Lavaca River. In 1827 DeWitt’s Colonist were ordered back here. On this lot they built a fort for security.


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