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The Battle of San Jacinto was fought near the rain-swollen Buffalo Bayou in what is now Harris County during the 1836 Texas Revolution. The decisive victory gave rise to the Republic of Texas. The site is now a state historic park. The park is the site of the San Jacinto Monument. In October 1994, flooding along the San Jacinto River led to the ...
The San Jacinto Museum is located inside the base of the San Jacinto Monument. In addition to the Battle of San Jacinto, the museum's exhibits focus on the history of Texan culture, including Mayan, Spanish and Mexican influences, the history of the Texas Revolution and the Republic of Texas, and important figures in Texas history.
The Battle of San Jacinto (Spanish: Batalla de San Jacinto), fought on April 21, 1836, in present-day La Porte and Deer Park, Texas, was the final and decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. Led by General Samuel Houston, the Texan Army engaged and defeated General Antonio López de Santa Anna's Mexican army in a fight that lasted just 18 minutes.
A map of Mexico, 1835–46, showing administrative divisions. The Runaway Scrape events took place mainly between September 1835 and April 1836 and were the evacuations by Texas residents fleeing the Mexican Army of Operations during the Texas Revolution, from the Battle of the Alamo through the decisive Battle of San Jacinto.
Location of San Jacinto County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in San Jacinto County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places in San Jacinto County, Texas. There are two properties listed on the National Register in the county.
In southeast Texas, five rivers are forecast to reach major flood stage over the next day or two. Emergency Service workers hold a man's hands in the San Jacinto River while another evacuee sits ...
Officials are closely watching the lake levels of the San Jacinto River after several days of rainfall in the area. Flooding near the San Jacinto River West and East Forks expected Skip to main ...
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