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2. Surfside Beach, Texas - Wikipedia

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   Surfside Beach, also known locally as Surfside, is a city in Brazoria County, Texas, United States, that is situated on Follet's Island by the Gulf of Mexico near the city of Freeport. The population was 640 at the 2020 census. [4] The city has claimed the "Cradle of Texas Liberty" title due to the fact that the Treaty of Velasco which ended ...

3. Fort Velasco - Wikipedia

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   Fort Velasco was a small circular palisade fort built by a garrison of Mexican soldiers at (what would become known as) Velasco, Texas at the present-day location of Surfside Beach on the northeast bank at the mouth of the Brazos River and Texas Gulf Coast. [1] The name also applies to at least three other forts built at almost the same ...

4. Battle of Velasco - Wikipedia

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   The Battle of Velasco, fought June 25-26, 1832, was the first true military conflict between Mexico and Texians in the Texas Revolution, colloquially referred to as the "Boston Harbor of Texas" [1] [2] It began when Texian Militia attacked Fort Velasco, located in what was then Velasco and what is now the city of Surfside Beach.

5. Surfside Beach will soon have a new mayor. Here’s who ... - AOL

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   Here’s who’s running. Adam Benson. October 22, 2023 at 3:00 AM. Surfside Beach voters will choose a new mayor on Nov. 7 among a pool of three candidates who have experience in public service ...

6. Surfside Beach investigating high police turnover. Is ...

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   April 2, 2024 at 6:00 AM. A recently initiated investigation into turnover within the Surfside Beach Police Department could become a referendum on its longtime chief. The town council voted 4-3 ...

7. Photos: Tropical Storm Alberto brings heavy flooding to Texas ...

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   Floodwaters swirl around the Romero house in Surfside Beach, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images) A man takes pictures before the arrival of Tropical Storm Alberto at Bagdad Beach in Matamoros, Mexico.