Velasco

Freeport

Year Marker Erected: 1936
Size: 36' Centennial - Highway Marker (pink)
Location: Ave. B and Skinner St. (Velasco Community Center)

Marker Text:
(four miles southeast) Landing place of the "Lively" first vessel bringing immigrants to Austin's colony in 1821. There the Battle of Velasco, between Texas colonists and Mexican troops, was fought June 26, 1832. A treaty of peace between Texas and Mexico was signed there May 14, 1836, by Presidents David G. Burnet and Antonio LOpez de Santa Anna but was never ratified by Mexico.