Goliad County

Goliad

Year Marker Erected: 1936
Marker Number: 2203
Marker Size: Pink granite highway marker
Repairs: Star and wreath stolen; replace parts.
Location: from Goliad, take US 59 west about 4.5 miles to roadside park, north side of road.

Marker Text:
First known to Spanish settlers as Nuestra Senora de Loreto, later called La Bahia del Espiritu Santo. Established as a mission in 1749. Became a strategic fort under Spanish, Mexican, Texas occupancy, 1810 - 1821, 1835 - 1836. Name changed to Goliad and created a Mexican municipality in 1829. Scene of massacre of Fannin and his command in 1836. Organized as a county, 1836, with town of Goliad as the county seat. Home of Confederate General Hamilton P. Bee. From population of 3,384 county sent several army companies to the Civil War.