Colonists fight warm-up for revolution

  • Colonists fight warm-up for revolution
    Colonists fight warm-up for revolution
The Nacogdoches ayuntamiento or town council issued an urgent appeal for armed assistance on Jul. 28, 1832 in the face of an imminent showdown with the Mexican army. Five years earlier, Col. Jose de las Piedras established a permanent military presence in the crossroads community called “The Gateway to Texas” much to the dismay of the fiercely independent inhabitants. They had gotten along quite…

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