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TRAVEL TRAILS 65
"REMEMBER THE ALAMO: REMEMBER GOLIAD!"
This was the battle cry of Texans attacking the
forces of Gen. Santa Anna at San Jacinto.
The cover of this edition of the Texas Almanac re-
members Goliad with a photograph by Richard Pruitt.
The above photo is also by Pruitt, of Presidio Santa
Maria del Loreto de la Bahia, commonly known to-
day as Presidio La Bahia.
The presidio originally was built on Matagorda Bay
in 1722 for Spanish garrisons protecting Mission Nues-
tra Senora del Espiritu Santo de Zuniga. It was
moved in 1726 to a point on the Guadalupe River and
again in 1749 to its present site near Goliad.The presidio was the heart of a settlement at the
time of the American Revolution in 1776, and became
a shrine in the struggle for Texas independence 60
years later.
Col. James W. Fannin of the Texas Army and 342 of
his men were held at the presidio following their sur-
render to Mexican forces under what they believed to
be honorable terms. Instead, they were massacred on
March 27, 1836, an act that inspired the battle cry at
San Jacinto on the following April 21.
The presidio has been restored by the Kathryn
O'Connor Foundation and is open to the public.Texas Travel Trails
Because of its vast distances, Texas is a state to be
seen and experienced in slices. To assist travelers in
seeing a part of the state at a time, the Texas Highway
Department has established 10 travel trails. Each is
marked with signs along the way to guide travelers to
points of scenic, historic and recreational interest.
Each trail is a loop of from 500 to 780 miles along
hard-surfaced byways off the fast moving freeways and
interstate routes. Travelers may enter or leave each
trail at any point along the way.
The Highway Department has detailed folders for
each trail. Now, during a time of uncertain fuel sup-
plies, is a good time for Texans to see some of the
many and varied points of interest in their state with-
out having to travel great distances.
Following are brief descriptions of the trails, includ-
ing points of interest within each trail circle.
Brazos Trail
The Brazos Trail winds through a serenely scenic
part of Central Texas that is rich in history. It had
been a favorite Indian hunting ground long before colo-
nists of Stephen F. Austin and Sterling C. Robert-
son chose to turn its Brazos River bottomlands into
fertile fields.
The trail begins at Waco, home of Baylor Univer-
sity and Fort Fisher Museum of the Texas Rangers.
Also on the trail is Texas A&M University, the
state's first institution of higher public education, ob-
serving its 100th anniversary in 1976. Trail riders
will visit Old Fort Parker where Indians massacredsettlers and kidnapped Cynthia Ann Parker at age 9.
She grew up to marry an Indian chief and was mother
of Quanah Parker, last great Comanche war chief.
Forest Trail
The Forest Trail winds through the Piney Woods
country of East and Northeast Texas, a forested area
almost equal to the combined forest areas of the New
England states.
On this trail are Tyler and its famous rose gar-
den, the East Texas oil field, historic Jefferson
with its Excelsior Hotel and old homes, Caddo Lake
and State Park, the Alabama-Coushatta Indian
Reservation, Toledo Bend and Sam Rayburn
lakes.
Forts Trail
The Forts Trail moves through a western gateway
section of state where frontier forts had served as
spearheads of civilization into a primitive land.
The route visits seven of these forts, in varying con-
dition from haunting ruins to detailed restorations.
Along the way is the site of old Fort Griffin town,
wildest of the wild west. Fort Concho still displays
barracks, headquarters and parade grounds. Riders of
this trail will visit western Texas towns of Abilene,
San Angelo, Brady and Buffalo Gap which were
points along old cattle trails.t
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