FROM TEJAS TO TEXAS

Everyone remembers the Battle of the Alamo, the famous but failed attempt by Texans to hold their line of defense in our fight for independence. But what about the Fredonian Rebellion, the Grass Fight, the siege of Bexar, the Goliad Massacre, and the Runaway Scrape? By the end of the battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836, the final confrontation that terminated Mexico's power over Texas immigrants and settlers (Anglo and Hispanic alike), a litany of skirmishes, negotiations, conventions, executions, and instrumental detonations had occurred on our way to becoming a Republic. Texas history provides a wellspring of valor, tragedy, and victory within its full-bodied narrative but perhaps our greatest drama of all resides in the Texas Revolution-our aggressive move away from perceived tyranny towards freedom. Today, we can trace the tracks of the Revolution within the three-acre compound of Presidio La Bahia in Goliad and the nearby Fannin Battleground, within the walls of Independence Hall in Washington-on-the-Brazos, inside the Gonzales Memorial Museum, and behind the wooden doors of the most recognized fortress of all-the Alamo in San Antonio.

Explore the Texas Revolution with the following Texas Historical Commission travel resources: 

• Texas Time Travel website – Use the map and links below to explore Texas Revolution sites in Texas. 
• Mobile Tour – Go mobile with the Texas: Forged in Revolution mobile tour, featuring a rich blend of images, videos, first-person interviews, maps, and useful visitor information for exploring historical sites across Texas. 
• Watch our Texas: Forged of Revolution video series to learn more about the history of Texas Independence.