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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 224 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GOLIAD , an unincorporated See also:

village and the See also:county-seat of Goliad county, See also:Texas, U.S.A., on the N. See also:bank of the See also:San See also:Antonio See also:river, 85 m. S.E. of San Antonio. Pop. (1900) about 1700. It is served by the See also:Galveston, See also:Harrisburg & San Antonio railway (See also:Southern Pacific See also:System). Situated in the midst of a See also:rich farming and-stock-raising See also:country, Goliad has See also:flour See also:mills, See also:cotton gins and cotton-See also:seed oil mills. Here are the interesting ruins of the old See also:Spanish See also:mission of La See also:Bahia, which was removed to this point from the Guadaloupe river in 1747. During the struggle between See also:Mexico and See also:Spain the Mexican See also:leader Bernardo Gutierrez (1978-1814) was besieged here. The name Goliad, probably an See also:anagram of the name of the Mexican patriot See also:Hidalgo (1753-1811), was first used about 1829. On the outbreak of the Texan See also:War of Liberation Goliad was garrisoned by a small force of Mexicans, who surrendered to the Texans in See also:October 1835, and on the loth of See also:December a preliminary " See also:declaration of See also:independence " was published here, antedating by several months the See also:official Declaration issued at Old See also:Washington, Texas, on the 2nd of See also:March 1836. In 1836, when See also:Santa See also:Anna began his advance against the Texan posts, Goliad was occupied by a force of about 350 Americans under See also:Colonel See also:James W. Fannin (c.

1800-1836), who was overtaken on the Coletto See also:

Creek while attempting to carry out orders to withdraw from Goliad and to unite with See also:General See also:Houston; he surrendered after a See also:sharp fight (March 19-20) in which he inflicted a heavy loss on the Mexicans, and was marched back with his force to Goliad, where on the See also:morning of the 27th of March they were shot down by Santa Anna'sorders. Goliad was nearly destroyed by a See also:tornado on the 19th of May 1903.

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