Santa Anna Mound

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Marker Text: ​Formerly DeWitt Mound now site DeWitt Family Cemetery. Here Mexican troops camped between September 29 and October 1, 1835, awaiting delivery of the Gonzales cannon. Colonists refusing to surrender cannon, the Mexicans retreated toward Bexar, where on October 2, five miles west, the Texans overtook them. The Battle of Gonzales ensued with Texans as victors. (1936) 

Marker No: 4571

Gray Granite 1936 Centennial Marker

Geographic: 29.475317,-97.445541

Location: ​from Gonzales, take 183 South about 1.7 mile (junction west of intersection of 1835 and SH 97)