The Old  Eighteen 

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Marker Text: ​On this site, September 29, 1835 began the strategy of the 18 Texans who by advising with alcalde Andrew Ponton, held for two days 150 Mexican Dragoons sent to demand the Gonzales cannon, allowing colonists time to mass recruits for the Battle of Gonzales.
"The Old Eighteen"
Captain Albert Martin,
Almond Cottle,
Jacob C. Darst,
Ezekiel Williams,
Winslow Turner,
Simeon Bateman,
Wm. W. Arrington,
Joseph D. Clements,
Gravis Fulcher,
Almaron Dickerson,
George W. Davis,
Benjamin Fuqua,
John Sowell,
Valentine Bennet,
James B. Hinds,
Charles Mason,
Thomas R. Miller,
​Thomas Jackson. (1936) 

Marker No: 13

Gray Granite 1936 Centennial Marker

Geographic: 29.482740,-97.448128

Location: from Gonzales, take US 183 South about 1 mile