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Texas
Centennial Celebration brochure & book cover
Courtesy Sarah
Reveley |
Introduction
by Sarah
Reveley
Most of us are familiar with those big granite markers with the bronze
Texas star, but have no idea what a phenomenal project they represent.
Back in 1836 the State of Texas decided to hold a Centennial celebration,
and like everything else Texas does, it was the biggest and best celebration
of a Centennial the world has ever seen.
The Exposition was held in Dallas,
but the celebration itself involved another exposition in Fort
Worth, and statewide celebrations including
construction of 9 memorial museums, 5 community centers, 16 restorations
of historical structures, 2 park improvements, 20 statues of important
Texans, and over 1,000 historical markers, grave markers, and highway
markers.
Almost all of these items are still around, and thanks to recent acquisition
of the 1938 book produced by the State of Texas, "Monuments Commemorating
the Centenary of Texas Independence" we will be bringing the Centennial
back to you. Our project will include maps with historical trails
so you can celebrate the Centennial yourself.
If you have photos of markers or structures or sites dated 1936 to
contribute, please email Sarah Reveley: sarahreveley@grandecom.net
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1. Exposition
Buildings
State of Texas Bldg - Dallas
Will Rogers Memorial Tower, Coliseum, & Auditorium - Ft Worth
Casa Manana - Ft Worth |
2. Memorial
Museums
El Paso Memorial
Museum - El Paso
Panhandle Plains Historical Museum - Canyon
Texas Memorial Museum - Austin
Sam Houston Memorial Museum - Huntsville
Corpus Christi Memorial Museum - Corpus Christi
West Texas Museum - Lubbock
Big Bend Historical Museum - Alpine
Alamo Museum - San Antonio
Gonzales Memorial
Museum - Gonzales |
3. Community
Centers
David Crockett Memorial Bldg - Crockett
Memorial Auditorium & Stadium - Goliad State Park
Sunken Garden Amphitheatre - San Antonio
Texas Pioneers - Trail Drivers - Rangers Museum - San Antonio
James Smith Memorial Bldg - Tyler |
7. Monuments
San
Jacinto - San Jacinto State Park, Houston
Cenotaph - San Antonio
J
W Fannin's men - Goliad State Park, Goliad
James Gillaspie - Huntsville
Laredo - Laredo
Mier Expedition & Dawson's men - La Grange
Mr & Mrs Isaac VanZandt - Canton
Site of First Shot
of Texas Revolution, Cost - near Gonzales
The Pioneer Women - Denton
Amon B King's Men - Refugio
Mackinzie Trail - Plainview
New Braunfels - New Braunfels
Victoria County - Victoria
Fort Griffin - Fort Griffin
State Park - 50 Miles NE of Abilene
Spanish Fort - Spanish Fort
Presidio del Norte - Presidio
Juan de Padilla - Amarillo
Erath Memorial Arch - Stephenville
El Camino Real - Normangee
La
Salle - Indianola - near Port Lavaca
David Crockett
- Ozona
Granite slabs with bronze plaque (15):
F Neri - Bastrop
Constitutional Convention - Washington State Park
Burnet County pioneers - Burnet
Shelby County - Shelby
Cameron County - Brownsville
Jasper County - Jasper
Colorado County - Columbus
Sabine County - Hemphill
Crosby County - Crosbyton
Jackson County - Edna
De Witt County - Cuero
Matagorda County - Bay City
Liberty County - Liberty
Marion County - Jefferson
San Patricio de Hibernia - San Patricio
Granite monuments with plaque (9):
Missions - Zilker Park, Austin
Fight with Urrea's Army - Banquette, Nueces County
Pilgrim Church - Elkhart
Sons of San Patricio at Goliad - San Patricio
McMahan's
Chapel (no photos) - Geneva
Scottsville
- Scottsville, Harrison County
Missions - near San Marcos
Mission Refugio - Refugio
R J Rivers - Georgetown |
| 9. Grave Markers
(250)
– List
under construction |
| 10. Highway
Markers (250)
– List under construction |
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you have photos of markers or structures or sites dated 1936 to contribute,
please email Sarah Reveley: sarahreveley@grandecom.net
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