[…] On April 21, 1836, Sam Houston, General of the Texas Army, led the attack on the slumbering Mexican Army. This is known as the Battle of San Jacinto. The Texan soldiers after an exhaustive retreat called the Runaway Scrape, used their chance to fight and avenge their fallen brothers at this battle. “Remember the Alamo,” …
J. Collins adventure to trace the 1836 chaotic San Jacinto Battle. [….] When driving from Houston on Hwy. 225 to the battlefield, you feel as though you may be going the wrong way because there are refineries all over the place. But if you notice, there are a few murals on oil tanks to remind …
I love Hermann Park, and I always wondered how this place came to be. I read up that this area in the early 1900s was a forest with a saw mill. There was no Medical Center, and Rice University which is across the street just began. The land was owned by a businessman named George …
