Old Eighteen
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. 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.
29.4827° N, 97.4481° W
Where to Find It
from Gonzales, take US 183 South about 1 mile.
Nearby Markers
- <0.1 mi N Gonzales Cannon Gonzales
- 0.5 mi S Santa Anna Mound Gonzales
- 0.6 mi S Green Dewitt Cemetery Gonzales
- 0.6 mi S Sarah Seely Dewitt Gonzales
- 1 mi N Campsite Marking Start of San Jacinto Campaign Gonzales
- 1.1 mi N Brown House Gonzales