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Near Site of Isaac Batterson Home

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Galena Park, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 29° 43' 58.954404", -95° 14' 31.704612"
 
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     Famed for its part in winning the War for Texas Independence, the flooring of this house was, on April 19, 1836, appropriated by to build rafts to ferry his army across rain-swollen Buffalo Bayou. Although 248 soldiers, most of whom were ill, remained at the Batterson place, Houston's army was victorious in the Battle of San Jacinto two days later. This land, originally part of the Ezekiel Thomas Estate, was purchased in 1835 by Batterson. The settlement he started (now Galena Park) he named Clinton for his former home in New York.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Near Site of Isaac Batterson Home Historical Marker Location Map, Galena Park, Texas