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The Hanging Tree |
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Goliad,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
28° 39' 55.50117000012",
-97° 23' 32.52607000008"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
Site for court sessions at various times from 1846 to 1870. Capital sentences called for by the courts were carried out immediately, by means of a rope and a convenient limb. Hangings not called for by regular courts occurred here during the 1857 cart war--a series of attacks made by Texas freighters against Mexican drivers along the Indianola - Goliad - San Antonio Road. About 70 men were killed, some of them on this tree, before the war was halted by Texas Rangers. (1964)
This page last updated: 6/1/2010 21:42:27
| StoppingPoints.com Editorial on The Hanging Tree: | See also the Hanging Tree Restaurant in Goliad, located across the street from the Courthouse and Hanging Tree.
Hanging Tree Restaurant
144 North Courthouse Square
Goliad, TX 77963
Phone: (361) 645-8955
Website: Hanging Tree Restaurant |
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The Hanging Tree Historical Marker Location Map, Goliad, Texas
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