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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)
Hanging Tree, The is a historical marker in Goliad, Goliad County, dedicated in 1964. It is one of 34 historical markers documented in Goliad County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 86 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 28.6670, -97.3924 near Goliad. The nearest cataloged historic site is Goliad County Courthouse (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Goliad Tornado of 1902, Regulators of Goliad County, and Santa Anna's Surrender Ratified.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5175002360. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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