Marker Inscription
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.
About this site
Old Eighteen is a historical marker in Gonzales, Gonzales County, dedicated in 1936. It is one of 94 historical markers documented in Gonzales County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 186 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.4848, -97.4488 near Gonzales. The nearest cataloged historic site is Gonzales Cannon (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Green Dewitt Cemetery, Brown House, and Wells Home.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5177000013. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
