Anahuac: Fort Anahuac Park

Fort Anahuac Park

Portrait of William Travis

William Barret Travis (Texas State Library and Archives)

Page of a document called the Law of April 6th issued by the Mexican Interior Department

Law of April 6th (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History)

Man being arrested and taken into a building with a group of angry people surrounding it. Painting titled “Travis Arrested at Anahuac Customs House” by Charles Shaw

“Travis Arrested at Anahuac Customs House” by Charles Shaw (San Jacinto Museum of History)

Painting of a man standing in center speaking to a group of seated men.

Turtle Bayou Council (San Jacinto Museum of History)

Handwritten manuscript in an early English hand

Turtle Bayou Resolutions (Texas State Library and Archive)

What happened at Anahuac in June 1832 might not seem – on the surface - like a major historic event. But the confrontation between Texian settlers (including a soon-to-be-famous attorney named William Travis) and the Mexican soldiers inspired the creation of the “Turtle Bayou Resolutions” – a written list of grievances against the Mexican government that helped shape the coming Texas Revolution.

Today, Fort Anahuac Park is a recreation area and contains several historical markers detailing the history of the area.

Fort Anahuac Park

  • Hours: Daily, dawn to dusk
  • Admission: None
  • 1704 S. Main St., Anahuac, TX
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