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Surrounded by stately live oaks, Fulton Mansion State Historic Site is located in the resort area of Rockport-Fulton. The house must have appeared incredible in 1877, as it does today, with its mansard roof and ornate trim. Interior gas lighting, flush-toilets, and other refinements were progressive and luxurious elements for this part of Texas history.
On an April afternoon in 1836, this strip of coastal prairie rang with the boom of cannon, crack of musket fire, and shouts of “Remember the Alamo!” and “Remember Goliad!” Despite being outnumbered, General Sam Houston’s army of settlers, Tejanos, and foreign volunteers decisively defeated General Antonio López de Santa Anna’s and the Mexican Army and won Texas’s independence.
Today, the 1,300-acre site, San Jacinto Museum, and 567-foot-tall San Jacinto Memorial Monument celebrate their sacrifice and victory.
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