Colonel William G. Cooke

Cooke's marker names a camp, but the man had already crossed much of Texas history. The Handbook of Texas says he led the party that captured the priest's house at Bexar in 1835, served on Houston's staff at San Jacinto and kept angry Texans from executing the captive Santa Anna. In 1841 he surrendered with the Texan Santa Fe expedition and was held in Santiago prison in Mexico City until June 1842. In 1846 he became the state's first adjutant general, and he died of tuberculosis the next year.

What the plaque says

Colonel William G. Cooke To the memory of Colonel William G. Cooke and forty other members of the Regular Army, Republic of Texas, who camped in this vicinity in October, 1840 while locating the Central National Highway. The importance of this military road in the history of Dallas will not be forgotten. (Corinth Street Viaduct, Dallas)

Where it stands

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