Site of Trinidad

Trinidad was a mixed town by design. Spain founded Santisima Trinidad de Salcedo in 1806 with Louisiana families, five San Antonio families and soldiers meant to stop smuggling from the United States. An 1809 census shows about 60 percent had lived in Louisiana; others came from Italy, France, Cuba, Germany and Ireland, and three people were listed as enslaved. Runaways from the United States also reached the villa. In 1813 a flooded Trinity held royalist Ignacio Elizondo on the far bank, and many residents fled before he burned the town. One account says pardon offers ended in executions.

What the plaque says

Site of Trinidad Later known as Spanish Bluff A fort and town as early as 1805 Captured by the Magee-Gutierrez Expedition in October, 1812. Near here the survivors of the Battle of the Medina were executed in 1813. Inhabitants of the town were butchered by order of the Spanish commander and the town desolated. Erected by the State of Texas 1936

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Fort Boggy State Park — 18 mi
  A 1,847-acre park in Leon County named for a settlers' palisade of 1840, with a 15-acre lake, short trails and the story of Tennessee farmers, the Keechi and a Ranger captain.

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