Bill Text: TX HR592 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled

Texas House Resolution 592 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Honoring Anahuac's crucial role in the struggle for Texas independence.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-03-15 - Reported enrolled [HR592 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HR592-Enrolled.html



	H.R. No. 592



	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Anahuac was the scene of a number of pivotal
	incidents that helped ignite the Texas Revolution in the 1830s, and
	the town is indeed deserving of recognition for its seminal role in
	the creation of the Lone Star State; and
	WHEREAS, Those momentous events were set in motion by the
	passage of the Law of 1830, under which Mexico established a series
	of new outposts in Texas to enforce Mexican law, collect taxes, and
	stem the influx of U.S. citizens into the region; that year,
	Lieutenant Colonel Juan Davis Bradburn and 43 other Mexican
	soldiers arrived at Perry's Point, where the Trinity River enters
	Galveston Bay, and established a fort that they named Anahuac;
	Colonel Bradburn soon incited the discontent of local settlers with
	his heavy-handed style of governance, his refusal to issue land
	titles, his unfair taxing practices, and the alleged criminal
	activity of some of his soldiers; and
	WHEREAS, In May and June of 1832, two law partners in Anahuac,
	Patrick Jack and William B. Travis, took a stand against Colonel
	Bradburn's policies, and after the two men were arrested and
	incarcerated at the fort, a force of outraged Texans advanced to
	nearby Turtle Bayou, intent on freeing the two men; several armed
	skirmishes between the Mexican troops and the Texans led to the
	Battle of Velasco, in which the Mexican force surrendered;
	meanwhile, the insurgents drafted the "Turtle Bayou Resolutions" to
	explain their opposition to the Mexican government; ultimately, the
	insurrection freed Jack and Travis and forced the Mexicans to
	abandon their outpost at Anahuac, and the incident helped set the
	stage for the Battle of Nacogdoches a short time later; and
	WHEREAS, In 1835, Captain Antonio Tenorio of the Mexican army
	attempted to reestablish the fort and customhouse at Anahuac but
	was driven off by a force of 25 Texans led by William Travis; as a
	result of the Texan victories at Anahuac, Velsaco, and Nacogdoches,
	the eastern half of Texas was free of Mexican control on the eve of
	the Texas Revolution, which was an important factor in the decisive
	defeat of the Mexican army under General Santa Anna at the Battle of
	San Jacinto in 1836; and
	WHEREAS, In the opinion of historian Carroll A. Lewis,
	Anahuac was the site of a number of important firsts as Texas sought
	its independence; these included the first opposition to Mexican
	martial law, the first written declaration challenging the
	authority of the central Mexican government, the first armed
	rebellion against Mexican forces, and the first battle casualties
	on both sides of the conflict; as a result, Anahuac has earned the
	fitting nickname of "First Stand of the Texas Revolution"; now,
	therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas
	Legislature hereby honor Anahuac's crucial role in the struggle for
	Texas independence; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for the City of Anahuac as an expression of high regard by
	the Texas House of Representatives.

	Middleton


	______________________________
	Speaker of the House

	I certify that H.R. No. 592 was adopted by the House on March
	13, 2019, by a non-record vote.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House