Marker Details

Twin Sisters


3523 Battleground Road (Independence Parkway)

La Porte , 77571

Notes:
D.R.T. Marker No. 01 of 20; San Jacinto Chapter, Daughter of the Republic of Texas 1912
Directions: West side of Battleground Road, DeZavala Plaza area, northeast of the Sun-Dial

Key Time Period: 1836 - 1845 Republic of Texas

Corretions/New Research:

Marker Text: (Front) No 1 Site "Twin Sisters" April 20, 1836 Cannon presented by citizens of Cincinnati to Republic of Texas



[Reverse] No 1. San Jacinto Chapter Daughters of the Republic of Texas have placed these twenty boulders to illustrate the battle fought here April 21, 1836 which won the independence of Texas.
Marker Type: D.R.T. granite
Historical Org: Daughters of the Republic of Texas

Key Map Information: 499 T

GPS Coordinates: 29 45.229, 95 05.395

Precinct No: 2

Marker No: 00301