Ep. 84: Exploring the Texas Revolution–The Fannin Battleground

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Ken Wise

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🗓️ 18 April 2020

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

James Fannin fancied himself an accomplished military commander. But in March of 1836 he had trouble deciding where and when to move. He finally headed for Victoria but decided to stop and feed his animals. Fannin didn't realize how close the Mexican army was but he soon found out. Surrounded, without supplies, desperate, Fannin surrendered to Mexican General Urrea. The battleground where Fannin surrendered was the third historic site acquired by the State of Texas, right after the Alamo and San Jacinto. Enjoy learning what you can see at this sacred site from site manager Bryan McAuley with the Texas Historic Commission.

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0:00.0	Howdy and welcome to Wise Aboutt Texas, the award-winning Texas History podcast.
0:15.7	This is your host, Ken Wise.
0:17.7	Thank you for tuning in today for a little bit of Texas History.
0:21.0	Today we're going to continue the Texas Revolution historic site series that I began a couple of weeks ago and we're going to continue it with a historic site that though it doesn't get a lot of press was actually the third
0:37.3	historic Texas revolution site acquired by the state of Texas after the two obvious ones the Alamo and San Jacino
0:45.1	and that is the Fanon battleground state historic site. Now this is the place
0:51.6	where James Fanon and the ill-fated men in Presidio Labahilla,
0:56.0	when they attempted to go to Victoria, they stopped to feed their animals in an open area just east of the Percidio.
1:08.0	And they didn't understand how close the Mexican army was to them.
1:12.0	They got trapped, they got surrounded, and they
1:15.1	eventually surrendered leading directly to the massacre Goliad. In this
1:20.9	episode I sit down with Fanon Battleground site manager Brian McCollie, who we heard previously, he also manages the San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site, and we talk about the third historic Texas Revolution site acquired by the state of Texas,
1:37.8	the Fanon battleground.
1:39.5	Enjoy the interview.
1:40.5	Brian, thanks again for... Ryan,
1:43.6	thanks again for being on Wise About Texas for your second appearance.
1:48.0	Thanks.
1:49.0	You mentioned in the first interview
1:51.7	that the listeners hopefully have already heard
1:53.2	about San Felipe Day Austin State Historic Site that you're also in
1:56.9	charge of the Fanon battleground. Tell us what the Fanon battleground is and where it is. Sure. So the Fanon battleground is and where it is?
2:03.0	Sure, so the Fanon battleground is in the tiny town of Fanon, Texas in Goliad County
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