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[News Clip: Goliad Fort]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the restoration and archaeology of Presidio La Bahia, known also as Fort Defiance, near Goliad; The fort was founded in 1749 by Spanish Royalists, and has been occupied variously by Spanish, Mexican, Texans, Mexicans, etc., and was the site of the March 27, 1836 Palm Sunday massacre of James Fannin and nearly 500 prisoners by the Mexican Army during the Texas Revolution.
Date: November 29, 1964
Duration: 3 minutes
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Transcript of Letter from Samuel M. Williams to Stephen F. Austin, October 29, 1834]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from Samuel M. Williams to Stephen F. Austin, in which Williams expresses his and others' relief to know that Austin has been released from prison in Mexico, and updates Austin on the revolutionary fervor welling up in parts of Texas. Williams also provides some business news.
Date: October 29, 1834
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of Letter from S. Rhoads Fisher to Stephen F. Austin, October 29, 1835]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from S. Rhoads Fisher to Stephen F. Austin, regarding Gomez-Farias leaving Brazos to interview with Austin. Fisher informs Austin that he is aware that the interview was planned to take place and that the Matagorda Committee of Safety has been awaiting news from Austin.
Date: October 29, 1835
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[News Script: Goliad Fort]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the restoration and archaeology of Presidio La Bahia, known also as Fort Defiance, near Goliad; The fort was founded in 1749 by Spanish Royalists, and has been occupied variously by Spanish, Mexican, Texans, Mexicans, etc., and was the site of the March 27, 1836 Palm Sunday massacre of James Fannin and nearly 500 prisoners by the Mexican Army during the Texas Revolution.
Date: November 29, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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