San Augustine, TX, United States
Site of Battle of Fredonia. Climax of first Anglo-American rebellion in East Texas. In 1826 colonizer Hayden Edwards defied expulsion orders of Mexico and founded Republic of Fredonia-- raising flag of "Independence, Liberty and Justice." When Ayish Bayou settlers refused to join, he ordered their b
anishment. Fredonians, from log fort at this site, were ordered to take Ayish Bayou on Jan. 21, 1827. That day, however, without a shot, Stephen Prather's 9 white men and 60 Indians took the fort and
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