As the unrest spread, Colonel Domingo de Ugartechea, the commander of all Mexican troops in Texas, felt it unwise to leave the residents of Gonzales with a weapon and requested the return of the cannon. document.write ("?zoneid="+zoneId+"&block=1&blockcampaign=1"); Cloud to hold meet and greet in Gonzales. Apr 6, 2023. Every year we run the best online tournament series in the world. document.write (document.charset ? The people of Gonzales angrily refused to return the cannon and even arrested the soldiers sent to retrieve it. During the 1830s, the Mexican government wavered between federalist and centralist policies. The cut off date for this trip will be February 12th, 6:00 p.m. Five Days/4 nights $425.00 pp/db, Bus departs downtown Luling. One spirit and one purpose animates the people of this party of the country, and that is to take Bexar, and drive the military out of Texas. Gonzales Sept. 30th 1835. The esmiril weighs about 69 pounds when unmounted certainly not a piece that would exhaust a pair of oxen or overload Tumlinsons wagon during the initial transport in 1831. [15][16] Many of the settlers believed Mexican authorities were manufacturing an excuse to attack the town and eliminate the militia. if (document.mmm_fo) document.write ("&mmm_fo=1"); Speedy Gonzales - Monterrey Mexican Restaurant is a totally free PNG image with transparent background and its resolution is 373x423. Guest Columnist for Gonzales Cannon Newspaper Gonzales Texas 2009-2010 . document.write ("'><\/scr"+"ipt>"); Kevin Pirkle (second from left, pictured with members of the GISD Education. According, ated at Garza West acility since September, DuBose was on trial as a result o an in-, cident that happened on Feb. 9, 2011 when, and his then-girlriend, racie Wrape, at a, afer Sgt. He and fellow historian James Woodrick who has aided Dimmick in frequent research efforts are quick to emphasize that nothing in those documents contradicts the status of the cannon housed in the Gonzales Memorial Museum. No information was available at press time as to services. April 28, 2004. Gonzales is an online qualifier from Sacramento with a name that's perfect for the show. The fun starts at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 6, with the Edwards Association Citywide Easter Egg , Flatonia postmaster Michael Joseph McKim has been charged with murder now that the man he shot in the head last month 47-year-old Jason Pete Pilat of Shiner has died. PokerStars is the only place where you can watch and play against Team PokerStars Pro - our group of elite pro players. //]]>-->, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz called a Chinese courts decision to reinforce a death sentence for Luling native Mark Swidan completely unacceptable and vowed, as a member of the Senate , The Rancho Nixon Historical Association will hold a park grand opening at the new historical park on Texas 80, one mile north of Nixon, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 22. [37] A small iron cannon was exposed during a June 1936 flood near Gonzales. A detachment of Mexican forces from Bejar, amounting to about one hundred and fifty men, are encamped opposite us; we expect an attack momently. The Louisiana Master Naturalists of Greater Baton Rouge invite people to explore the outdoors April 28 to May 1 and to document the wildlife they find during the City Nature Challenge. He describes himself as an entrepreneur, and has aspirations to make it as a motivational speaker, helping people to have a more positive outlook on life. The July 3, 2014 e-edition of The Gonzales Cannon newspaper: Come and Read It! if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write ("&exclude=" + document.MAX_used); //]]>-->. (830) 672-2861 I , When children are chubby we often give them cute nicknames (mommy's little butterball) or we call it baby fat that these children will outgrow. if (document.referrer) document.write ("&referer=" + escape(document.referrer)); The Gonzales cannon of "Come and Take It" fame was a Spanish-made, bronze artillery piece of six-pound caliber. var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999); , After six decades of taking care of generations of patients in Galveston, thousands of students at Texas A&M, family, friends, friends of family, kids, grandkids, and anyone else who , Esther Carole Jones Benes, age 79 of Seguin, passed away on April 3, 2023. Coach Chase Delrie, the head girls basketball coach at Dutchtown Hi. Will he be able to blow away the competiton: Daniel Negreanu, Tony G, Scott Seiver, Bobby Sur. At about 6am, Texians emerged from the trees and began firing at the Mexican soldiers. The fun starts at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 6, with the Edwards Association Citywide Easter Egg , Flatonia postmaster Michael Joseph McKim has been charged with murder now that the man he shot in the head last month 47-year-old Jason Pete Pilat of Shiner has died. You can always . POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Gonzales Cannon, PO Box E, Gonzales, TX 78629. McKim, 44, , A Gonzales woman remains in the Guadalupe County Jail in lieu of $85,000 bond after she was arrested during a March traffic stop in Seguin in which the driver of the vehicle was shot to death by , Guadalupe and Gonzales County sheriffs deputies arrested a Cedar Creek man Monday, April 3 after a pursuit through three counties that ended in an hour-long manhunt near Private Road , A missing 12-year-old Gonzales girl who was the subject of an Amber Alert has been found safely Monday, April 3, in Tarrant County more than 48 hours after she first ran away from , Gonzales police are continuing to search for a 12-year-old girl who may have run away from home and gotten into an unknown vehicle with an unknown subject early Saturday morning. According to their spokesman, until this was possible "the only answer I can therefore give you is that I cannot now [and] will not deliver to you the cannon". Here is what he had to say about the Battle of Gonzales and the Come and Take It cannon: we laid off our packsand hurried on to Gonzales, the initial point of attack, to help repel the Mexicans, whose only ostensible purpose proved to be the recovery of an old cannon which the citizens had borrowed from the garrison at San Antonio some time before to defend the place against Indians, and which was practically useless, having been spiked and the spike driven out, leaving a touch-hole the size of a mans thumb. GPD Lt. Jason , Gonzales County commissioners voted unanimously Monday, March 27, to increase the salary for the second assistant county attorney position up to $85,000 in an effort to try to make the position more , Fashion and philanthropy will come together at the JB Wells Expo Center in Gonzales on Friday, April 14, when Normas House will hold its annual Bingo, Bags & Badges fundraiser. Updated: August 2, 2020. Joanna Jeanette Bermea , A two-hour Monday, April 10, Zoom meeting will discuss the efforts of Preservation Gonzales and the Edwards Association to preserve local African-American history during the past five years in , Local kids get eggs-cited! Detail of a mural in the museum at Gonzales, Texas, featuring a conjectured Come and Take It flag. Other Activities: Mexican soldiers opened fire as Texians approached their camp in the early hours of October 2. This rental is accepting applications through Apartments.com. [15] Mexican authorities felt it unwise to leave the settlers with a weapon. Austin cautioned Texians to remain on the defensive, as any unprovoked attacks against Mexican forces could limit the support Texians might receive from the United States if war officially began. The , Unemployment in Gonzales County shot up to 3.7 percent in January 2023 and then to 4.0 percent in February 2023 as holiday employment came to an end, sending job seekers scrambling, according to , The Gonzales Inquirer, located at 622 Saint Paul St., was named the Gonzales Main Street Member of the Month for both March and April! Two cannons were used by the Texians in the fighting, the bronze six-pounder under dispute and a smaller Spanish esmeril made of iron, its caliber being a one pounder or less. '&charset='+document.characterSet : '')); Somewhere a long time ago, I don't remember when or where, I was taught that our. document.write ("