{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Fannin Battleground State Historic Site | nrhp_type = hd | image = Fannin Battleground State Historic Site Wiki (1 of 1).jpg | alt = | caption = Fannin Battleground State Historic Site in 2018 | locmapin = Texas#USA | map_label = Fannin Battleground State Historic Site | map_alt = | locmap_relief = yes | coordinates = {{coord|28|41|11|N|97|14|2|W|display=title}} | location = 734 FM 2506,<br />Fannin, Texas | built = | architect = | architecture = | added = February 28, 2017 | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | refnum = 100000695<ref name=weekly>{{cite web|title=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 2/27/2017 Through 3/03/2017|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/upload/weekly-list-2017-national-register-of-historic-places.pdf|date=March 10, 2017|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=January 23, 2018}}</ref> | website = {{URL|https://www.thc.texas.gov/historic-sites/fannin-battleground-state-historic-site|Fannin Battleground State Historic Site}} }} The '''Fannin Battleground State Historic Site''' commemorates the Battle of Coleto Creek, a battle of the Texas Revolution, fought on March 19 and 20, 1836 between Texian forces commanded by Col. James W. Fannin and the Mexican Army commanded by Mexican General Jose de Urrea. Eventually surrounded and outnumbered, Fannin surrendered to the Mexican Army. He and his troops were executed several days later at nearby Presidio La Bahia.<ref>[http://www.visitfanninbattleground.com/index.aspx?page=469 "Fannin Battleground State Historic Site, Site Snapshot"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112103322/http://www.visitfanninbattleground.com/index.aspx?page=469 |date=November 12, 2012 }}. ''Texas Historical Commission''. Retrieved August 9, 2014.</ref>
Fannin Battleground State Historic Site is located east of Goliad in Goliad County, Texas. The citizens of Goliad County donated the 14-acre battleground to the State of Texas around 1913. The state originally named it Fannin State Park.<ref>Steely, James Wright. "Prologue, 1883-1932." ''Parks for Texas: Enduring Landscapes of the New Deal''. Austin: U of Texas, 1999. 2-4. Print.</ref> The site is currently operated by the Texas Historical Commission and features a stone obelisk, interpretive exhibit, group pavilion, and picnic area.
==See also== {{Portal|National Register of Historic Places|Texas}} *List of Texas state historic sites *National Register of Historic Places listings in Goliad County, Texas *Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Goliad County
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==External links== {{commonscat inline}} *[http://www.visitfanninbattleground.com '''Fannin Battleground State Historic Site''' website]
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Category:Texas State Historic Sites Category:Protected areas of Goliad County, Texas Category:Texas Revolution monuments and memorials
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