Historical Spotlight

This Day in History

President Antonio López de Santa Anna takes firm control of Mexican government establishing a new centralist congress and abolishing the Constitution of 1824

Location: Texas

Date: April 15, 1835

Category: Texas and Fort Bend County

This Day in History

Also on the 15th, the steamboat Yellowstone came down the Brazos River from Groce’s plantation and ran through Fort Bend loaded with cotton despite some of the Mexicans trying to shoot or lasso it.

Location: Texas

Date: April 15, 1836

Category: Texas and Fort Bend County

This Day in History

Mexican army rests at William Stafford’s plantation; another division of the Mexican army under Gen. Vicente Filisola arrived and camped near the bend in the Brazos River (in present-day Richmond)

Location: William Stafford's plantation is located in parts of present day Stafford, Sugar Land and Missouri City, the exact camping spot I don't know (The plantation's historical marker is located east of Dulles Ave. and south of Ave. E and the canal.)

Date: April 15, 1836

Category: Texas and Fort Bend County