Trinidad, AKA Spanish Bluff, Texas, Madison County ghost town. (original) (raw)

Centennial Marker:
Site of Trinidad
Later known as Spanish Bluff. A fort and town as early as 1805. Captured by the Magee-Gutierrez Expedition in October, 1812. Near here the survivors of the Battle of Medina were executed in 1813. Inhabitants of the town were butchered by order of the Spanish commander and the town desolated.
1936


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