San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site
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San Jacinto Battlefield
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San Jacinto Monument
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| Location: | Harris County, Texas |
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| Nearest city: | Houston, Texas |
| Coordinates: | 29°44′56″N 95°4′49″W / 29.74889°N 95.08028°WCoordinates: 29°44′56″N 95°4′49″W / 29.74889°N 95.08028°W |
| Area: | 455 acres (184 ha) |
| Built: | 1836 |
| Governing body: | Texas Parks and Wildlife Department |
| NRHP Reference#: | 66000815[1] |
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| Added to NRHP: | October 15, 1966 |
| Designated NHL: | December 19, 1960[2] |
The San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site includes the location of the Battle of San Jacinto, and the USS Texas. It is located off the Houston Ship Channel in LaPorte, Texas. The site was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960.[2][3]
A prominent feature of the park is the San Jacinto Monument. Visitors can take an elevator to the monument's observation deck for a view of Houston, the Houston Ship Channel and the USS Texas.[4]
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[edit] San Jacinto Museum of History
The San Jacinto Museum of History is located inside the base of the San Jacinto Monument. In addition to the Battle of San Jacinto, the museum's exhibits focus on the history of Texan culture, including Mayan, Spanish and Mexican influences, the history of the Texas revolution and the Republic of Texas, and important figures in Texas history.[5]
The 160-seat Jesse H. Jones Theatre for Texas Studies presents a 35 minute movie titled Texas Forever!! The Battle of San Jacinto.
[edit] Battleship Texas
[edit] Subsidence
Drilling for oil and underground water have led to severe land subsidence and erosion along the Bay Area shoreline, especially in the Baytown-Pasadena area.[6] Since the beginning of the 20th century approximately 100 acres (40 ha) of the battleground have become submerged under the bay.[7]
[edit] Gallery
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Museum Battleship USS Texas (BB-35)
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Texas and the monument at sunrise in late 2007.
[edit] References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b "San Jacinto Battlefield". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. 1960-12-19. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=623&ResourceType=Site.
- ^ Patricia Heintzelman (1960-12-19), National Historic Landmark Nomination: San Jacinto Battlefield, National Park Service, http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000815.pdf"Accompanying 3 photos, from 1960.". National Register of Historic Places Inventory. http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000815.pdf.
- ^ "Lofty Texas Memorial to Have Fast Elevators" Popular Mechanics, April 1936
- ^ http://www.sanjacinto-museum.org/Monument_and_Museum/Story_of_the_Museum/ Story of the Museum
- ^ Henson (1993), p. 51.
Holzer, T.L.; Bluntzer, R.L. (1984). "Land subsidence near oil and gas-fields, Houston, Texas". Ground Water 22 (4): 450–459. http://info.ngwa.org/gwol/pdf/842030855.PDF. Retrieved 25 December 2009. - ^ Coplin, Laura S.; Galloway, Devin. "Houston-Galveston, Texas: Managing coastal subsidence". U.S. Geological Service. p. 35. http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/circ1182/pdf/07Houston.pdf. Retrieved 12 Jan 2010.
[edit] External links
- San Jacinto Battlefield State Historic Site
- USS Texas Historic Site
- San Jacinto Museum of History - includes Monument information
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