Runaway Scrape lesson.

[Tmag]

History lessons at the ferry.

[MadHatter]

RUNAWAY SCRAPE.The term Runaway Scrape was the name Texans applied to the flight from their homes when Antonio López de Santa Anna began his attempted conquest of Texas in February 1836. The first communities to be affected were those in the south central portions of Texas around San Patricio, Refugio, and San Antonio. The people began to leave that area as early as January 14, 1836, when the Mexicans were reported gathering on the Rio Grande. When Sam Houston arrived in Gonzales on March 11 and was informed of the fall of the Alamo, he decided upon retreat to the Colorado River and ordered all inhabitants to accompany him. Couriers were dispatched from Gonzales to carry the news of the fall of the Alamo, and when they received that news, people all over Texas began to leave everything and make their way to safety. Houston's retreat marked the beginning of the Runaway Scrape on a really large scale. Washington-on-the-Brazos was deserted by March 17, and about April 1 Richmond was evacuated, as were the settlements on both sides of the Brazos River. The further retreat of Houston toward the Sabine left all of the settlements between the Colorado and the Brazos unprotected, and the settlers in that area at once began making their way toward Louisiana or Galveston Island. The section of East Texas around Nacogdoches and San Augustine was abandoned a little prior to April 13. The flight was marked by lack of preparation and by panic caused by fear both of the Mexican Army and of the Indians. The people used any means of transportation or none at all. Added to the discomforts of travel were all kinds of diseases, intensified by cold, rain, and hunger. Many persons died and were buried where they fell. The flight continued until news came of the victory in the battle of San Jacinto. At first no credence was put in this news because so many false rumors had been circulated, but gradually the refugees began to reverse their steps and turn back toward home, many toward homes that no longer existed.

[Hogmauler]

The history of not only Texas but the United States is fascinating.

[RifleBowPistol]

Thanks for posting these stories of the war. I have tried to learn everything I can about Texas history, really like the time when this land broke off from Mexico and formed it's own country, still wished we would never had joined the Union. Being allies with the US would have been the best idea, being part of the US, I still think was a mistake. In the years after Texas became part of the US, I am sure many wished they would not have, the way the southern states were treated so poorly by the northern states. I have read many times how the northern states would pay much less for products from southern states, they did their best to keep the southern states poor. Then they looked down upon people of the southern states.

The people of Texas went through a lot to get their freedom from Mexico, then battled indians regularly, then just gave it up to the US, thinking things would be better.

[Drycreek3189]

Thanks for posting these stories of the war. I have tried to learn everything I can about Texas history, really like the time when this land broke off from Mexico and formed it's own country, still wished we would never had joined the Union. Being allies with the US would have been the best idea, being part of the US, I still think was a mistake. In the years after Texas became part of the US, I am sure many wished they would not have, the way the southern states were treated so poorly by the northern states. I have read many times how the northern states would pay much less for products from southern states, they did their best to keep the southern states poor. Then they looked down upon people of the southern states.

The people of Texas went through a lot to get their freedom from Mexico, then battled indians regularly, then just gave it up to the US, thinking things would be better.

Native Texans are still looked down on from many in other states. Some of it is probably our fault, but I think we’ve been painted with a broad brush.

[AntlerCollector]

Native Texans are still looked down on from many in other states. Some of it is probably our fault, but I think we’ve been painted with a broad brush.

They hate us cuz they ain’t us! It’s Texas and 49 biatches