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Victoria colony
The town was named Guadalpe victoria for the first prsident.By 1834 about 300 people were living in the municipality. -
San Felipe
It was located on the west bank of the brazos River at the Old San Antonio Road crossing.It was founded in 1824 by Stephen F. Austin as the unoffcial capital. -
Gonzales Colony
Named for Rafael Gonzales , governor of Coahuila and Texas. The settlement was abandoned in July 1826 after two indian attacks and was rebuilt on the Guadalupe River in 1827.On October 1835 Stephen F. Austin took command of the volunteer army that had concentrated at Gonzales and thee made preperations for the Siege of Bexar -
Bastrop Colony
the town was probably named Bastrop by Stephen F. Austin in honor of the Baron , a longtime friend and coworker.The baron de Bastrop obtained permission from the Spanish to found a German Colony and selected the site in 1823 but, subsequently to establish a settlement. -
Refugio colony
The colony was named for Nuestra Senora del Refugio mission.Refugio country covers 771 miles of generally flat land -
San Patricio colony
In 1828 empresarios John McMullen and James McGlain contracted with the goverment of Mexico to settle 200 Irish Catholic familiies on eighty leagues of lan in the area.In 1834 the colony was legally established as the municipality of San Patricio in the Mexican state of Coahuila and Texas.
