Coleman County, Texas - Santa Anna, Texas, Coleman, Texas, Novice, Texas, Talpa, Texas, Panther Creek Consolidated Independent School District (Paperback)

Chapters: Santa Anna, Texas, Coleman, Texas, Novice, Texas, Talpa, Texas, Panther Creek Consolidated Independent School District, Cross Plains Independent School District, Goldsboro, Texas, Coleman County Electric Cooperative, Valera, Texas, Coleman Independent School District, Gouldbusk, Texas, Rockwood, Texas, Burkett, Texas, Novice Independent School District, Bangs Independent School District, Santa Anna Independent School District. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 48. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Santa Anna, Texas - Santa Anna is located at (31.740189, -99.325192). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.9 square miles (5.0 km ), all of it land. The twin mesas in central Coleman County have always been a landmark. One of the earliest maps of Texas shows a mountain near the center of the state with the notation, "Santa Anna's Peaks." The mountain and later the town were named for the Comanche war chief Santanna, or Santa Anna. Texas Rangers camped at the foot of the mountain long before the area was settled, and cattle drives from South Texas to the northern markets passed through the gap in the mountain along a military road. This road helped supply the outpost forts along the Texas Forts Trail." The first permanent settlers soon built homes near a fresh water spring at the foot of the mountain. One enterprising settler stocked a supply of goods for trail drivers and settlers, starting the first business at "The Gap" in the early 1870s. In 1879 a petition to open a post office was filed, and the name of Santa Anna was chosen. During the construction of the Santa Fe Railroad, a group of residents bought land along the right-of-way. Stone buildings were build from limestone quarried from the cap rock of the west mountain. Several busines...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=135688