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Fort Terán
Fort Terán (sometimes Teran or Fort Turan) was a former Mexico, Mexican military base, military post and Texian settlement located in Tyler County, Texas, Tyler County in East Texas. The post was named after Mexican general Manuel Mier y Terán. Fort Terán was located at the wikt:head of navigation, head of navigation on the Neches River. The flat rock along the riverbed allowed it be crossed by three major trails between Mexican Texas and the United States: the Alabama Trace, the Coushatta-Nacogdoches Trace, Coushatta Trace, and the Orcoquisac Trace (or Liberty, Texas, Liberty-Nacogdoches, Texas, Nacogdoches Road). As these trails avoided the royal Old San Antonio Road, Old San Antonio and Atascosita Roads, they were frequented by smugglers and illegal American immigrants. Following Terán's inspection tour of Texas, the fort was constructed in 1830 as part of an implementation of List of heads of state of Mexico, Mexican President Anastasio Bustamante's edict banning further A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Mexico covers ,Mexico ''''. . making it the world's 13th-largest country by are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |