Wildflowers at Presidio La Bahia is a photograph by Bee Creek Photography - Tod and Cynthia which was uploaded on March 18th, 2019.
Wildflowers at Presidio La Bahia
Wildflowers at Presidio Goliad - This is another capture of Presidio La Bahí in Goliad on a spring day with texas wildflowers growing in front. This... more
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Wildflowers at Presidio La Bahia
Artist
Bee Creek Photography - Tod and Cynthia
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Photograph - Print
Description
Wildflowers at Presidio Goliad - This is another capture of Presidio La Bahí in Goliad on a spring day with texas wildflowers growing in front. This cloudy backdrop made for a nice pop of color of the indian paintbrush and yellow daisy like flowrs her along with some bluebonnets, phox and salvia splatter around.
The long history of the Presidio Nuestra Señora de Loreto de la Bahía, known more commonly as Presidio La Bahia, is a fort constructed by the Spanish Army that became the nucleus of the modern-day city of Goliad, Texas, United States. Originally founded in 1721 on the ruins of the failed French Fort Saint Louis, the presidio was moved to a location on the Guadalupe River in 1726. In 1747, the presidio and its mission were moved to their current location on the San Antonio River. By 1771, the presidio had been rebuilt in stone and had become "the only Spanish fortress for the entire Gulf Coast from the mouth of the Rio Grande to the Mississippi River". The civilian settlement, later named Goliad, sprang up around the presidio in the late 18th century; the area was one of the three most important in Spanish Texas
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March 18th, 2019
