Texas Hanging Tree
by Lynn Sprowl
Title
Texas Hanging Tree
Artist
Lynn Sprowl
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Texas Hanging Tree by Lynn Sprowl.
An official Texas Historic Landmark, the Goliad Hanging Tree is a symbol of justice, Texas-style.
A marker beside the tree reads:
The Hanging Tree
Site for court sessions at various times from 1846 to 1870. Capital sentences called for by the courts were carried out immediately, by means of a rope and a convenient limb. Hangings not called for by regular courts occurred here during the 1857 "cart war" - a series of attacks made by Texas Freighters against Mexican drivers along the Indianola-Goliad-San Antonio Road. About 70 men were killed, some of them on this tree, before the war was halted by Texas Rangers.
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May 26th, 2018
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