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Independence Trail maps Texas Travel Trails system
The Independence Trail, announced by Gov. John Connally at the Governor's Tourist Development Conference, links 19 counties from Gonzales to Victoria and across Gulf Coast towns to San Jacinto Battlefield. It highlights Gonzales where the first shot rang out, Bastrop State Park, Monument Hill, La Grange, Navasota, Washington on the Brazos State Park, and Goliad, ending back at Gonzales via Farm Road 456.
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San Jacinto
John Connally
Refugio
Texas
Austin
Bastrop
Bexar
Brazoria
Caldwell
Calhoun
Fort Bend
Fayette
Galveston
Goliad
Gonzales
Guadalupe
Harris
Jackson
Karnes
Matagorda
Washington
Wilson
Victoria
Alamo
Luling
Fentress
Stephen F. Austin
Bastrop State Park
East Texas Forest Country
Smithville
la Grange
Monument Hill
Colorado River Valley
Mier
Mexico
Nicholas
Dawson's
Salado Creek
Round Top
Winedale Inn
Navasota
Washington - On - the - Brazos State Park
Republic of Texas
Bellville
Sealy
Houston
Santa Anna
Battleground
Pirate’s Cove
Freeport
West Columbia
Warner- Hogg Plantation
Bay City
Wadsworth
Palacios
Port Lavaca
Republic of
Goliad State Park
Ignacio Zaragoza
Panna Maria
America
Karnes City
Floresville
Seguin
Texas Lutheran College
Lake McQueeney