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|  Rene Robert Cavelier Sieur De La Salle - Indianola, TX
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures A 40' gray granite monument at the turnabout/terminus of TX Hwy 316 by the ghost town of Indianola, Texas in honor of the great French Explorer. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 10/23/2015 last visited: 11/5/2016 |
view gallery NE72.9 km
|  Confederate Monument - Bay City, TX
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures A Confederate soldier in uniform, including a brimmed hat, stands on a tall pedestal atop a square base. His right hand holds the barrel of his rifle. The butt of the rifle rests by his right foot. Cannons protrude from east and west sides of base. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 5/16/2017 last visited: 1/26/2022 |
view gallery W79.2 km
|  Memorial to King's Men - Refugio, TX
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures A tall fluted, granite shaft surmounted by a nearly nude, kneeling figure holding a sword in his upraised right hand. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 3/11/2016 last visited: 5/25/2019 |
view gallery W86.1 km
|  Fannin Monument - Goliad, TX
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures A 35' tall pink granite monument in Goliad State Park & Historical Site (Goliad, TX) in honor of Col. James Fannin and his 400 men who were captured and summarily executed at this very spot by the Mexican army on March 27, 1836. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 11/6/2015 last visited: 3/6/2016 |
view gallery W86.6 km
|  General Ignacio Zaragoza - Goliad, TX
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures The standing figure of General Ignacio Zaragoza, in full military uniform in Goliad State Park. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 3/11/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery NE95.6 km
|  Wharton Brontosaurus - Wharton, TX
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures A friendly brontosaurus (Approx. 19 x 77 x 16 ft.) welcomes visitors to Riverside Park. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 5/24/2017 last visited: never |
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|  Lida Croom Hodges - Wharton City Cemetery - Wharton TX USA
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures The elegant, haunting, and somewhat strange tombstone of Lida Croom Hodges in Wharton City Cemetery hints at some possible fraught family emotional drama posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 5/4/2022 last visited: 10/20/2022 |
view gallery SW112.7 km
|  Eagle War Memorial - Sinton, TX
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures A memorial to those who died in the Korean and Vietnam wars. On front of base is the inscription "They died so that we could live in Freedom". Two of the vertical slabs supporting the base are inscribed with the names of the dead. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 6/26/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery SW118.8 km
|  Selena - Corpus Christi, TX
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures Life-size portrait of twenty-three year old Tejano singing superstar Selena Quintanilla-Perez who was fatally shot by her fan club president on March 31, 1995. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 10/18/2015 last visited: 10/25/2018 |
view gallery SW118.8 km
|  Wind in the Sails - Corpus Christi, TX
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures Two huge sailfish, 23 feet high including the base. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 10/18/2015 last visited: 3/17/2016 |
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|  Goddess of Justice - Beeville, TX
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures A copper statue standing on the dome of the Bee County Courthouse. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 6/26/2016 last visited: 12/15/2009 |
view gallery W122.1 km
|  Cretan Bull Dancers - Beeville, TX
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures Three dancers flipping over the top of a bull. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 6/26/2016 last visited: 1/13/2018 |
view gallery NW141.5 km
|  Site of First Shot of the Texas Revolution - Cost, TX
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures Located in a triangular roadside park east of Cost on Hwy-97. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 2/19/2020 last visited: 3/5/2021 |
view gallery NW141.5 km
|  Site of First Shot of the Texas Revolution - Cost, TX
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures A bronze & granite monument on US 97 just 1/2 mile East of Cost, TX designed by Waldine Tauch, marking the site where the Texans fired the first cannon shot against the Mexican army during the Texas Revolution of 1835-1836. posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 12/30/2014 last visited: 2/11/2019 |
view gallery NW141.6 km
|  Monument to the Thirty-Two Gonzales Men - Gonzales, TX
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures The sculpture is placed in front of a reflecting pool, which was dry when we visited. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 8/18/2017 last visited: 3/5/2021 |
view gallery NW141.9 km
|  Come and Take It Monument, (sculpture)
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures This is a monument commemorating the first skirmish Texians had with Mexican Army that began the Texas fight for independence from Mexican rule. posted by: WayBetterFinder location: Texas date approved: 10/9/2012 last visited: 10/2/2018 |
view gallery NW142.1 km
|  Confederate Monument - Gonzales, TX
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures Dedicated to the Confederate soldiers who died in the Civil War. Erected by the Gonzales Chapter No. 545 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the State of Texas. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 8/18/2017 last visited: 3/5/2021 |
view gallery N155.6 km
|  Monument to the Dawson Massacre & Mier Expedition - LaGrange, TX
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures The monument honors the members of the Dawson expedition kill in 1842 and the Mier expedition who were killed in 1843. Josset sculpted the bronze angel; Bourdelle sculpted the plaster mural. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 11/25/2017 last visited: 1/1/2012 |
view gallery NE158.4 km
|  Nolan Ryan - Alvin, TX
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures Statue of Nolan Ryan in Baseball Uniform in the act of pitching a ball. posted by: WalksfarTX location: Texas date approved: 6/6/2016 last visited: 6/23/2013 |
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