Site of First Shot of the Texas Revolution - Cost, TX
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N 29° 26.332 W 097° 31.297
14R E 643390 N 3257519
Located in a triangular roadside park east of Cost on Hwy-97.
Waymark Code: WM1214K
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/29/2020
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Smithsonian Art Inventory"A bronze relief depicting soldiers in battle, surrounding a cannon. One of the soldiers raises a sword over his head with his proper right hand; another carries a flag; another carries a rifle. One soldier kneels behind the cannon. The relief is inset into the front of a granite marker, with allegorical female goddess figures carved in relief niches flanking each side."
TITLE: Site of First Shot of the Texas Revolution
ARTIST(S): Waldine Amanda Tauch
DATE: 1936
MEDIUM: Bronze / Gray Granite
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS TX000664
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Located in a triangular roadside park east of Cost on Hwy-97.
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
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