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PresidioPresidio is a remote Rio Grande border community and western gateway to Big Bend Ranch State Park, combining deep La Junta history, Mexican-American border culture, Fort Leaton, dark skies and the celebrated FM 170 River Road through one of Texas' most dramatic desert landscapes.
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Presidio La BahíaA restored Spanish colonial presidio in Goliad associated with the Texas Revolution and the Goliad Massacre, with a chapel, museum and fortified courtyard overlooking the San Antonio River valley.
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A Goliad History Weekend: Fannin Battleground to Presidio La BahíaFollow the Goliad campaign in the right order—from the Coleto battlefield to Presidio La Bahía—then slow down enough to see the Spanish, Mexican and Republic-era layers around the story.
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Military Texas Before the Republic: Presidios, Filibusters and the Battle of MedinaLong before the Alamo, Spanish soldiers, presidios, Indigenous alliances, imperial rivalry and independence movements shaped Texas. The 1813 Battle of Medina was the violent climax of that earlier military world.
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Military in Mexican Texas: Presidios, Militias, Anahuac and the Road to RevolutionBetween Mexican independence in 1821 and the Texas Revolution in 1835, military power in Texas shifted from thin presidio garrisons to settler militias and larger Mexican deployments.
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Apache Village RV ParkRV park or campground directory profile near Marfa, Presidio County.
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Big Bend Ranch State ParkTexas' largest state park, stretching through remote Chihuahuan Desert mountains, canyons and Rio Grande country west of Presidio with rugged roads, trails and primitive camps.
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Big Bend Ranch State Park RV AreasRV park or campground directory profile near Presidio, Presidio County.
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GoliadGoliad is a South Texas courthouse town on the San Antonio River where Spanish mission history, Presidio La Bahía, the 1836 Goliad campaign, historic downtown streets and nearby parkland create one of the state's most concentrated Texas Revolution destinations.
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Loma Alta RV ParkRV park or campground directory profile near Presidio, Presidio County.
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Marfa Lights RV ParkRV park or campground directory profile near Marfa, Presidio County.
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Spanish Governor's PalaceThe Spanish Governor's Palace is an eighteenth-century Spanish Colonial residence in downtown San Antonio and the last visible architectural trace of the Presidio San Antonio de Béxar complex.
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Tumbleweed RV ParkRV park or campground directory profile near Marfa, Presidio County.
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MarfaA tiny Trans-Pecos town where contemporary art, ranching history, minimalist architecture and huge desert skies create one of Texas' most distinctive cultural destinations.
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Fannin Battleground State Historic SiteThe site preserves the landscape associated with the 1836 Battle of Coleto, where James Fannin's command was surrounded during the Texas Revolution. Pair it with Presidio La Bahía to follow the events that led from the Coleto surrender to the Goliad executions.