My Daddy was the same way. We never passed a single historical marker no matter how 'in a hurry' we were. AND as he read the marker to the family, the boys and him would remove their hats or caps.
Great video. I'd like to add that there is another extremely significant historical site in Goliad. It's Mission Espiritu Santo de Zuniga - the Spanish Colonial mission that the Presidio LaBahia was built to protect. The mission was established in 1749, and is now part of Goliad State Park and Historic Site. The museum located in one of the mission buildings is dedicated to the site's 18th century Native American and Spanish Colonial history, as well as it's 20th century Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) history. The mission grounds and buildings are lovely, and well worth a visit!
Going to have to watch this one again. I love the history, the court house, the hanging tree, the kitty in the fort...just everything! The house is 7 bedrooms and 7 baths, $450,00, 4,768 sq. ft., ,66 acre lot. Built in 1894. The little house fenced in with it might be included. 23 pictures of inside. Can't wait for more of your travels!
Unless the city decides they need 242 Chilton for a museum, there is just about zero market for that house: people don't have such large families anymore, and it would take an additional several hundred thousand in remodeling and updates to become a proper BNB.
@@Thomas63r2 I agree, while that's a beauty outside, I feel like the price should be closer to 300s and that is to someone who cares. You'd have to move in lots of family and hire someone to live there and work on it full time for a few years to be worth the cost. Then you might have something bed and breakfast ready. You got to figure utilities would also be rough for all that space. But it would be special if you applied some TLC.
Australian here and that's a very cool place, Texas is No.1 on my list of places I want to visit, Goliad is now a must visit when I get over there. God bless Texas & I suspect there will be another significant chapter written in its history in years to come.
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip Unfortunately we don't have any of the God given rights you guys have, but I do watch your videos regularly and the land around Texas is very similar to the part of Australia I live & I do suspect the people would be quite alike.
@@andrewfreiji4647 No bill of rights here, So go through that list of rights you guys have and that's what we don't have. Look in saying that Australia is a beautiful country & if you get a chance you should visit , All I'm saying is the rights you guys have over there are something I dream of having.
Goliad is great little town. As a child my parents drove us all over Texas. To visit mission. I grew up in San Antonio. My mom's family was from Gonzales, Texas.
i lived in rockport and hurricane harvey was brutal on this entire area . rockport was wiped out. port lavaca devastated . but since houston got ten days of rain and flooding , this entire area was forgotten and ignored.
True, I live 8 miles west of the spot where Harvey roared ashore. Never saw a FEMA rep for a long time, and then it was not a good event! I did see many from the Texas State Guard, the Texas Army, and later many National Guard troops. They distributed food and water, (and you could see them, after duty, working on the houses and mounds of debris in the neighborhoods, on their own) and along with just plain Texas citizens and local and regional Christian organizations, began the labor part of food and water and supplies and clothing distribution recovery. Without electricity. A long time without electricity, as hundreds, if not thousands of electrical company workers from around the nation worked long hours to restore the incredible damage to this part of Texas. Like I said, I never saw FEMA until weeks later when they came with their large, airconditioned tents with representatives who seemed eager to deny help to the people who had lost everything to the terrible Cat 5 storm. Well, flail away Liberals, me and mine lived it, and we took only the water, because we were preppers and had survival food, and yes (gasp, Liberals clutching their pearls) weapons and ammo. Texas takes care of their own. At least as long as the democrats are kept at bay. Molon Labe!
Didn't have time to read all comments, someone else may have answered your inquiry, but the corrugated metal "L" shaped building at 26:00 looks like an old dilapidated cotton gin. The giveaway is the suction tubes hanging from the ceiling of the front shed. When you turned the corner I could see them hanging down. They were used to vacuum cotton out of trailers parked underneath. Cotton then went inside and was run through the mill to extract seed and fiber from burrs. Cotton burrs are the husk that protect the seed and fiber during growth and development from flower bloom to harvest. They look similar to massive Rose Hips. Burrs burst open and dry out when fiber inside reaches maturity and puts pressure on the husk. My son's agronomy professor loved teaching about cotton because he believed it to be the most complicated plant on earth. Seed goes on to be cleaned of fiber, then accumulated to be sent off to be ground into animal feed, pressed to extract oil or saved for next years crop. Burrs are sent outside to pile up as a waste product that can also be ground into animal feed, etc. Fiber stays behind to be compressed with heavy machines, into rectangular, burlap-wrapped bales to be stored inside until fabric manufacturers purchase and ship it to their mills for further cleaning and eventually spun into raw thread used to make their end product. Todays bales weigh near 500 lbs each, but an early gin like this they were probably 100 lbs. A pic of a modern cotton gin could be displayed beside this to show how these building have changed. It may be rare to see the suction operation out front of modern gins as many eliminated the suction method in favor of innovative automation. Eli Whitney might not recognize the machinery he invented to separate components of cotton after all the innovation his idea has spawned.
One of your best so far. This channel is great for uncovering hidden history in our North American backyard, places most of us would never think to take the turn off for.
Thanks for the history lesson. My great great grandmother was born in Goliad in 1867 and got married in Victoria in 1887. We have a lot of family history in the Goliad/Victoria area. Once again, thanks for the history lesson 👍🏾🙂
I’ve lived in la Bahia my whole life, 34 years and I’m still watching your pov, very knowledgeable chap, thank you sir for investing your time into our small town 🙌🏼
$367k off the market. From Wikipedia: The Dr. L.W. and Martha E.S. Chilton House at 242 N. Chilton St. in Goliad, Texas, United States, was built in 1902. It was a work of architect Jules Leffland and of building contractor Bailey Mills. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. The listing included two contributing buildings and two contributing structures. [
That tree is a child dream climbing tree, This town was alive compared to most that you drive thru, was nice to see it all and the history, Thank you see you on the next one
Been to goliad lots of times on the way to yoakum Texas from Alice Texas to see my family now living in Tennessee lots of history here too never a dull moment discover new trails and old buildings
Didn't know all the stories, but the wife and I have been to all the forts and missions and cool stuff to see!!! This brought back all the fun memories.
From New Zealand, I have appreciated the views into a lot of little places in the United States that I have never heard of, and it has given me an insight into the struggle of some of the American people. Can't say however, until now, that I have seen a place that I would particularly like to visit. The 'town centers' are often just plain depressing. This however, is the most fascinating place you have shown, I do not know why the history is not much more known, the architecture of the town is remarkable, it looks busy, and if I do ever visit Texas it would be first on my list to see.
I'm sure this was done in other states, but the town square for Texas centered around the courthouse. There's still many town squares which are vibrant, especially on Hwy 36, though I'll admit there's a triple more that are a sad mess, or simply no longer exist in the name of progress.
Also, I have seen some of his videos. He purposely looks for the run down and dilapidated and does not give a representative view into how most of the towns live. He's looking for the worst of it and then adds in some of the special. He must feel that the mundane is not worthy of his videos.
We don't really have "Town Centers" many US mid size and larger cities lost their downtowns to malls. Many are trying to make those types of things. America is plagued by some of the worst planning on the planet. The US "Subarban neighborhood' is one of the worst ideas the US ever foisted on the world. Very few americans live in a walkable area. very few live within walking distance of any major commercial or even public services (like parks and what we call "Open spaces" (parks where the landscape it natural).. America SUCKS for city planning.
@denverleatherboy Are you preaching the woke "15 Minute City" narrative? That "plan" would necessitate a city center for about every five hundred residents. I know this because my hometown was a "15 Minute City" in the 1960s. To expand the number of customers to allow each Center to be economically viable citizens would have to live in highrise apartments. You may find that model perfectly satisfactory, but the popular trend is moving toward minifarm acreages. Do we in the USA really need to adopt the communist planner's style where humans are discouraged from traveling outside their local district? Americans are explorers from our bloodlines. Being confined to a zone only isolates us from knowledge we obtain from observing change and innovation outside our zone, facilitating forced ghettoization. In colonial America all houses were unpainted or painted white. Imagine the people's excitement when they observed their first Red Oxide painted house? That's unlikely to happen in your ideal "15 Minute City", which is utterly demoralizing. Greenspacr is a farce if man has no right to put his hands in dirt, walk bstrfoot through his garden. A walkway through a nature park is totally hands off. It's a ridiculous substitute for grounding the body and soul. The 15 Minute City encourages isolation, discourages assimilation to the point that a whole community will eventually be bloodline related. There's a small German community up the road from me who isolated themselves from 2 other towns in the county from the time of their community organization for a hundred yrs, to the 1980s. By the 80s enough of the men had been off to college to understand that their community's high rate of birth defects were a result of inbreeding. In the 1970s there was a big change in attitudes. There was pressure on young men seeking a marriage partner to go off to another similarly inbred community to seek a wife of their faith. During my childhood these people's children weren't allowed to play with us kids across the line that dilenated our communities. Merely driving a school bus down the county road that separated us was akin to entering enemy territory. There was always some level of pot stirring about it when a new bus driver on our side took a wrong turn. The children growing up two miles from me had learned at home (mostly from their mothers) that we "others" were outside their social realm, and their children were punished for any association with outsiders. For their town to survive genetic linebreeding those clannish ideas needed to be eliminated. For the first time their sons were encouraged to court and marry wives that brought new genetics into their fold. I spent my life living across the barbed wire fence observing members of this small community. In the late 1960s our basketball teams scrimmaged theirs before the regular season began. I felt like we were behind enemy lines in a war zone. In those days scrimmages weren't attended by the public. In other neighboring towns there might be 5 people in the stands, but in that town any competition was taken seriously to the point that rabid, foaming-at-the- mouth mothers of players stood right up on the sideline screaming at opposing players waving arms, lunging onto the court like a pack of barely restrained dogs. It was a bizarre spectacle to this 13 y.o. observer. The court competition was feeble so there was little benefit for our team. The scrimmages stopped and we more timid kids were glad. My father was well acquainted with almost all the farmers, and many of the businessmen in that community. He talked about the negative aspects of isolation for the farmers as each generation raised families of 7 to 10 offspring, 75% had to move elsewhere to be economically successful because dividing 160 acre farms by 3 or 4 boys made for economic strain. That's when I learned it was custom for girls to leave the nest with only a dowery. My mom and her sisters had inherited ranch land equivalent to their brothers, so this sons only practice was a surprise to me. Evidently my grandparents were progressive. Who knew? 😮 My mom born in 1919 was the youngest girl, and the middle of 9 offspring. 1919 was the year women were given the right to vote. Not sure if that coincides with the right to own property under their name. Farmers in the self-isolated community sought ways to make a living on less acreage viable. There were a lot of dairies built in the 1970s. Wild fluctuation in milk prices coupled with fabulous innovation in milking and milk handling gradually eliminated all but one of their small dairies. After dairy biz died there was a turn to raising high value crops like sugar beets. High maintenance made that crop perfect for farmers with small acreage, but as their little economy grew a few young men spread wings and a few flew out of the nest, moved out of oversight of the the church elders, where they could buy hundreds, even thousands of acres of land. Their parochial school went public as the need to modernize became more difficult to resist outside influence. By the time my great grandchildren are grown that little enclave will have shed all vestages of their discriminatory practices. That town is still a "15 Minute City".
@@rt3box6tx74 Wow! Have you ever considered writing as a career or hobby? I read every word of your comment and it was a fascinating glimpse of your childhood. I could actually picture moms screaming with spittle flying from their mouths during a scrimmage. Thank you for sharing this I really enjoyed it.
Yeah, as a Texan, I love going through old Texas towns and learning the history. Haven't been to Goliad in a quite a while. I live in Florida now, but come to Texas often. You've made me want to take my girls to Goliad.
Best video of all as of yet. Very informative & beautiful town. Court house absolutely georgous!!! Loved it! & I have been with you from the beginning of your trip!
Another awesome video! Very interesting facts about the 'Hanging tree' in particular. Talk about going out on a limb! Sorry, I couldn't resist... Thank you once again for taking us on tour with you. Always just the right amount of information about a towns history. Lovely old buildings, they sure don't make them like they used to.
Thoroughly enjoyed this video. A lot of history which i knew about growing up. The only difference is im born and raised in Australia and this was in our history lessons back in the early 70's🇦🇺🦘🪃🇦🇺🦘🪃
Col Fannin is my several times great uncle. I remember my grandfather said he was told by his great-great-grandfather that Col Fannin obeyed an order that he should have disobeyed. Sam Houston messaged to Col. Fannin that he should surrender and then join the major Texian army to continue the fight for independence. The Fannin family feels that if he had fought to the last man as did the Alamo defenders, then he would have been remembered along with William Travis, Jim Bowie and David Crocket.
What a beautiful city. One of my absolute favorite videos of yours. Oh..and 242 Chilton was listed in january 2022 for $460 000 but as I can see, its is currently off the market.
Hi there, Joe & Nic. Great video about Goliad and for refreshing the memories of our history in Texas! At 26:10, the wonderfully preserved building looks like it was a Cotton Gin. Looking through the open passage way there is a metal Suction Pipe hanging down in the center with 2 cables or ropes on each side of the Pipe connected to counter-weights to make it easier to raise and lower the outer Pipe to suction out the crop! My Father taught me how to handle the Suction in the mid-50’s; he was a Farmhand but during Fall-harvest he worked at a Gin for many years. The gins were newer than the one in Goliad and they had 2 Suctions next to each other. Looking forward to more of Texas western scenery and historical facts!!
@@ferengiprofiteer9145 Yes, he had all his fingers because the Suction is the safest job to do at the Gin! When he let me run the Suction in the mid-50’s, I was about 10 years old and had a ‘great time’ doing that!! The real danger was for the Ginners who had to monitor the 4 ‘Stands’ where the cotton fiber is separated from the boll and the seed! I’ve seen some Old Ginners that limped because they got their foot caught in the machinery! Some even got their hands, also. The Press, where the cotton is packed in a Bale for shipping to the Compress, is not a very safe job either! Also, had Fires, Choke-Ups, and various other complications!
Thank you for sharing this story with us. I’ve been there several times and I never get tired of going there. It’s a beautiful town with a lot of history just a great place to visit and relax. I have some relatives that live a little bit north of Goliad out in the countryside and it’s beautiful and peaceful there. Safe travels and see you soon.
NICE,..Nice..nice ,so very interesting, all of the sites you shared, great filming "Joe, you have the touch what a history ! Looking forward to seeing your next trip..thank you Good "Sir". God's safe keeping in your travels.🌼
Thanks to your video I went to visit Goliad. I brought my ham radio, booked a couple of nights in a nice hotel, and learned a lot about history. I had fun with the (many!) HF radio contacts, but walking by the various historical sites, and praying in the chapel in the Presidio was the capstone of the vacation.
I have passed by Goliad on US 59 so many times and never stopped to look around. I can do it in a day trip so I will have to go see in person soon. Thanks for this historical trip!
Thanx Joe 4 that history lesson! Very interesting and i love history. Gonna watch it again! Trees in the middle of the roads. Wow! Very special trees there. U and Nicole stay safe out there.
Wow, Joe, even at 62, I learn things from you on every video. Thank you so much for this. The wife and watch your CURRENT videos every Sunday night with a shot of whisky. We also have 2 jeeps and love them. Jeep and Jack Daniels should be your sponsors. LOL. Reach out to them!. Wishing you and yours’ the very best. Where is your memberships, merchandise, etc. You EARNED IT! Joe, it is TIME to GROW! Keep rollin.’ - Ron
Your videos just keep getting more interesting! Great photography and editing as well. Thanks for providing such an informative tour of a most interesting town!
My girlfriends great great great grandfather was Alfred Giles, the architect who was responsible for designing the court house. His works are all around Texas and are truly fascinating!
You make very interesting videos. I was born in Goliad, Texas,, raised in the Vanderbilt and Edna area, a few miles east of Victoria, Texas,and that's where I live now .. I really enjoy your videos.. When I was younger I traveled a lot, and in other states. Safe travels Sir, God bless you.
Yes, Goliad is a beautiful small town and is very historic to the story of Texas Independence (which happens to be today as I write this, March 2). While you included the Presidio and Zaragosa’s birthplace, you didn’t show the beautiful Mission Espiritu Santo which is located just down the road in the State Park and the Goliad Memorial Auditorium which was built in 1936 to commemorate the Centennial of Texas’ Independence. There are hotels, restaurants and a lot more presentable homes in Goliad. Great ranches too. There are great schools and more churches of different denominations. The Presidio has one of the oldest extant (Catholic)churches in the U.S called The Chapel of Our Lady of Loreto. I strongly encourage folks to visit all these sites. There is an annual reenactment of the Massacre at Goliad on the closest weekend around the time it actually took place, Palm Sunday, March 27, 1836. The actual battle cry at the Battle of San Jacinto, where the Texian Army defeated Santa Anna and won Independence, is “Remember the Alamo, Remember Goliad!”
A little supplementary history if I may make so bold. The Napoleon you refer to styled himself Napoleon 3rd of France. He was nephew to Napoleon Bonaparte who was defeated by us Brits at Waterloo in Belgium. Apparently a Hapsburg adventurer went to Mexico to try to set up a monarchy with French support but was defeated, captured and executed by the Mexican republic. Probably one of your best videos. Wishing you a wonderful 2024 and safe travels. From a British history buff.
Been to Goliad a lot. It’s a beautiful old Texas town. Much history here but you should have gone to the State park. They have an old Spanish Mission there. Great video
That tree is awesome, but I'm surprised some haven't tried to take it down. I find the history of these towns you and your wife visit should be embraced and learned from. Y'all make awesome videos. Thank you for inviting everyone on your adventures.
@@martinel2450 And if we forget history we will be doomed to repeat it. History, good or bad, is a learning mechanism we should all embrace to improve the lives of all people. There will always be bad people, but good people will always prevail.
@@martinel2450how can you say unjustly? Were you alive when they hung people from the tree? That tree is part of Goliads history and should never be removed. You can either learn from history or you can repeat it.
The last time I commented on your channel is when you hit 300k subscribers. Now I'm back to congratulate you on hitting 400k well deserved subscribers. You didn't give up when things got tough and your production has continued to improve with each video. Best of luck, good health to you both and please be safe out there!!!
Grew up right down the road. Went there many times over the years. Probably wouldn't' t live there but interesting place with a lot of history. Also, many neat attractions in addition to the missions, there is a brewery, winery and a few good restaurants as well.
Wow lots of cool history with this one. Makes me want to visit and see it for myself. Thx to the person who let us know how much the home is for sell. Great video. Safe travels and sounds like some really great travels coming in the new year.
I know that town well I'm a paramedic there. It's so weird see it on u tube lol . The the old metal building u were asking about used to be a feed store. U miss the old well next to the mason lodge. Loved the video!
Wonderful educational film. I Knew the history of Goliad and the slaughter of unarmed men by the Mexican Army. I did not know about The Angel of Goliad, Mexican General Ignacio Zaragoza, details about Father Hidalgo, or that the first signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence at the Loreto Chapel. Thanks.
Again another great video. The trees are awesome. I just had my live oaks trimmed and now I can see the lake across the street again. Trees are very important to many Texans and how Goliad treats their trees is special. The Fort, the county court house and the downtown is all quite unique. Coupled with your historical narration makes this particular video extra special. When you retire from RUclips you need to get a historical mansion for yourself and run a B&B as your eye is always picking out the great ones. I am looking forward to this coming years videos. You will enjoy Old Town NewCastle, Delaware as it is a Colonial Historical gem. Also Fort Delaware on the Delaware River at Pea Patch Island is highly recommended. It is where war prisoners were held during the Civil War. See if you can't catch a reenactment at the Fort with your schedule. Have a good new year. You'll need to trade in the new Jeep next December with the milage you'll be putting on it.
Your content is awesome! It’s zen just to have on all day while working or while visiting my parents. Its interesting historical facts along with scenery. Always creates conversation when we’re watching. So enjoyable!
my coworker lives in Goliad. His parents house is across the street from the Presidio. They're always finding artifacts. Says they have a collection of buttons and a lot of other small items. They allow one of their friends to search for artifacts so he can give them to the museum
What's your coworkers last name? My family lives right there too. Cortinas, Cabrera, Garza, Martinez and Rubio are some of our last names. The streets are named after them. Maybe he's my cousin 😊
Now you"ve got me fired up about Goliad! I haven't been through there in a long time. It's not your typical sunbaked South Texas town. Very lovely architectural and historic buildings in the business district. It appears to be the eastern twin to Mason, TX but with the much grander Courthouse. Your cinematography and narration were superb. I kinda wished you would have showcased downtown a bit more, maybe just a spin around the square and filmed the storefronts. I guess I'll just have to make the 300 mile trip down there and see for myself.
I just found your videos a couple days ago and am hooked on watching them. It’s amazing how they were able to construct huge beautiful buildings like the court house way back then without the construction equipment like we have today.
As a Texan I swell up with pride when it comes to Texas history. I made a miniature Alamo with stucco for a school project when I was in elementary. Well done, thanks for showing this!
❤The more miles you go the better your narration becomes, but ALL of your videos are enjoyed, especially ones with your daughter. The historical account of The Most Sacred, Historical Town In Texas is eye opening even though quick trials & punishments were/are carried out worldwide. 😮Had your grammar been under my “school teacher verdict”, your usage of hung would have kindly been corrected.😊
Wow what a courthouse! I can’t imagine how on earth they could ever build something that big so long ago without equipment like they have today. And that tree could tell stories! What amazing history. Thank you for doing what you do.
Come to England you will see buildings over 800 yrs old our cathedrals are magnificent look into yorkminster in Yorkshire its amazing and there are many more . 😊
you were about 30 minutes away from my home town of Beeville Tx. I always enjoyed Goliad, it is a great little small town to visit and the history it has to show for Texas. I enjoy watching your videos to see how close you get to my town and the smaller towns around it. Berclair is small town in between Beeville and Goliad that would be fun for you to visit. It has a historical mansion there.
My Dad always loved to visit Goliad and would tell the tales of Texas history. Thank You for honoring this Great State of Texas!
My Daddy was the same way. We never passed a single historical marker no matter how 'in a hurry' we were. AND as he read the marker to the family, the boys and him would remove their hats or caps.
Great video. I'd like to add that there is another extremely significant historical site in Goliad. It's Mission Espiritu Santo de Zuniga - the Spanish Colonial mission that the Presidio LaBahia was built to protect. The mission was established in 1749, and is now part of Goliad State Park and Historic Site. The museum located in one of the mission buildings is dedicated to the site's 18th century Native American and Spanish Colonial history, as well as it's 20th century Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) history. The mission grounds and buildings are lovely, and well worth a visit!
My ggg grandfather was shot at the presidio in 1835. The first casualty of the Texas Revolution.
Wow!
Is your grandmother a DTR?
Wow.
How interesting! Hopefully your family has some fascinating stories about him!
RIP
Was raised in Yorktown, which is nearby. We left to raise a family in Corpus Christi and now moved back to Goliad rural area. Love it here!
Yorktown Western Day's
Is one of my favorite festivals.
Victoria TX 🕺
Going to have to watch this one again. I love the history, the court house, the hanging tree, the kitty in the fort...just everything! The house is 7 bedrooms and 7 baths, $450,00, 4,768 sq. ft., ,66 acre lot. Built in 1894. The little house fenced in with it might be included. 23 pictures of inside. Can't wait for more of your travels!
Unless the city decides they need 242 Chilton for a museum, there is just about zero market for that house: people don't have such large families anymore, and it would take an additional several hundred thousand in remodeling and updates to become a proper BNB.
@@Thomas63r2 I agree, while that's a beauty outside, I feel like the price should be closer to 300s and that is to someone who cares. You'd have to move in lots of family and hire someone to live there and work on it full time for a few years to be worth the cost. Then you might have something bed and breakfast ready. You got to figure utilities would also be rough for all that space. But it would be special if you applied some TLC.
I saw the house listed on Zillow for $281 800
Where did you find those pictures?
I saw the same thing, Zestimate range
$208,000 - $347,000 No pictures though
As a Texan, I must say, good job Sir. Well done.
This was really one of your best that I have seen. Thank you for the video. ❤️
Wow, thank you!
Australian here and that's a very cool place, Texas is No.1 on my list of places I want to visit, Goliad is now a must visit when I get over there. God bless Texas & I suspect there will be another significant chapter written in its history in years to come.
It's been said that Australians and Texans are very similar. :)
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip Unfortunately we don't have any of the God given rights you guys have, but I do watch your videos regularly and the land around Texas is very similar to the part of Australia I live & I do suspect the people would be quite alike.
@@seandefreitas6673What rights are you missing in Australia? As an American I would love to visit Australia
@@andrewfreiji4647 No bill of rights here, So go through that list of rights you guys have and that's what we don't have. Look in saying that Australia is a beautiful country & if you get a chance you should visit , All I'm saying is the rights you guys have over there are something I dream of having.
Americans take their freedom and their bill of rights too lightly.
Goliad is great little town. As a child my parents drove us all over Texas. To visit mission. I grew up in San Antonio. My mom's family was from Gonzales, Texas.
i lived in rockport and hurricane harvey was brutal on this entire area . rockport was wiped out. port lavaca devastated . but since houston got ten days of rain and flooding , this entire area was forgotten and ignored.
Much like when Rita hit and the nation only cared about Katrina.
True, I live 8 miles west of the spot where Harvey roared ashore. Never saw a FEMA rep for a long time, and then it was not a good event! I did see many from the Texas State Guard, the Texas Army, and later many National Guard troops. They distributed food and water, (and you could see them, after duty, working on the houses and mounds of debris in the neighborhoods, on their own) and along with just plain Texas citizens and local and regional Christian organizations, began the labor part of food and water and supplies and clothing distribution recovery. Without electricity. A long time without electricity, as hundreds, if not thousands of electrical company workers from around the nation worked long hours to restore the incredible damage to this part of Texas. Like I said, I never saw FEMA until weeks later when they came with their large, airconditioned tents with representatives who seemed eager to deny help to the people who had lost everything to the terrible Cat 5 storm. Well, flail away Liberals, me and mine lived it, and we took only the water, because we were preppers and had survival food, and yes (gasp, Liberals clutching their pearls) weapons and ammo. Texas takes care of their own. At least as long as the democrats are kept at bay. Molon Labe!
I love going through Goliad when I visit family in Victoria, it's such a beautiful town and so full of history.
Didn't have time to read all comments, someone else may have answered your inquiry, but the corrugated metal "L" shaped building at 26:00 looks like an old dilapidated cotton gin. The giveaway is the suction tubes hanging from the ceiling of the front shed. When you turned the corner I could see them hanging down. They were used to vacuum cotton out of trailers parked underneath.
Cotton then went inside and was run through the mill to extract seed and fiber from burrs.
Cotton burrs are the husk that protect the seed and fiber during growth and development from flower bloom to harvest. They look similar to massive Rose Hips. Burrs burst open and dry out when fiber inside reaches maturity and puts pressure on the husk. My son's agronomy professor loved teaching about cotton because he believed it to be the most complicated plant on earth.
Seed goes on to be cleaned of fiber, then accumulated to be sent off to be ground into animal feed, pressed to extract oil or saved for next years crop.
Burrs are sent outside to pile up as a waste product that can also be ground into animal feed, etc.
Fiber stays behind to be compressed with heavy machines, into rectangular, burlap-wrapped bales to be stored inside until fabric manufacturers purchase and ship it to their mills for further cleaning and eventually spun into raw thread used to make their end product.
Todays bales weigh near 500 lbs each, but an early gin like this they were probably 100 lbs.
A pic of a modern cotton gin could be displayed beside this to show how these building have changed. It may be rare to see the suction operation out front of modern gins as many eliminated the suction method in favor of innovative automation.
Eli Whitney might not recognize the machinery he invented to separate components of cotton after all the innovation his idea has spawned.
Such an underrated part of texas love driving thru the area
I agree.
One of your best so far. This channel is great for uncovering hidden history in our North American backyard, places most of us would never think to take the turn off for.
Thanks for the history lesson. My great great grandmother was born in Goliad in 1867 and got married in Victoria in 1887. We have a lot of family history in the Goliad/Victoria area.
Once again, thanks for the history lesson 👍🏾🙂
Thank you for showing my beautiful hometown
I’ve lived in la Bahia my whole life, 34 years and I’m still watching your pov, very knowledgeable chap, thank you sir for investing your time into our small town 🙌🏼
Uh if you lived there your whole life you would know the town and county are called Goliad and LA Bahia is the presidio
@@chrisfhdbranson2331 duh I live two blocks away from the presidio, he talks about a lot more info that some ppl around here might not have known
I grew up in that area. That chapel. Talk about feeling ghosts! Excellent video!
Wish I could give you TWO thumbs up for this one. Great work!
$367k off the market. From Wikipedia: The Dr. L.W. and Martha E.S. Chilton House at 242 N. Chilton St. in Goliad, Texas, United States, was built in 1902. It was a work of architect Jules Leffland and of building contractor
Bailey Mills. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. The listing included two contributing buildings and two contributing structures. [
I saw that too. You beat me to it.
Awesome video!
That house on 242 N Chilton Ave was sold for 293,600, beautiful home!
That tree is a child dream climbing tree, This town was alive compared to most that you drive thru, was nice to see it all and the history, Thank you see you on the next one
Been to goliad lots of times on the way to yoakum Texas from Alice Texas to see my family now living in Tennessee lots of history here too never a dull moment discover new trails and old buildings
Didn't know all the stories, but the wife and I have been to all the forts and missions and cool stuff to see!!! This brought back all the fun memories.
Such an awesome town to visit. Congratulations on 400k! Much love from Texas!
Nick Johnson’s doing Texas videos too now
@@TOCC50 cool!
Thanks so much!!
From New Zealand, I have appreciated the views into a lot of little places in the United States that I have never heard of, and it has given me an insight into the struggle of some of the American people. Can't say however, until now, that I have seen a place that I would particularly like to visit. The 'town centers' are often just plain depressing. This however, is the most fascinating place you have shown, I do not know why the history is not much more known, the architecture of the town is remarkable, it looks busy, and if I do ever visit Texas it would be first on my list to see.
I'm sure this was done in other states, but the town square for Texas centered around the courthouse. There's still many town squares which are vibrant, especially on Hwy 36, though I'll admit there's a triple more that are a sad mess, or simply no longer exist in the name of progress.
Also, I have seen some of his videos. He purposely looks for the run down and dilapidated and does not give a representative view into how most of the towns live. He's looking for the worst of it and then adds in some of the special. He must feel that the mundane is not worthy of his videos.
We don't really have "Town Centers" many US mid size and larger cities lost their downtowns to malls. Many are trying to make those types of things. America is plagued by some of the worst planning on the planet. The US "Subarban neighborhood' is one of the worst ideas the US ever foisted on the world. Very few americans live in a walkable area. very few live within walking distance of any major commercial or even public services (like parks and what we call "Open spaces" (parks where the landscape it natural).. America SUCKS for city planning.
@denverleatherboy Are you preaching the woke "15 Minute City" narrative? That "plan" would necessitate a city center for about every five hundred residents. I know this because my hometown was a "15 Minute City" in the 1960s.
To expand the number of customers to allow each Center to be economically viable citizens would have to live in highrise apartments. You may find that model perfectly satisfactory, but the popular trend is moving toward minifarm acreages.
Do we in the USA really need to adopt the communist planner's style where humans are discouraged from traveling outside their local district?
Americans are explorers from our bloodlines. Being confined to a zone only isolates us from knowledge we obtain from observing change and innovation outside our zone, facilitating forced ghettoization.
In colonial America all houses were unpainted or painted white. Imagine the people's excitement when they observed their first Red Oxide painted house? That's unlikely to happen in your ideal "15 Minute City", which is utterly demoralizing. Greenspacr is a farce if man has no right to put his hands in dirt, walk bstrfoot through his garden. A walkway through a nature park is totally hands off. It's a ridiculous substitute for grounding the body and soul.
The 15 Minute City encourages isolation, discourages assimilation to the point that a whole community will eventually be bloodline related.
There's a small German community up the road from me who isolated themselves from 2 other towns in the county from the time of their community organization for a hundred yrs, to the 1980s. By the 80s enough of the men had been off to college to understand that their community's high rate of birth defects were a result of inbreeding. In the 1970s there was a big change in attitudes. There was pressure on young men seeking a marriage partner to go off to another similarly inbred community to seek a wife of their faith.
During my childhood these people's children weren't allowed to play with us kids across the line that dilenated our communities. Merely driving a school bus down the county road that separated us was akin to entering enemy territory. There was always some level of pot stirring about it when a new bus driver on our side took a wrong turn.
The children growing up two miles from me had learned at home (mostly from their mothers) that we "others" were outside their social realm, and their children were punished for any association with outsiders.
For their town to survive genetic linebreeding those clannish ideas needed to be eliminated. For the first time their sons were encouraged to court and marry wives that brought new genetics into their fold. I spent my life living across the barbed wire fence observing members of this small community. In the late 1960s our basketball teams scrimmaged theirs before the regular season began. I felt like we were behind enemy lines in a war zone. In those days scrimmages weren't attended by the public. In other neighboring towns there might be 5 people in the stands, but in that town any competition was taken seriously to the point that rabid, foaming-at-the-
mouth mothers of players stood right up on the sideline screaming at opposing players waving arms, lunging onto the court like a pack of barely restrained dogs. It was a bizarre spectacle to this 13 y.o. observer. The court competition was feeble so there was little benefit for our team. The scrimmages stopped and we more timid kids were glad.
My father was well acquainted with almost all the farmers, and many of the businessmen in that community. He talked about the negative aspects of isolation for the farmers as each generation raised families of 7 to 10 offspring, 75% had to move elsewhere to be economically successful because dividing 160 acre farms by 3 or 4 boys made for economic strain. That's when I learned it was custom for girls to leave the nest with only a dowery. My mom and her sisters had inherited ranch land equivalent to their brothers, so this sons only practice was a surprise to me. Evidently my grandparents were progressive. Who knew? 😮 My mom born in 1919 was the youngest girl, and the middle of 9 offspring. 1919 was the year women were given the right to vote. Not sure if that coincides with the right to own property under their name.
Farmers in the self-isolated community sought ways to make a living on less acreage viable. There were a lot of dairies built in the 1970s. Wild fluctuation in milk prices coupled with fabulous innovation in milking and milk handling gradually eliminated all but one of their small dairies. After dairy biz died there was a turn to raising high value crops like sugar beets. High maintenance made that crop perfect for farmers with small acreage, but as their little economy grew a few young men spread wings and a few flew out of the nest, moved out of oversight of the the church elders, where they could buy hundreds, even thousands of acres of land.
Their parochial school went public as the need to modernize became more difficult to resist outside influence. By the time my great grandchildren are grown that little enclave will have shed all vestages of their discriminatory practices. That town is still a "15 Minute City".
@@rt3box6tx74 Wow! Have you ever considered writing as a career or hobby? I read every word of your comment and it was a fascinating glimpse of your childhood. I could actually picture moms screaming with spittle flying from their mouths during a scrimmage. Thank you for sharing this I really enjoyed it.
Yeah, as a Texan, I love going through old Texas towns and learning the history. Haven't been to Goliad in a quite a while. I live in Florida now, but come to Texas often. You've made me want to take my girls to Goliad.
This one is one of the classics of your entire portfolio! Great job Joe! Looking forward to summer, thank you!
Hanging with Mr. Cooper
Best video of all as of yet. Very informative & beautiful town. Court house absolutely georgous!!! Loved it! & I have been with you from the beginning of your trip!
Another awesome video! Very interesting facts about the 'Hanging tree' in particular. Talk about going out on a limb!
Sorry, I couldn't resist... Thank you once again for taking us on tour with you. Always just the right amount of information about a towns history. Lovely old buildings, they sure don't make them like they used to.
Thank you!
Thoroughly enjoyed this video. A lot of history which i knew about growing up. The only difference is im born and raised in Australia and this was in our history lessons back in the early 70's🇦🇺🦘🪃🇦🇺🦘🪃
Thank you for the history lesson.
Things they should teach in schools.
Col Fannin is my several times great uncle. I remember my grandfather said he was told by his great-great-grandfather that Col Fannin obeyed an order that he should have disobeyed. Sam Houston messaged to Col. Fannin that he should surrender and then join the major Texian army to continue the fight for independence. The Fannin family feels that if he had fought to the last man as did the Alamo defenders, then he would have been remembered along with William Travis, Jim Bowie and David Crocket.
Wow!
What a beautiful city. One of my absolute favorite videos of yours. Oh..and 242 Chilton was listed in january 2022 for $460 000 but as I can see, its is currently off the market.
This house needs a lot of maintenance ... 10K $/year
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Hi there, Joe & Nic. Great video about Goliad and for refreshing the memories of our history in Texas! At 26:10, the wonderfully preserved building looks like it was a Cotton Gin. Looking through the open passage way there is a metal Suction Pipe hanging down in the center with 2 cables or ropes on each side of the Pipe connected to counter-weights to make it easier to raise and lower the outer Pipe to suction out the crop! My Father taught me how to handle the Suction in the mid-50’s; he was a Farmhand but during Fall-harvest he worked at a Gin for many years. The gins were newer than the one in Goliad and they had 2 Suctions next to each other. Looking forward to more of Texas western scenery and historical facts!!
Awesome!
Did he keep all his fingers?
Gins were notorious for taking them.
@@ferengiprofiteer9145 Yes, he had all his fingers because the Suction is the safest job to do at the Gin! When he let me run the Suction in the mid-50’s, I was about 10 years old and had a ‘great time’ doing that!! The real danger was for the Ginners who had to monitor the 4 ‘Stands’ where the cotton fiber is separated from the boll and the seed! I’ve seen some Old Ginners that limped because they got their foot caught in the machinery! Some even got their hands, also. The Press, where the cotton is packed in a Bale for shipping to the Compress, is not a very safe job either! Also, had Fires, Choke-Ups, and various other complications!
Thank you for sharing this story with us. I’ve been there several times and I never get tired of going there. It’s a beautiful town with a lot of history just a great place to visit and relax. I have some relatives that live a little bit north of Goliad out in the countryside and it’s beautiful and peaceful there. Safe travels and see you soon.
That court house was just amazing
NICE,..Nice..nice ,so very interesting, all of the sites you shared, great filming "Joe, you have the touch what a history ! Looking forward to seeing your next trip..thank you Good "Sir". God's safe keeping in your travels.🌼
Thanks to your video I went to visit Goliad. I brought my ham radio, booked a couple of nights in a nice hotel, and learned a lot about history. I had fun with the (many!) HF radio contacts, but walking by the various historical sites, and praying in the chapel in the Presidio was the capstone of the vacation.
That is awesome!
Fascinating! The hanging tree is beautiful and haunting. Imagine the things it's seen.
Remarkable video, thank you.
The narration of some of the glimpses of history of Texas is really interesting. Thank you Joe.
This is the most powerful video I have experienced from you. Thanks very much for your attention to detail and the thoughtful cadence of the filming.
Wow, thank you!
Thank you for the video. Goliad is our home since 1996. I'm
I have passed by Goliad on US 59 so many times and never stopped to look around. I can do it in a day trip so I will have to go see in person soon. Thanks for this historical trip!
Always enjoy your commentary on architecture and as a Philadelphian this one was especially appreciated.
Thanx Joe 4 that history lesson! Very interesting and i love history. Gonna watch it again! Trees in the middle of the roads. Wow! Very special trees there. U and Nicole stay safe out there.
I saw your mention of the tree on Instagram. So already had the spoiler, but still makes for a fun watch!
I use my Instagram as a sneak peak into the next video. :)
Wow, Joe, even at 62, I learn things from you on every video. Thank you so much for this. The wife and watch your CURRENT videos every Sunday night with a shot of whisky. We also have 2 jeeps and love them. Jeep and Jack Daniels should be your sponsors. LOL. Reach out to them!. Wishing you and yours’ the very best. Where is your memberships, merchandise, etc. You EARNED IT! Joe, it is TIME to GROW! Keep rollin.’ - Ron
Thank you, Ron!!
Your videos just keep getting more interesting! Great photography and editing as well. Thanks for providing such an informative tour of a most interesting town!
Thank you!
I love those trees in the middle of the road
Me too!
Great video. I did a one day business trip, saw the courthouse and hanging tree....but wow I had no idea. will check it out if i return
Great job I have passed through Goliad on 59 many times l didn't know what I was missing just a few blocks away.
My girlfriends great great great grandfather was Alfred Giles, the architect who was responsible for designing the court house. His works are all around Texas and are truly fascinating!
Also, my relative was Zoraster Robinson. He fought in the battle of San Jacinto but apparently was sick and didn't make it to the Alamo. Whew!
Thanks for taking us with you two very cool
You make very interesting videos.
I was born in Goliad, Texas,, raised in the Vanderbilt and Edna area, a few miles east of Victoria, Texas,and that's where I live now ..
I really enjoy your videos..
When I was younger I traveled a lot, and in other states.
Safe travels Sir, God bless you.
Yes, Goliad is a beautiful small town and is very historic to the story of Texas Independence (which happens to be today as I write this, March 2). While you included the Presidio and Zaragosa’s birthplace, you didn’t show the beautiful Mission Espiritu Santo which is located just down the road in the State Park and the Goliad Memorial Auditorium which was built in 1936 to commemorate the Centennial of Texas’ Independence. There are hotels, restaurants and a lot more presentable homes in Goliad. Great ranches too. There are great schools and more churches of different denominations. The Presidio has one of the oldest extant (Catholic)churches in the U.S called The Chapel of Our Lady of Loreto. I strongly encourage folks to visit all these sites. There is an annual reenactment of the Massacre at Goliad on the closest weekend around the time it actually took place, Palm Sunday, March 27, 1836. The actual battle cry at the Battle of San Jacinto, where the Texian Army defeated Santa Anna and won Independence, is “Remember the Alamo, Remember Goliad!”
A little supplementary history if I may make so bold.
The Napoleon you refer to styled himself Napoleon 3rd of France. He was nephew to Napoleon Bonaparte who was defeated by us Brits at Waterloo in Belgium.
Apparently a Hapsburg adventurer went to Mexico to try to set up a monarchy with French support but was defeated, captured and executed by the Mexican republic.
Probably one of your best videos. Wishing you a wonderful 2024 and safe travels.
From a British history buff.
*Maximilian was the Hapsburg adventurer.
I love our Texas history.❤
I love to watch your videos , very interesting places. I find your narration relaxing. Thank you !
Been to Goliad a lot. It’s a beautiful old Texas town. Much history here but you should have gone to the State park. They have an old Spanish Mission there. Great video
That tree is awesome, but I'm surprised some haven't tried to take it down. I find the history of these towns you and your wife visit should be embraced and learned from. Y'all make awesome videos. Thank you for inviting everyone on your adventures.
Thank you!
The survivors in the street they paved around are amazing also!
It’s a terrible part of history and a lot of people were unjustly murdered on that tree but it’s an important part of history
@@martinel2450 And if we forget history we will be doomed to repeat it. History, good or bad, is a learning mechanism we should all embrace to improve the lives of all people. There will always be bad people, but good people will always prevail.
@@martinel2450how can you say unjustly? Were you alive when they hung people from the tree? That tree is part of Goliads history and should never be removed. You can either learn from history or you can repeat it.
One of your best and most informative videos. Keep 'em comin', looking forward to the next one.
The last time I commented on your channel is when you hit 300k subscribers. Now I'm back to congratulate you on hitting 400k well deserved subscribers. You didn't give up when things got tough and your production has continued to improve with each video. Best of luck, good health to you both and please be safe out there!!!
Thank you!
Love, love Goliad! Thank you for visiting!
Grew up right down the road. Went there many times over the years. Probably wouldn't' t live there but interesting place with a lot of history. Also, many neat attractions in addition to the missions, there is a brewery, winery and a few good restaurants as well.
Thank you for sharing our beautiful Texas history
Wow lots of cool history with this one. Makes me want to visit and see it for myself. Thx to the person who let us know how much the home is for sell. Great video. Safe travels and sounds like some really great travels coming in the new year.
I know that town well I'm a paramedic there. It's so weird see it on u tube lol . The the old metal building u were asking about used to be a feed store. U miss the old well next to the mason lodge. Loved the video!
Thank you for showing us this historical site.
Wonderful educational film. I Knew the history of Goliad and the slaughter of unarmed men by the Mexican Army. I did not know about The Angel of Goliad, Mexican General Ignacio Zaragoza, details about Father Hidalgo, or that the first signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence at the Loreto Chapel. Thanks.
Thank you!!!
Again another great video. The trees are awesome. I just had my live oaks trimmed and now I can see the lake across the street again. Trees are very important to many Texans and how Goliad treats their trees is special. The Fort, the county court house and the downtown is all quite unique. Coupled with your historical narration makes this particular video extra special. When you retire from RUclips you need to get a historical mansion for yourself and run a B&B as your eye is always picking out the great ones. I am looking forward to this coming years videos. You will enjoy Old Town NewCastle, Delaware as it is a Colonial Historical gem. Also Fort Delaware on the Delaware River at Pea Patch Island is highly recommended. It is where war prisoners were held during the Civil War. See if you can't catch a reenactment at the Fort with your schedule. Have a good new year. You'll need to trade in the new Jeep next December with the milage you'll be putting on it.
Your content is awesome! It’s zen just to have on all day while working or while visiting my parents. Its interesting historical facts along with scenery. Always creates conversation when we’re watching. So enjoyable!
Awesome!
my coworker lives in Goliad. His parents house is across the street from the Presidio. They're always finding artifacts. Says they have a collection of buttons and a lot of other small items. They allow one of their friends to search for artifacts so he can give them to the museum
What's your coworkers last name? My family lives right there too. Cortinas, Cabrera, Garza, Martinez and Rubio are some of our last names. The streets are named after them. Maybe he's my cousin 😊
@@ARTwGOD Daniel Cortinas and Alejandro Salas are my coworkers. Daniels gotta be a cousin haha! Alex is his wifes cousin, small world.
Absolutely loved the trees in the middle of the road! Great video. And 400k 👍
Lol 😄@@thetrumanshow6468
I need to visit Goliad. Great video. Thanks for posting.
That area of Texas is a nice drive and lots of history.
Great tour and description of the Historical events and area
Best looking downtown I have seen from this channel.
Thanks for a brief history of Goliad, Texas. It was really interesting.
Awesome show Joe as always you knock it out the park😊
I follow you from Yemen, and I appreciate how well you explain the details of everything
Thank you!
Now you"ve got me fired up about Goliad! I haven't been through there in a long time. It's not your typical sunbaked South Texas town. Very lovely architectural and historic buildings in the business district. It appears to be the eastern twin to Mason, TX but with the much grander Courthouse. Your cinematography and narration were superb. I kinda wished you would have showcased downtown a bit more, maybe just a spin around the square and filmed the storefronts. I guess I'll just have to make the 300 mile trip down there and see for myself.
You should. There's a lot to see there!
I just found your videos a couple days ago and am hooked on watching them. It’s amazing how they were able to construct huge beautiful buildings like the court house way back then without the construction equipment like we have today.
Best video yet. On our bucket list to go and visit. Thank you!
This was fantastic. Thank you for showing it in such detail, Joe!
As a Texan I swell up with pride when it comes to Texas history. I made a miniature Alamo with stucco for a school project when I was in elementary. Well done, thanks for showing this!
❤The more miles you go the better your narration becomes, but ALL of your videos are enjoyed, especially ones with your daughter. The historical account of The Most Sacred, Historical Town In Texas is eye opening even though quick trials & punishments were/are carried out worldwide.
😮Had your grammar been under my “school teacher verdict”, your usage of hung would have kindly been corrected.😊
Thanks for the video
Very informative and interesting
We stopped by the Goliad State Park & the Presidio la Bahía on the way to SPI in 2021. Great video!!
Another well researched, informative video as usual.
Again a wonderful vid. Looking so so forward to the trips out west. We'll be following right with ya. Stay safe.
Great video! Congratulations on your success! Keep them coming!
Thank you! Will do!
A very awesome and informative vlog . Thank you joe
He's Joe. Nick is good too.
@@sailor4116 thank you 😊
We live about 90 minutes from Goliad. If you love Texas history, Goliad is a must go to.
Always loved visiting this area! Just so beautiful and rich with history.
very informative. i never knew this about small town of Goliad. I’m in the neighboring town of San Antonio
Congrats on the 400K !! well and truly deserved. LOVE those trees !! how sensible. Great trip Joey// Hi to Nicole. Cheers from Sth Australia. CY
Thank you!!
I haven't seen all of your videos , but of what I have seen this one was the most interesting.
Wow what a courthouse! I can’t imagine how on earth they could ever build something that big so long ago without equipment like they have today. And that tree could tell stories! What amazing history. Thank you for doing what you do.
The truth will be told about our history! Much more advanced than we are today !
Come to England you will see buildings over 800 yrs old our cathedrals are magnificent look into yorkminster in Yorkshire its amazing and there are many more . 😊
you were about 30 minutes away from my home town of Beeville Tx. I always enjoyed Goliad, it is a great little small town to visit and the history it has to show for Texas.
I enjoy watching your videos to see how close you get to my town and the smaller towns around it. Berclair is small town in between Beeville and Goliad that would be fun for you to visit. It has a historical mansion there.
Stories come to life when you tell them. Safe travels Joey