Hanging Tree, Texas, United States
4.5 (66 reviews) Spent Ranking #4 in Goliad Historic Sites
Majestic and eery at the same time.
If this tree could talk...Could you imagine all the things she would tell us about TX history? To be honest though, she's only a tree. Beautiful to have in front of the court house. They do have other tress all around the court house, but this one is the big one.
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Goliad Square, Goliad, Texas, United States.
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4DRip2014 5:00 PM Feb 7, 2015
The Cart War and the Hanging Tree of Goliad,Texas in 1857
This sprawling oak tree is located on the northside of the court house square in downtown Goliad. It was here that justice was handed out very quickly Texas style in the form of hanging usually within the hour of the verdict of the court. In 1857, there was still a lot of resentment because of the massacre of Fannin who was slaughtered by the army of Santa Anna and whose remains are still at the Fannin gravesite. Fannin was awaiting aid from those at the Alamo which never came and was trapped here and his men killed at the monument near LaBahia also in Goliad. With this, many were upset when the Mexican workers or Cartmen were supposedly taking jobs deemed needed by the local residents who were working in the freight(carts) handling jobs at lesser rates. With this in mind, a lot of Mexican individuals plus other convicted men were hung under the branches of this tree that still stands today. Many times, the person was tried, convicted and hung under this tree in a very short form of Texas justice usually within an hour.
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4Mike Harmon 5:00 PM Mar 7, 2019
The Real Deal
Located on the lawn of a beautiful Victorian courthouse, this oak tree was used to hang bandits, cattle thieves and other miscreants in the years after the Civil War when so-called “Regulators” were the only law and order in South Texas. Think Clint in Hand ‘Em High” and you get the general idea. The 19th century courthouse is splendid and many of the old buildings on the square have been lovingly restored.
