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The Stone Fort provided a rallying place for Anglos
when they arrived illegally before 1824, or legally after
the new Mexican government permitted colonization.
Here, volunteers gathered for service in the Texas
Revolution, the Civil War, and even the Spanish
American War. Efforts to seize Texas from Spain by
Augustus Magee (1812) and James Long (1819) also
headquartered here. In 1835, the Stone Fort was the
central focus of the Battle of Nacogdoches.
State Teachers College in Nacogdoches. Designated
Stephen F. Austin State University in 1968, SFA remains
the most significant economic driver in Nacogdoches’
development.
Today, the city of Nacogdoches flies nine flags to
represent the countries that staked claims and the
movements to establish a Republic of Texas, which have
transformed the city throughout its history, including:
France
(1685-1689)
Spain
(1519-1821)
Gutiérrez-Magee
(1812-1813)
Dr. James Long
(1819-1821)
Mexico
(1821-1836)
Fredonia Rebellion
(1826-1827)
Lone Star
(1836-1846)
Confederate Stars & Bars
(1861-1865)
Education was a major issue facing the Republic of
Texas when it was established in 1836. The citizens
of Nacogdoches petitioned the new government for a
charter to create Nacogdoches University and it was
granted in 1845.
Like the rest of the South, Texas and Nacogdoches
suffered during the Civil War and Reconstruction years,
but by 1880 the town was booming.
Nacogdoches remained exclusively a farming
community until the Houston, East & West Texas
Railroad arrived in 1883. This helped to transform
Nacogdoches into an industrial center as well. In
1923, the Texas legislature created Stephen F. Austin
United States of America
(1846-1861, 1865-present)
