Marker
Title:
Columbia
County:
Brazoria
City:
West
Columbia
Marker
Location:
SE
corner
of
17th
and
Bernard
Marker
Text:
In
September
1836
Columbia,
now
known
as
West
Columbia,
became
capital
of
the
Republic
of
Texas.
This
took
place
with
the
removal
of
the
ad
interim
government
here
from
Velasco.
After
the
election
called
by
ad
interim
President
David
G.
Burnet,
the
first
permanent
government
of
the
Republic
went
into
operation
here
in
Columbia
in
October.
Inaugurated
were
President
Sam
Houston
and
Vice-President
Mirabeau
B.
Lamar.
Under
their
leadership
the
first
duly
elected
Congress
convened
and
the
first
Constitution
of
the
Republic
was
ratified
Citizens
of
this
vicinity
served
the
Republic.
Henry
Smith
of
nearby
Brazoria
prior
of
this
time
has
been
the
first
Anglo-American
governor
of
Texas,
in
the
1835-36
Revolutionary
provisional
government.
In
President
Houston's
cabinet
he
was
secretary
of
the
treasury.
Stephen
F.
Austin,
colonizer
and
Father
of
Texas,
was
secretary
of
state;
under
the
heavy
demands
of
that
office,
his
health
broke
and
he
died
here
on
December
27,
1836.
In
April
1837
at
the
wish
of
President
Houston,
the
seat
of
government
was
moved
to
more
adequate
quarters
in
the
city
of
Houston.
  
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