Santa Anna

Santa Anna is on the Fayette county line at the Colorado River, Crier Creek, and State Highway 71 in northwestern Colorado County. The first settlers in the area were the families of Joseph Duty, one of Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred, who received title to a league of land on July 19, 1824, and Jesse Burnam, who received his title on August 16 of the same year. Through the community passed the La Bahía branch of the Spanish road that connected Nacogdoches, San Antonio, and La Bahía. The Duty family moved up the Colorado River. Burnam built a trading post and ferry across the Colorado River nearby, and these prospered until March 19, 1836, when the ferry was destroyed by the Texas Army under Sam Houston in its retreat from Gonzales. Following the Texas Revolution Burnam also moved, and most of the local farmland reverted to native vegetation.

Adapted from the official Handbook of Texas, a state encyclopedia developed by the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA). It is an authoritative source of trusted historical records.