Historical Marker

The Battle of Resaca de la Palma

Historical marker location:
1024 Paredes Line Road, Brownsville, Texas
( south of entrance to Resaca de la Palma Battlefield park, Paredes Line Road, .2 mile north of Price Road)
Marker installed: 1936

Was fought here May 9, 1846 And the defeat of the Mexican Army under General Mariano Arista by the United States troops under General Zachary Taylor made good the claim of Texas to the territory between the Nueces and the Rio Grande Erected by the State of Texas.