Editing Seguin, Texas (section)

===Old Seguin===
The town of Seguin was founded August 12, 1838, 16 months after Texas won its independence at the [[Battle of San Jacinto]], making it one of the oldest towns in Texas. Members of [[Mathew Caldwell]]'s [[Gonzales Ranging Company|Gonzales Rangers]] acquired land originally granted to Umphries Branch, who had departed during the [[Runaway Scrape]] and sold his land to Joseph S. Martin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/grantmaps.htm#wcomcald |title=DeWitt Colony Land Grants-North |publisher=Tamu.edu |access-date=December 18, 2015}}</ref>

At this time, the Seguin area was a part of [[Gonzales County]], the remaining portion known as present-day [[Belmont, Texas|Belmont]]. The Rangers had found this was a good halfway stop between their patrol points. The big oaks and walnut groves along the [[Walnut Springs Park|Walnut Branch]], had become a familiar and pleasant location. It had been maintained as a base camp by the rangers since the early founding of the [[Dewitt Colony]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tfsweb.tamu.edu/FamousTreesofTexas/|title=LEARN AND EXPLORE &#124; TFS|website=tfsweb.tamu.edu}}</ref>