Did you know the City of Somerset, Texas will celebrate its 50th birthday, or anniversary, beginning in 2020? Yup, on November 28, 1970, citizens in the Town of Somerset voted to become an official, incorporated “City of Somerset.” HOW SOMERSET GOT ITS NAME Most readers of this blog article may not know it, but this new city is the third, large community referred to as a Somerset. Old Somerset was settled in 1852, about 2 miles south in Atascosa County, from three families from Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky. In 1880, most of those town folk moved to the 2nd Somerset, or Bexar Community, where Benton City Road met James and Kinney/Kenney Road. Here was big money with the Kenney coal mines. In 1909, a contract […]
Most folk do not know of the bloodiest battle ever fought on Texas soil. It took place just southeast of Somerset in 1813. Here two armies met to determine if Texas would be free and a republic or under the harsh rule of the Empire of Spain. On August 18, 1813, somewhere near “the Encinal,” a small forest of oak trees between Poteet and the Medina River, more than 1800 Royal Spanish soldiers fought and defeated the Republican Army of the North’s 1400 men, in the Battle of Medina. OUR RE-ENACTMENT, 2018 The Somerset Historical Society, the Somerset Independent School District, and the Battle of Medina Association shared in planning this re-enactment at Somerset. This new “battle” re-enactment, was held on November 10, 2018. It […]