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Monument Hill and Kreische Brewery State Historical Parks
La Grange, Texas

History, Historic House, Natural History

This State Historical Park contains the remains of 1840's era Texas Militia Soldiers whose remains were brought back at great risk and with great effort to be buried in their home area "with honor". The story of how these brave men came to die, and how their remains came to be brought back to this location for final burial is one of the most tragic and stirring stories in modern Texas history. They reflect the early strife that was encountered with President Santa Anna. But our story extends past Santa Anna's influence in Texas, with the end of the Mexican War (1846-1848). Four months after these mayrters were returned to their final resting place, a German immigrant, H.L. Kreische settled on the bluff on which their crypt rests. Mr.

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