Runaway Scrape Oak
John A. Haislet
General Entry
The Runaway Scrape Oak is a half mile north of Alternate U.S. Highway 90, ten miles east of Gonzales. On the night of March 13, 1836, the first night of the retreat known as the Runaway Scrape, Gen. Sam Houston and a force of nearly 400 men camped around this tree before moving on toward San Jacinto the next morning.
