There is a 12 - foot - high ( 3.7 m ) monument dedicated to Captain Aviator Emilio Carranza , whose plane crashed here on July 13 , 1928 .
The Batona Trail passes the Carranza Memorial within Wharton State Forest .
There is a 12 - foot - high ( 3.7 m ) monument dedicated to Carranza Memorial Carranza Memorial Carranza Memorial   , whose plane crashed here on July 13 , 1928 .
The Batona Trail passes the Carranza Memorial within Wharton State Forest .