Violet in Nueces County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Violet, Texas
Sesquicentennial
In commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of Texas’ independence, Violet, Texas was recognized and sanctioned as an independent sesquicentennial community by the State of Texas and by the County of Nueces.
Special recognition is given to the fourteen organizations whose generous gifts added to the preservation of the past, in the present, for the future.
Violet Historical Society • St. Anthony’s Church
St. Anthony’s Men’s Club • Senior Ladies Group
Young Adult Group • Violet 4-H Club
Hoelscher Electric Co. • Astromatic Car Wash
St. Anthony’s Altar Society
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
St. Anthony’s Cemetery Association
Violet Extension Homemakers
Violet Water Supply Corporation
Violet Gin & Grain Company
Erected 1987 by Violet Sesquicentennial Committee.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Churches & Religion • Settlements & Settlers.
Location. 27° 46.957′ N, 97° 35.673′ W. Marker is in Violet, Texas , in Nueces County. Marker is at the intersection of County Highway 61 and State Highway 44, on the right when traveling north on County Highway 61. Marker is located near the east end of the Saint Anthony's Catholic Church parking lot, in front of the Old Saint Anthony's Catholic Church/Violet Museum. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3918 County Road 61, Robstown TX 78380, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Sie Sind Willkommen (here, next to this marker); Old Saint Anthony's Catholic Church (here, next to this marker); Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church (approx. 4 miles away); Hotel Brendle (approx. 4.1 miles away); Robstown Record (approx. 4.2 miles away); George H. Paul Building Site (approx. 4.3 miles away); First United Methodist Church of Robstown (approx. 4.3 miles away); Hilltop Tuberculosis Sanitorium (approx. 4½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Violet.
More about this marker. Marker is significantly weathered and difficult to read.
Also see . . . Violet, Texas. Violet is on State Highway 44 twelve miles west of Corpus Christi in Nueces County. It came into being in the early 1900s, as immigrant farmers converted the fertile blacklands of the Coastal Bend from cattle to crops. (Submitted on May 18, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
Credits. This page was last revised on May 22, 2018. It was originally submitted on May 18, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 207 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 18, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.