Colorado County

Colorado County. City of Columbus. Site of projected capitol of , Stephen F. Austin's colony, 1823., First settlement at this point shown on , Stephen F. Austin's map of 1835 as Montezuma., The municipality of Colorado was created by the , provisional government of Texas January 11, 1836 , and the town of Columbus ordered laid out as , the seat of government., On March 17, 1836 the county of Colorado was created; , in 1837, it was organized., Columbus, the county seat, was incorporated June 5, 1837., As a railroad terminal, from 1869 to 1873, , Columbus was an important trading center , for a large territory to the west., In memory of, The pioneer families of Burnam, Gilleland, Cummins, , Fisher, DeWees, Kuykendall and Tumlinson., J. W. E. Wallace and his company , who defended Gonzales October 2, 1835., William D. Lacey, William Menefee, , signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence., Leander Beason, John P. Borden, David Cole, Stephen , T. Foley, George W. Gardner, S. Joseph Garwood, , Basil G. Ijams, Dr. James D. Jennings, Alfred Kelso, , Amos D. Kenyon, Daniel Miller, James Nelson, , Mitchell Putnam, Dempsey Pace, William Pace, Washing- , ton H. Secrest, Maxwell Steel, Robert Stevenson, , Spencer B. Townsend, William Waters, Leroy Wilkinson, , San Jacinto veterans who lived in this county , prior to or after the Texas Revolution., Col. John C. Upton, Major John S. Shropshire, , Major J. S. West, Capt. P. J. Oakes, Capt. James D. Roberdeau, , Capt. R. V. Cook, Confederate officers., The following citizens of distinction have , resided in Colorado County, Jones Rivers, jurist; Dr. Lawrence Washington, , Gail Borden, Matthew Stanley Quay, Senator for , Pennsylvania; Chas. Nagel, cabinet minister under Taft, , Wells Thompson, Lieutenant Governor of Texas, , George McCormick, State Attorney General and , co-writer of the present State Constitution, , Geo. W. Smith, member of Supreme Court of Texas.