On Houston Street (Business U.S. 59) at Guadalupe Street, on the right when traveling east on Houston Street.
A fourth-generation Texan, Thelma Pugh-Lindholm descended from Irish emigrants Thomas and Margaret (McCann) Pugh, who purchased from empresarios McMullen and McGloin in 1835 a Mexican league and labor of land across the Nueces River from present-day . . . — — Map (db m132235) HM
On U.S. 281 0.2 miles south of County Road 101, on the right when traveling north.
Created by legislature Feb. 2, 1856, and organized Aug. 4 with Oakville as county seat. Formed from San Patricio and Nueces Counties. Named for its Live Oak trees.
County seat moved, 1919, to George West on railroad. Center for ranching, . . . — — Map (db m131941) HM
On Houston Street at Guadalupe Street (Business U.S. 59), on the left when traveling west on Houston Street.
Raised by hard-working entrepreneurs, George West became a successful businessman who had a lasting impact on Live Oak County.
Texas or Bust
Seeking opportunity and success in a new land, the entrepreneurial West Family of West Point, . . . — — Map (db m231024) HM
On Houston Street (Business U.S. 59) at Guadalupe Street, on the left when traveling west on Houston Street.
Brought by early settlers and shaped by the wild Texas landscape, the tough longhorn is a Texas original
A True Texan
Spanish explorers introduced cattle to the new world. These long-horned ancestors of Geronimo roamed over the Texas . . . — — Map (db m231022) HM
On Houston Street (Business U.S. 59) at Guadalupe Street, on the right when traveling east on Houston Street.
Noted folklorist James Frank Dobie was born at the old Dobie Ranch near Lagarto in Live Oak County on September 26, 1888. Dobie was the eldest of six children born to Richard J. and Ella (Byler) Dobie and a descendant of ranchers and cattlemen. At . . . — — Map (db m132237) HM
On Farm to Market Road 2693 0.6 miles east of Bryant.
Winters Park, Set Aside to Honor Family of James and Rhoda Creel Beall Winters. Pioneers who led their large family here in 1834 from Tennessee. Two older sons, Wm. Carvin and John Frelan Winters, came to Texas in 1832. On receiving their good . . . — — Map (db m274463) HM
On Guadalupe Street at Bowie Street, on the right when traveling south on Guadalupe Street.
Charles (Charlie) and Emma Tullis, native Live Oak County residents, shared roots preceding the Republic of Texas and Live Oak County. Charles' (b. Oct. 10, 1873) forebears, James and Rhoda Creel Beall Winters and family, walked from Tennessee to . . . — — Map (db m220687) HM
On Houston Street at San Marcos Street, on the left when traveling west on Houston Street.
In Live Oak County, two generations of the Chapa family are remembered for their imprint on the land and the people. The family does not appear to have descended from aristocracy, yet those who knew them best bestowed the traditional honorific term . . . — — Map (db m220684) HM
On Houston Street (Business U.S. 59) at Guadalupe Street, on the left when traveling west on Houston Street.
One of George West's favorite lead steers, Geronimo stands today as a symbol of this community's longhorn legacy.
King of the Road
Spanning hundreds of miles over rough terrain, the cattle drives of the mid 19th century required . . . — — Map (db m231020) HM
On Houston Street (Business U.S. 59) at San Marcos Street, on the left when traveling west on Houston Street.
The Texas Legislature created Live Oak County in 1852 and the first county seat was in Oakville. A native stone and lumber building constructed on the public square and modified through the years served as the county courthouse for more than sixty . . . — — Map (db m220682) HM
On Houston Street (Business U.S. 59) at Guadalupe Street on Houston Street.
The Live Oak County community comes together to preserve the legacy of Geronimo.
Preserving Geronimo's Legacy
In 1927, George West's favorite steer Geronimo was preserved and placed in an all-glass structure on the grounds of the Live . . . — — Map (db m231027) HM
On County Road 151 0.2 miles south of Farm to Market Road 799, on the left when traveling north.
In 1856, Live Oak County organized, first officers elected, at this site. Scene of picnics, horse races, school programs. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark — — Map (db m291003) HM
On East Thornton Street at North Hermann Avenue, on the left when traveling east on East Thornton Street.
Late in 1899 James (Jim) Monroe Cunningham moved to Oakville from Devine and bought the Live Oak County Leader. Cunningham soon married Sara Emma (O'Neal) and they began a family. When Oakville was bypassed by the San Antonio Uvalde and Gulf . . . — — Map (db m220622) HM
On U.S. 281 2.8 miles north of Milam Street, on the right when traveling north.
From the early days of Spanish colonial Texas well into statehood, the only "Highways" in the area were primitive dirt roads. Although many had names, others were simply called "Ox-Cart roads" for the sturdy Mexican carts so frequently seen on them. . . . — — Map (db m220633) HM
On Farm to Market Road 534 at County Road 349, on the right when traveling east on Road 534.
Dinero was settled in the year 1838 by farmers and ranchers. The town was first named "Barlow" after the local ferry operator. The townspeople were instrumental in organizing Live Oak County, 1856; they started a school by 1858. By about 1872, . . . — — Map (db m291006) HM
On Farm to Market Road 3162, on the left when traveling east. Reported missing.
As late as 1920 dilapidated rock walls stood on this site, known as Fort Ramirez. Treasure hunters pulled them down and workmen hauled them to the hollow below. Erected by two brothers named Ramirez, from whom Ramirena Creek derived its name, . . . — — Map (db m286473) HM
On Frio Street at Crockett Street, on the right when traveling south on Frio Street.
By 1912, when George W. West began developing his namesake town in Live Oak County, Oakville Baptist Church, located in the county seat of Oakville, had an active ministry locally and throughout the county. Six other Live Oak County communities . . . — — Map (db m220640) HM
On Talley Street at Curry Street, on the right when traveling south on Talley Street.
Oakville, seat of Live Oak County from 1856-1919, first called "On the Sulphur," was near a Nueces River crossing called Puente de la Piedra (Rock Crossing). Joseph Bartlett built a stone courthouse and attached log jail in 1857 as a center of . . . — — Map (db m180855) HM
On Cemetery Road at Garza Street on Cemetery Road.
The George West Cemetery was originally part of the George West Ranch. The ranch dates to the 1880s, when George Washington West (1851-1926) and his wife, Kitty Searcy West (1858-1939), purchased 140,000 acres in Live Oak County. On March 4, 1916, . . . — — Map (db m288603) HM
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* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
