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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Matagorda County, Texas
Bay City is the county seat for Matagorda County
Adjacent to Matagorda County, Texas
101 ► Texas, Matagorda County, Palacios — 13282 — Price-Farwell House —  |
| In 1901, the Palacios City Townsite Company began selling lots for the new "City by the Sea," laid out along Tres Palacios Bay. Three years later, the New York, Texas & Mexican Railway built a line into town, and within ten years Palacios was the . . . — — Map (db m168970) HM | |||
| 102 ► Texas, Matagorda County, Palacios — 12436 — R.J. Hill Building — |
| Robert J. (1864-1930) and Kate Elizabeth (Breggan) Hill came to Palacios in 1904, soon after its founding. Contractor J.G. Bontrager built this concrete block commercial building for them in 1910. It originally housed a mercantile store with . . . — — Map (db m168969) HM | |||
| 103 ► Texas, Matagorda County, Palacios — 12055 — Site of Camp Hulen — |
| Camp Palacios was established on this site in 1925 as the summer training camp for the Texas National Guard's 36th Division, which had formed during World War I as the 36th Infantry. The division, which became the 36th Infantry Division during . . . — — Map (db m168809) HM | |||
| 104 ► Texas, Matagorda County, Palacios — 13090 — St. John’s Episcopal Church — |
| The community of Collegeport was founded in 1908 across the Tres Palacios Bay from Palacios, which had been established in 1902. Three Collegeport families organized an Episcopal congregation. Grace Theodora Smith collected donations from local . . . — — Map (db m169016) HM | |||
| 105 ► Texas, Matagorda County, Palacios — 5249 — Texas Baptist Encampment Grounds — |
| Selected in 1906 by the Texas Baptist convention as the site for a permanent encampment grounds, this coastal area was the scene of many inspirational camp meetings typical of Texas and the entire south in the 19th and early 20th centuries. In . . . — — Map (db m169004) HM | |||
| 106 ► Texas, Matagorda County, Palacios — 18282 — W.C. Williams Building — |
| William Conrad “Billy” (W.C.) Williams was born in Matagorda County on February 20, 1854, to John Aaron Williams (1816 - 1865) and Catharine Elizabeth (Franz) Williams (1827 - 1914). John was a ship’s carpenter from Denmark. Catharine, . . . — — Map (db m169053) HM | |||
| 107 ► Texas, Matagorda County, Sargent — 1024 — Confederate Defenses at the Mouth of Caney Creek — |
| During the Civil War (1861-65), Federal forces tried several times to seize Texas ports. Galveston was taken on October 5, 1862, but recaptured by a Confederate army on January 1, 1863. Lt. Dick Dowling's troops stopped a Federal invasion at Sabine . . . — — Map (db m31150) HM | |||
| 108 ► Texas, Matagorda County, Wadsworth — 4435 — Sacred Heart Catholic Church — |
| Early residents of Wadsworth (est. 1909) John H. and Anna Ottis received help from Galveston Bishop N. A. Gallagher, the Rev. George Montreuil, and other Catholics in the area to erect the 2-story Sacred Heart Catholic Church/School Building in . . . — — Map (db m158580) HM | |||
| 109 ► Texas, Matagorda County, Wadsworth — 5031 — St. Francis Catholic Church — |
| 1895. First Euro-American Roman Catholic Church in county. Land a gift of Mrs. Frank Seerden and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Butter. In Polish village. Rebuilt following 1896 hurricane destruction. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - . . . — — Map (db m158592) HM | |||
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