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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Refugio County, Texas
Adjacent to Refugio County, Texas
▶ Aransas County (59) ▶ Bee County (16) ▶ Calhoun County (19) ▶ Goliad County (36) ▶ San Patricio County (16) ▶ Victoria County (28)
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| On Osage Street near Purisma Street. |
| | In the early morning of March 14, 1836, twenty eight Texans under Captain Amon B. King separated from Col. William Ward's command in the mission church and late that day in a wood on the west bank of Mission River a half mile below the town fought a . . . — — Map (db m34071) HM |
| On Commerce Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Home county of Texas Confederate Colonel A.M. Hobby 1831 - 1881Georgian. Ardent supporter of states rights and secession. Served Texas Legislature 1859 until resignation in 1862 to organize battalion for war. Commanded Hobby's 8th Texas Infantry . . . — — Map (db m33979) HM |
| On Commerce Street at East Empresario Street (Farm to Market Road 774), on the right when traveling north on Commerce Street. |
| | Dennis Martin O'Connor, II, was born October 31, 1906, into a South Texas pioneer family, being the eldest son of Thomas and Kathryn Stoner O'Connor. He was the great-grandson of Thomas O'Connor, who emigrated from Ireland with the Power-Hewetson . . . — — Map (db m34078) HM |
| On Commerce Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Born in Ireland, Colonial James Power came to New Orleans in 1809 and to Texas in 1823. With fellow Irish Empresario James Hewetson (1796-1870), he was awarded contracts to settle Irish Catholic and Mexican families between the Guadalupe and Lavaca . . . — — Map (db m33783) HM |
| On Osage Street at Purisima Street, on the right when traveling west on Osage Street. |
| | The history of settlement in Refugio is closely associated with Ballygarrett, County Wexford, Ireland. Irish natives James Powers (c.1788-1852) and James Hewetson (1796-1870), both of whom immigrated to the United States in the early 19th century . . . — — Map (db m34027) HM |
| On West Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | John Filmore Linney (1853-1924) and his wife Virginia (Lum) Linney (1854-1946), were both members of pioneer Texas families. His father, Col. John Linney had this house built for the couple in 1876, just two years after their marriage. John F. and . . . — — Map (db m34031) HM |
| On South Alamo Street (Business State Highway 77) near West Roca Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | This church traces its history to Nuestra Senora del Refugio (Our Lady of Refuge), a Spanish mission established in 1791 (30 mi. NE). The mission relocated here in 1795. The 1868 building was razed, and in 1901 an impressive Victorian/Romanesque . . . — — Map (db m33750) HM |
| On Commerce Street when traveling east. |
| | Organized in 1835 into the Mexican municipality of Refugio. Created a county of the same name March 17, 1836, organized 1837. Named for the Mission "Our Lady of Refuge" established in 1791 to civilize and Christianize the Indians. Refugio, the . . . — — Map (db m33795) HM |
| On Commerce Street when traveling east. |
| | The county and city of Refugio are named after the Spanish Mission de Nuestra Señora del Refugio (the Mission of Our Lady of Refuge) established here in 1795. The Spanish mission building served as Refugio County's courthouse at various times from . . . — — Map (db m33843) HM |
| On Commerce Street when traveling east. |
| | Woman rancher, horse trader, champion "cusser." Ranched NW of here. In Civil War Texas, Sally Scull (or Skull) freight wagons took cotton to Mexico to swap for guns, ammunition, medicine, coffee, shoes, clothing and other goods vital to the . . . — — Map (db m33756) HM |
| On West Roca Street near South Alamo Street (Business U.S. 77), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Originally founded on January 31, 1793, by Fathers José Francisco Garza and Mariano Velasco, Franciscan missionaries, at the junction of the Guadalupe and San Antonio Rivers for the conversion of the Karankawa Indians. Removed to the present . . . — — Map (db m33751) HM |
| On U.S. 77, on the left when traveling south. Reported missing. |
| | By tradition, camping place in March 1836, during Texas War for Independence, of Gen. Jose Urrea of Mexico. Strategically located, this was Urrea's staging area.
Capt. Amon B. King came from Goliad with his Texas volunteers to support the Refugio . . . — — Map (db m33704) HM |
| On East Roca Street east of South Alamo Street (U.S. 77), on the right when traveling east. Reported damaged. |
| | General Jose Urrea, governor of his native state of Durango, Mexico, was dispatched northeastward early in 1836 by Dictator Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, to fight against the Texas colonists in their uprising for independence. Because of his . . . — — Map (db m134510) HM |
| On Main Street (State Highway 35) at Austwell Road (Farm to Market Road 239), on the right when traveling south on Main Street. |
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A far-sighted businessman who contributed much to the development of South Texas, Preston Rose Austin was born in Harrison County and grew up in Victoria County. After achieving prominence as a stock raiser, Austin became a partner in the Refugio . . . — — Map (db m119457) HM |
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