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Historical Markers and War Memorials in San Patricio County, Texas
Adjacent to San Patricio County, Texas
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| On Voss Avenue (U.S. 77) at West Humphries Street, on the right when traveling south on Voss Avenue. |
| | As population increased in south central San Patricio County in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, independent schools were established in a number of communities, serving students in isolated areas before the construction of a good road system . . . — — Map (db m32378) HM |
| On Voss Street (U.S. 77) at West Humphries Street, on the right when traveling west on Voss Street. |
| | Meansville (3 miles southeast) Col. William Marshall Means, a veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto, came to San Patricio County with his family in the 1850s and settled southeast of present Odem. Means was county sheriff from 1862 to 1867. The . . . — — Map (db m32865) HM |
| On Voss Avenue (U.S. 77) at West Humphries Street, on the right when traveling south on Voss Avenue. |
| | Native American tribes occupied land in this vicinity before Spanish explorers claimed the region in the 18th Century. Anglo American settlers began arriving in the area in the 1830s, and in 1856 brothers, Frank and Eddie White purchased land here . . . — — Map (db m32362) HM |
| On Memorial Drive at Buddy Ganem Drive (County Route 3239), on the right when traveling north on Memorial Drive. |
| | Formed by a group of thirty-three women on Valentine's Day, 1921, the Chat Work Club derived its name from the members' practice of working on sewing projects while conversing with each other. In 1925, they began raising funds for a Portland public . . . — — Map (db m95360) HM |
| On Elm Street at 1st Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Elm Street. |
| | An important school of the coastal region, founded for scattered South Texas ranch children, by Thomas M. (1856-1943) and Alice Yantis Clark (1857-1913), of the family that founded Texas Christian University. The Clarks utilized 2-story "Hotel . . . — — Map (db m124473) HM |
| Near Sunset Drive (Old State Highway 35) east of U.S. 181. |
| | In the early morning hours of Sunday, September 14, 199, a hurricane made landfall in Corpus Christi after gathering strength in the Gulf of Mexico for two weeks. Crowds packed the North Beach area for their last weekend of the summer season, most . . . — — Map (db m80593) HM |
| On Main Street (Farm to Market Road 666) north of McGloin Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The battle of San Patricio was fought in the streets of Old San Patricio at 3:00 A.M. on February 27, 1836. The general council of the provisional government of Texas had instructed Francis W. Johnson and Dr. James Grant to lead an independent . . . — — Map (db m122042) HM |
| On Magnolia Street (County Route 60) 0.1 miles east of Main Street (County Route 666), on the left when traveling east. |
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Education in San Patricio began in 1830 on this site in the picket cabin of Catherine Hoy. In 1876 Saint Joseph's Convent was erected here. The Sisters of Mercy, having left Indianola after the Hurricane of 1875, came to run the Mother House and . . . — — Map (db m77425) HM |
| On Main Street (Farm to Market Road 666) at McGloin Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street. |
| | Josepha Rodríguez, known as "Chipita," was hanged in 1863 for the murder of John Savage. She remained the last woman legally executed in the state of Texas until 1998. Little is known of Rodríguez' life, though it is believed that she was the . . . — — Map (db m122942) HM |
| | This cemetery is believed to have been used for generations by Indian tribes and Mexican settlers who lived in this area previous to Anglo colonization. Following the establishment of San Patricio de Hibernia in 1830 by empresarios John McMullen and . . . — — Map (db m121965) HM |
| On Main Street (County Route 666) at Nopal Street (County Route 60), on the left when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | Location of noted St. Paul's Academy for Boys. Home of school owner Robert Dougherty (1827-1881), a refugee from 1840s Irish famine.
Educated at St. Mary's College, Kentucky, Dougherty worked as a journalist and merchant before settling in . . . — — Map (db m77422) HM |
| On Main Street (Route 666) at Magnolia Street (County Route 60), on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | Empresarios John McMullen and James McGloin brought Irish Catholic immigrant families to Texas about 1829 to form a new colony, San Patricio de Hibernia. Under the direction of the Rev. Henry Doyle, the colonists established Saint Patrick's Catholic . . . — — Map (db m77516) HM |
| On Main Street (Farm to Market Road 666) at McGloin Street (County Route 1740), on the left when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | Founded in 1830 by John McMullen and James McGloin as the seat of their Irish colony under an empressario contract dated August 17, 1828 which was fulfilled by the empresarios 1830-1835.
Named in honor of Saint Patrick the Patron Saint of . . . — — Map (db m77532) HM |
| On West Sinton Street (State Highway 188) at North Odem Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West Sinton Street. |
| | Eight structures have served as the seat of local government for the people of San Patricio County since its earliest settlement. A building known as the "Log Courthouse" was constructed in San Patricio in the early 1830s to serve the people of the . . . — — Map (db m122025) HM |
| On Sinton Street at Vineyard on Sinton Street. |
| | The Sinton townsite company was organized in 1894 to promote the development of the new railroad town of Sinton. Local merchant David Odem, one of the founders of the townsite company, established himself as a prominent landowner and businessman in . . . — — Map (db m75588) HM |
| On U.S. 181 at Packing House Avenue, on the right when traveling north on U.S. 181. |
| | The Coleman-Fulton Pasture Company laid out the town of Taft on the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad line in 1900. The intention of the company directors was to present Taft and surrounding farms as a model community to attract northern . . . — — Map (db m32927) HM |
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