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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Wharton County, Texas
Adjacent to Wharton County, Texas
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| On County Road 426 0.3 miles east of State Highway 71, on the left when traveling east. |
| | The Danish Folk Society obtained a land option from the Texas Land and Cattle Company and helped 93 Danish families from the midwest establish the Danevang Cooperative Settlement here in the early 1890s. The settlers, strong adherents of the . . . — — Map (db m120615) HM |
| On State Highway 71 north of County Road 426, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The first successful Danish community in Texas. Established in 1894 on a portion of 25,000 acres secured through option by Danish Folk Society from Texas Land and Cattle Company.
Most immigrants came first to the northern United States, where . . . — — Map (db m120613) HM |
| On County Road 426 0.3 miles east of State Highway 71, on the left when traveling east. |
| | The Danish community of Danevang (Danish Field) was founded in 1894, at the height of Danish emigration to the United States. The Dansk Folkesamfund (Danish Folk Society), organized in the Midwest in 1887 to preserve Danish culture, language . . . — — Map (db m120614) HM |
| On County Road 426 0.3 miles east of State Highway 71, on the left when traveling east. |
| | The church building before you was erected at Camp Hulen at Palacios, Texas at the beginning of the nineteen-forties when the nation was preparing for war. As part of a huge construction effort, which transformed a tent camp into an anti-aircraft . . . — — Map (db m120611) HM |
| On County Road 426 0.3 miles east of State Highway 71, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Front:
Danevang
1894 - 1976
This monument was erected in honor of all the pioneers who settled Danevang. They met adversity and hardship with Christian fellowship, cooperation and hard work. They achieved their goal of a Danish community . . . — — Map (db m122158) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 102 at Farm to Market Road 3013, on the right when traveling south on Road 102. |
| | Near this site once stood the community of Frazarville, founded in 1857 by Dr. Isaac James Frazar and his father, Col. James Watson Frazar. A locust infestation and Comanche raids forced them to move from Cibolo Creek in Bexar County to this site, . . . — — Map (db m96298) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 102 south of Farm to Market Road 263, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Joseph (c. 1787-1831) and Rachel Rabb (1790-1872) Newman were married in 1806 in Ohio. Following Joseph's service in the War of 1812 in Illinois, they lived in Arkansas Territory on the Red River before moving into Texas in 1820. In 1823, they left . . . — — Map (db m96300) HM |
| On East Jackson Street (Business U.S. 59) at Main Street, on the left when traveling east on East Jackson Street. |
| | Begun as a camp on the New York, Texas, and Mexican Railroad in 1882, El Campo initially was known as Prairie Switch and served as a supply and shipping center for area ranchers. By the 1890s the town had grown to include a post office, homes, . . . — — Map (db m96319) HM |
| On West Monseratte Street at Alamo Street, on the right when traveling east on West Monseratte Street. |
| | The El Campo Library Association began the city's first library in 1902. A public library opened at the downtown fire station in 1927. After a branch of the Wharton County Library was established in El Campo in 1939, this facility was completed in . . . — — Map (db m96318) HM |
| On East Jackson Street (Business U.S. 59) just east of North Washington Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The First National Bank of El Campo traces its history to the Koch and Poole Mercantile Company. In 1890 El Campo was an exciting new railroad town. Customers left their money in the Koch and Poole safe for protection, and soon the store assumed the . . . — — Map (db m33213) HM |
| On Monseratte Street near N. Mechanic Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | El Campo was known as "Prairie Switch" when it was established in 1881 as a siding and shipping point on the New York, Texas and Mexican Railroad, where cattlemen rounded up their herds for shipping. It was also a station for construction gangs . . . — — Map (db m32550) HM |
| On Business U.S. 59 at East Railroad Street, on the right when traveling south on U.S. 59Business . |
| | Joel Hudgins (1800-1873) of North Carolina came to the Republic of Texas in 1839 and settled in the Hungerford area. He married Rachel Ann Northington McKenzie (d. 1903) in 1847. He was elected county commissioner in 1854.
After Joel's death, . . . — — Map (db m124418) HM |
| On Business U.S. 59 at East Railroad Street, on the right when traveling south on U.S. 59Business . |
| | Attracted by the State of Texas' offer of free land to railroad developers, a charter for the New York, Texas & Mexican Railroad was secured in 1880. Its major investor, John W. Mackay, made his fortune in the Nevada silver mines. His . . . — — Map (db m125417) HM |
| On Business U.S. 59 at East Railroad Street, on the right when traveling south on U.S. 59Business . |
| | In the summer of 1837 Post West Bernard Station was established as an ordnance depot of the army of The Republic of Texas. Its location on the West Bernard River was strategic in protecting Houston, then capital of Texas, from possible invasion by . . . — — Map (db m124425) HM |
| On Business U.S. 59 at East Railroad Street, on the right when traveling south on U.S. 59Business . |
| | The village of Quinan was established about 1872 on the Wharton-Richmond road. It was named for Judge George E. Quinan (1819-1893), who lived south of here on Peach Creek. A native of Ireland, Quinan served in the Texas Senate and on the state Court . . . — — Map (db m124422) HM |
| On West Burleson Street at South Fulton Street, on the right when traveling east on West Burleson Street. |
| | The town of Wharton was founded as the seat of Wharton County in April 1846. Land for a courthouse, named Monterey Square, was given from the land grant of William Kincheloe, one of Stephen F. Austin's "Old Three Hundred" colonists who settled in . . . — — Map (db m120594) HM |
| On West Milam Street (State Highway 60), on the right when traveling west. |
| | A native of Dublin, Ireland, George E. Quinan came to Texas in the 1830s. By the mid-1840s he had moved to Wharton and set up a law office near this site. He was elected district attorney in 1845. Quinan and his wife Mary Anne established a home on . . . — — Map (db m120600) HM |
| On East Milam Street (State Highway 60) at North Fulton Street, on the right when traveling west on East Milam Street. |
| | The Security Bank and Trust Company traces its history to the Wharton National Bank. The second banking institution to open in the city, the Wharton National Bank was organized in 1902, and closed in 1915. Following reorganization, the bank reopened . . . — — Map (db m120599) HM |
| On South Houston Street south of West Milam Street (State Highway 60), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Built on Wharton's Courthouse Square, the Plaza Hotel began circa 1904 as a two-story brick structure with a large dining room on the first floor and 20 rooms to let. Owned and operated by R. B. Huston and his wife Lula Merriwether Huston, the Plaza . . . — — Map (db m120601) HM |
| On South Fulton Street south of East Milam Street (State Highway 60), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Born in Georgia in 1806
Editor "The Texas Gazette" and
"The Mexican Citizen," pioneer
Texas newspapers
Active in the Revolution
Member of the Supreme Court of
the Republic, 1836-1839
Member of Texas Legislature
1846-1849
Died . . . — — Map (db m120597) HM |
| On East Bolling Highway (Farm to Market Road 1301) east of Junior College Boulevard, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Included in a land grant awarded in 1824 to Martin Allen, one of Stephen F. Austin's "Old Three Hundred" colonists, this property has had a long and varied history. In the 1840s Allen's heirs sold most of his land to Albert Clinton Horton, Wharton . . . — — Map (db m96304) HM |
| On South Fulton Street south of East Milam Street (State Highway 60), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Wharton County
Created April 3, 1846
From Matagorda, Jackson and Colorado
Counties, Organized same year
Named for
William H. Wharton
1806-1839
Texas minister to the
United States
1836-1837, and his brother
John A. Wharton . . . — — Map (db m120596) HM |
| On West Milam Street (State Highway 60) at South Houston Street, on the left when traveling west on West Milam Street. |
| | Front:
"Lest We Forget"
1861-1865
Dedicated to the Confederate veterans of Wharton County by the J.E.B. Stuart Chapter Daughters of Confederacy
Commanders of Buchel Camp
Col. I.N. Dennis
Capt. G.C. Duncan
R.M. Brown . . . — — Map (db m122254) WM |
| On West Burleson Street east of South Houston Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | The Texas legislature created Wharton County in 1846, incorporating part of Stephen F. Austin's original land grant from Mexico. The William Kincheloe family donated land on the east bank of the Colorado River for a courthouse square, and the home . . . — — Map (db m120593) HM |
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