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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Guadalupe County, Texas
Adjacent to Guadalupe County, Texas
▶ Bexar County (223) ▶ Caldwell County (21) ▶ Comal County (45) ▶ Gonzales County (37) ▶ Hays County (57) ▶ Wilson County (15)
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| On Farm to Market Road 78 0.2 miles east of Farm to Market Road 1103, on the right when traveling east. |
| | A town began to grow here after the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railroad built a line through western Guadalupe County in 1875. A general store, operated by George Schlather and Ernst Jenull, was opened the following year to serve the . . . — — Map (db m153922) HM |
| On South Main Street (County Road 383) north of Loop Road 539, on the right when traveling north. |
| | This congregation began about 1876 with German Lutheran worship services conducted by the Rev. T. Frehner and Oscar Samuel in private homes and a schoolhouse. A congregation, called St. Paulus Kirche, was formally organized and a church structure . . . — — Map (db m153936) HM |
| Near Interstate 10 0.2 miles west of Exit 620 on I-10 (State Highway 1104), on the left when traveling east. |
| | Edmund P. Kuempel Rest Area
November 29, 1942 - November 4, 2010
Edmund Kuempel served his constituents from Seguin, in the Texas House of Representatives from 1983-2010.
Edmund Kuempel served as Chairman of numerous committees during his . . . — — Map (db m102794) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1150 just south of U.S. 80, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This graveyard is the last visible reminder of the Old Nixon Community, which grew up here in the mid-19th century. The settlement was named for Robert T. Nixon and became known as Old Nixon after another town in Gonzales County took the . . . — — Map (db m156443) HM |
| On West San Antonio Street (Farm to Market Road 78) at South Cunningham Street, on the right when traveling east on West San Antonio Street. |
| | The town of Marion began in the 1870s as a marketing and shipping point on the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio rail line. It grew steadily and, in the early twentieth century, began to develop as an important commercial center for the area. A . . . — — Map (db m153960) HM |
| On Redwood Road 0.4 miles south of Farm to Market Road 1978, on the right when traveling south. |
| | In 1885 German settlers in the community of Redwood founded a cemetery association. They purchased two acres of land located near Cottonwood Creek for a graveyard from A. H. and Sallie Fleming. A church and schools had been established nearby. The . . . — — Map (db m149940) HM |
| On Alternate U.S. 90 at Pankau Road (County Road 205), on the right when traveling west on U.S. 90Alternate . |
| | Where 80 volunteers commanded by General Edward Burleson defeated Vicente Cordova and 75 Mexicans, Indians and Negroes, March 29, 1839, and drove them from Texas, ending the "Cordova Rebellion." 25 of the enemy were killed. Many volunteers were . . . — — Map (db m128126) HM |
| On North Saunders Street 0.1 miles north of West Court Street (Alternate U.S. 90), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Sponsored by the Second Baptist Church, the first public school for blacks in Seguin opened in 1871. Through the efforts of the Rev. Leonard Ilsley (1818-1903), and the Rev. William Baton Ball (1840-1923), a frame school was built on this site, and . . . — — Map (db m153973) HM |
| On East Live Oak Street west of South Crockett Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | John Campbell of Ireland, who migrated to Seguin before 1847, possibly built the first room of this log cabin about 1850. In 1851 he returned to his native country and persuaded several family members, including his brother Peter Campbell, to settle . . . — — Map (db m153849) HM |
| On South River Street south of East Donegan Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| |
Home Town of Texas Confederate
Colonel John Ireland
Delegate to Secession Convention 1861. Joined army as private. Won laurels in that most brilliant wartime effort - the defense of the 800-mile Texas coast in September 1862, repulse of . . . — — Map (db m128121) HM |
| Near East Klein Street at South River Street. |
| | A soldier in the Army of Texas in the Mier expedition, 1842 Born in Virginia Died in Seguin, Texas October 28, 1854 Erected by the State of Texas 1936 — — Map (db m158352) HM |
| On West Court Street (Alternate U.S. 90) at West Kingsbury Street (U.S. 90), on the right when traveling east on West Court Street. |
| | Formed from
Gonzales and Bexar counties
Created March 30, 1846. Organized July 13,1846
Named for the Guadalupe River
to which this name was given
by Alonso De Leon
in 1689
Seguin, the county seat
named in honor of
Juan Nepomuceno . . . — — Map (db m128120) HM |
| On East Donegan Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Marker Front:
Two local companies of volunteers were with Ben McCulloch in San Antonio, Feb. 16, 1861 when U.S. Arsenal was surrounded by Texans and surrender demanded. An encounter in a charged atmosphere which could have become the first . . . — — Map (db m128122) HM |
| Near East Klein Street at South River Street. |
| | Born in Georgia January 7, 1799 He fought for Texas Independence as a private in Captain Splane's Company at San Jacinto Died December 19, 1857 His wife Nancy Douglass Born July 23, 1793 Died February 9, 1860 Erected by the State of Texas . . . — — Map (db m158354) HM |
| On State Highway 123 3.1 miles north of Interstate 10, on the right when traveling north. |
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Born in San Antonio, Jose Antonio Navarro (1795-1871) held several offices in the Mexican government before becoming an active participant in the movement for Texas independence. Navarro possessed numerous landholdings in this part of the state. . . . — — Map (db m111184) HM |
| On North River Street at East Gonzales Street, on the right when traveling north on North River Street. |
| | Born in San Fernando de Bexar (San Antonio), son of Erasmo Seguin, whose ancestors came to America about 1700. Juan N. Seguin and his father in 1834 rallied fellow Texans against dictator Santa Anna. Young Juan Seguin raised Mexican-Texan troops, . . . — — Map (db m128124) HM |
| On Dolle Avenue north of Taylor Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Guadalupe County was home to a number of rural schools for the area’s burgeoning population of students of Mexican descent. In addition to those already living here, immigrants came from Mexico in the early 20th century, fleeing for safety during . . . — — Map (db m153972) HM |
| On East Gonzales Street 0.1 miles west of North King Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Also known as King Ranger Cemetery, this burial ground is a link to the history of one of Seguin's earliest families. Three brothers, John Rhodes, Henry Basil and William George King were among the city's residents during the days of the Republic . . . — — Map (db m155719) HM |
| On South River Street at East Live Oak, on the left when traveling south on South River Street. |
| | This structure was built in 1849 for German immigrant Justus Gombert. The one-room adobe structure, later stuccoed and enlarged, was owned from 1849 to 1859 by Joseph Zorn. After the Civil War, the property was used as a campground for . . . — — Map (db m155717) HM |
| On East Court Street (Alternate U.S. 90) at South Austin Street (State Highway 123), on the right when traveling east on East Court Street. |
| | Cabeza de Vaca-1528 Francisco Vasquez Coronado-1540 Alonzo de Leon-1689 Diego Ramon-1716
Guadalupe County Created Mar. 30, 1846 Organized Aug. 7, 1846
Erected 1946 — — Map (db m158356) HM |
| On East Klein Street 0.1 miles east of South River Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | This cemetery traces its origin to the Smith family graveyard established by early settlers to this area. Ezekiel (1781-1854) and Susanna (1774-1848) Smith and their four sons migrated to Texas from Virginia. In 1837 Ezekiel was granted land in . . . — — Map (db m158351) HM |
| On North Erkel Avenue north of West Court Street (Alternate Highway 90), on the right when traveling north. |
| | This Greek Revival house was built in 1854-56 by Joshua W. Young with unreinforced, load-bearing walls of cast-in-place limecrete, an early form of concrete made of lime, sand, and gravel. Joseph Zorn, Jr., mayor of Seguin from 1890 to 1910, bought . . . — — Map (db m153872) HM |
| On South Guadalupe Street south of West Convent Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Following the Civil War, freedmen and their families settled in communities and sought out a place to educate their children and a place of worship. The reverend Leonard Ilsley, a native of Maine, came to Seguin before the Civil War and remained . . . — — Map (db m150266) HM |
| On East Court Street (Alternate U.S. 90) at South Austin Street (State Highway 123), on the right when traveling east on East Court Street. |
| | Cabeza de Vaca traveled the "River of Nuts" which was the Guadalupe. He was the first European to record the existence of pecans. He noted they were good food and recognized alternate bearing. He was held captive for 9 years on the "River of Nuts" . . . — — Map (db m158355) HM |
| On Jackson Parkway at an unnamed road, on the right when traveling north on Jackson Parkway. |
| | The first German Evangelical Lutheran Synod in Texas authorized the establishment of a college in Brenham in 1890. Directed by the Rev. G. Langner, the Evangelical Lutheran College of Brenham opened in September 1891.
Modeled after the European . . . — — Map (db m130093) HM |
| On East Donegan Street at South Crockett Street, on the right when traveling east on East Donegan Street. |
| | The Magnolia Hotel was originally built as a 2 room log cabin in 1840 by
Texas Ranger James Campbell co-founder of Seguin. About 1844 the rear 3
room adobe (limecrete) structure was added and this became Seguin's first
frontier hotel and . . . — — Map (db m154036) HM |
| On North Travis Street at West Gonzales Street, on the right when traveling north on North Travis Street. |
| | As early as 1828 the oak trees in this area provided shelter to the forerunners of the famed Texas Rangers. The trees served as landmarks to early settlers and as a lodging area to these roving defenders of the frontier as they patrolled between . . . — — Map (db m154021) HM |
| On North River Street at East Ireland Street, on the right when traveling south on North River Street. |
| | Erected 1902-1903 by Women's Federated Clubs of Seguin. Known as the first structure in Texas built solely for women's clubs.
To finance building (cost $500), women under leadership of Mrs. Joseph B. Dibrell held bazaars, theatricals, ice cream . . . — — Map (db m154024) HM |
| On Alternate U.S. 90 east of Old Seguin Luling Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Named for Theodore Tiemann, who sold one acre of land to the county school district for $5.00, Tiemann School provided educational, cultural, and recreational opportunities for citizens in this area. Beginning in 1903 as a one-room, one-teacher . . . — — Map (db m128125) HM |
| Near East Klein Street at South River Street. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m158353) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 621 west of Staples Drive, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Named for Edward Clark, first Confederate governor of Texas, whose executive order June 8, 1861, created voluntary camps of instruction such as this. Food, camp facilities and guns were voluntary gifts by local people. Farmers, merchants, artisans, . . . — — Map (db m149933) HM |
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