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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Calhoun County, Texas
Adjacent to Calhoun County, Texas
▶ Aransas County (59) ▶ Jackson County (12) ▶ Matagorda County (48) ▶ Refugio County (14) ▶ Victoria County (28)
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| On State Highway 316 0.5 miles south of North Ocean Drive, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Many currents of the mainstream of Texas history flow in this onetime port. Pineda explored the coast in 1519 and La Salle planted a settlement near here in 1685. Once an Indian trading point, it was a major seaport from 1844 to 1875. Texas . . . — — Map (db m120708) HM |
| On State Highway 316 at Zimmerman Road, on the left when traveling south on State Highway 316. |
| | A Tennessean, Angelina Peyton came to Texas in 1822. With her husband, J.C. Peyton, she operated an inn in San Felipe, capital of the Austin colony. Peyton died in 1834; in 1836 the widow married Jacob Eberly. She and Eberly had a hotel in Austin by . . . — — Map (db m120710) HM |
| On State Highway 316 0.6 miles south of North Ocean Drive, on the left when traveling south. |
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Born in Rouen France November 22, 1643. Came to Canada in 1668. Founded a first settlement near Montreal. Led several expeditions on the Great Lakes and the Ohio and Illinois rivers. Completed the exploration of the Mississippi, . . . — — Map (db m120700) HM |
| Near South Ocean Drive 0.1 miles south of Channel Drive, on the right when traveling south. |
| | First called by German immigrants Karlshaven, an important port of Texas. Cargoes of ships were hauled to and from points in Texas and Mexico by carts until 1860 when the San Antonio and Mexico Gulf Railroad and the Indianola Railroad were completed . . . — — Map (db m120706) HM |
| Near South Ocean Drive 0.1 miles south of Channel Drive, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Between 1844 and 1887, Indianola grew to become a cosmopolitan port city that was second only to Galveston. Indianola became a port for trade and was the eastern terminus of the Chihuahua Road that traveled overland from the mines of Chihuahua city . . . — — Map (db m120703) HM |
| On North Ocean Drive at State Highway 316, on the right when traveling north on North Ocean Drive. |
| | No immigrants arriving in Indianola were quite as exotic as the seventy-five camels that came ashore in 1856 and 1857 from Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt and Turkey. As early as 1836, politicians, diplomats and the military were considering the importation . . . — — Map (db m120677) HM |
| On State Highway 316 at Margie Tewmey Road, on the right when traveling north on State Highway 316. |
| | The earliest marked grave in the Zimmerman Cemetery, that of Georchim Wedig, is dated 1852. In 1863, Wedig's daughter Katherine married John Gonzales (1838-1918), who had come to Indianola in 1858 with Joseph Mendez (d. . . . — — Map (db m120713) HM |
| On State Highway 172 0.3 miles south of County Road 314, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Established in 1892, the community of Olivia was named for Olivia Haterius, wife of the Rev. Carl J.E. Haterius, a Swedish Lutheran minister who bought land in the area and advertised a new settlement to other Swedish immigrants in the Midwest. . . . — — Map (db m120734) HM |
| On County Road 317 at State Highway 172, on the left when traveling south on County Road 317. |
| | In 1892, the Rev. Carl J.E. Haterius of Galesburg, Illinois, acquired land at this site with the intention of establishing a community for Swedish settlers. He named the settlement for his wife, Olivia. When the townsite was laid out in 1893, land . . . — — Map (db m120735) HM |
| On Buren Road 0.2 miles east of State Highway 238, on the right when traveling south. |
| | In November of 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, the Union Army arrived in Calhoun County. Union and Texas troops rarely met on the field of battle in Texas, as most of the war was concentrated in the east and south of the country. The Union . . . — — Map (db m120714) HM |
| On South Ann Street at West Live Oak Street, on the right when traveling south on South Ann Street. |
| | Severe storms with high winds, heavy rains and tidal surges, hurricanes have played a significant role in events that shaped Calhoun County's history. Entire towns, including Indianola (a key Gulf seaport and Calhoun County seat) and Saluria . . . — — Map (db m120674) HM |
| On South Ann Street at West Live Oak Street, on the right when traveling south on South Ann Street. |
| | Before World War II, Calhoun County was primarily involved in farming, ranching and commercial seafood but after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the county became a major participant in the war effort. In November 1940, much of the county's shoreline . . . — — Map (db m120676) HM |
| On State Highway 35 0.3 miles west of Whatley Road, on the right when traveling west. |
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After Texas was annexed into the United States in 1846, part of what was once De Leon’s Colony was organized as Calhoun County, giving the county access to valuable cropland and bays—the most important being modern-day Matagorda . . . — — Map (db m117439) HM |
| On State Highway 35 at State Highway 185, on the right when traveling west on State Highway 35. |
| | Named for the nearby tidal lake of the same name, the community of Green Lake began to develop in the late 1840s, although records indicate there were some settlers in the area before that time. A group of wealthy planters from Kentucky migrated to . . . — — Map (db m61292) HM |
| On State Highway 35 at State Highway 328 on State Highway 35. |
| | Constructed in 1858, this three-story hexagonal lighthouse was originally located in Matagorda Bay, at the southern tip of Half Moon reef. The beacon served as an aid to ships trading in Port Lavaca and the nearby town of Indianola (14 mi. SE). . . . — — Map (db m53111) HM |
| On South Ann Street at West Live Oak Street, on the right when traveling south on South Ann Street. |
| | In the mid-twentieth century, Calhoun County was beginning an unprecedented period of growth. Howard G. Hartzog, Sr. was an active community leader who guided the county as a private citizen, county judge and as a state representative by diligently . . . — — Map (db m120672) HM |
| On State Highway 35 1.6 miles west of State Highway 185, on the left when traveling west. |
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In 1791, Spaniard priests Manuel De Silva and Joseph Francisco Mariano Garza endeavored to spread the doctrines of Christianity among the native tribes along the Gulf Coast, now called Karankawa, with the added benefit of giving Spain a foothold . . . — — Map (db m117448) HM |
| On State Highway 35 at State Highway 238, on the right when traveling east on State Highway 35. |
| | Founded in the aftermath of a Comanche raid on the nearby settlement of Linville, the town of Lavaca (the cow) was established in 1840. The busiest port in the Matagorda Bay area and a major center for over-land export of cattle and other goods, . . . — — Map (db m53110) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1090 1.8 miles west of Texas Highway 35, on the right when traveling north. |
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