On Hopper Road (Highway 2040), on the left when traveling south.
Aransas Migratory Waterfowl Refuge was established on December 31, 1937, "a Refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife..." and "... for use as an inviolate sanctuary, or for any other management purpose, for migratory birds." . . . — — Map (db m193750) HM
On Copano Bay Drive, on the left when traveling south.
The settlement of St. Mary’s was founded in 1857 by Joseph F. Smith, nephew of Texas provisional Gov. Henry Smith. The town flourished from 1850 to 1886 as a viable port city, and was once the county seat of Refugio County. The bustling town . . . — — Map (db m205695) HM
On Copano Bay Drive south of Wood, on the left when traveling south.
In the Year of Our Lord 1519, Copano Bay was claimed along with the surrounding costal area, as a Spanish possession by Alonzo Alvarez De Pineda, who is thought to be the first European to explore and chart the Texas coast line. — — Map (db m213751) HM
John Howland Wood (1816-1904) was born in Dutchess County, New York. Trained in the mercantile trade and apprenticed to a painter, Wood enlisted in the New York Battalion to aid the Texas revolution. He arrived in Texas in 1836 in time to . . . — — Map (db m207915) HM
Joseph F. Smith, Nephew of Texas' provisional governor Henry Smith, founded the town of St. Mary's in 1857. Ten acres were set aside for this burial ground, in which the earliest marked grave is dated 1860. The cemetery served the thriving . . . — — Map (db m208205) HM
Named for the Indians who lived here Important Texas port, 1722-1870 The landing place of many colonists Winter quarters of the Texas Revolution Army in 1835
Additional tablet: This marker was moved from its original location on Copano . . . — — Map (db m205697) HM
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 East Commons Street at Bayou Street, on the right when traveling east on East Commons Street.
African Americans were denied access to education while enslaved, but opportunities emerged after emancipation. The first African American school in Refugio was held in a shotgun building on the corner of Santiago and Osage Streets. The school, . . . — — Map (db m166443) HM
On North Alamo Street (U.S. 77) 0.1 miles north of West Street, on the right when traveling south.
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, Colonel 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
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 Commerce Street at East Empresario Street (Farm to Market Road 774), on the left when traveling south on Commerce Street.
It has been 74 years since this Monument was erected as a memoriali to Captain Amon B. King and his men who were captured and then Executed by General Jose' Urrea.
The Citizens of Refugio did not feel that this Sculpture and Granite Column were . . . — — Map (db m180994) HM WM
Near Santiago Street, 0.1 miles west of Elm Street.
Here were buried King's Men massacred March 16th, 1836. Erected by the Refugio Chapter Texas Historical and Landmarks Association. A.D. 1934 — — Map (db m165546) HM
Near Santiago Street, 0.1 miles west of Elm Street.
In memory of the soldiers of the Army of Texas who were killed in action or captured and afterward slain as a result of the fighting at Refugio March 14, 15, 16, 1836 sixteen of whom are buried here Erected by the State of Texas Moved to this . . . — — Map (db m165527) WM
On Santiago Street, 0.1 miles west of Elm Street, on the left when traveling west.
Initiated by the burial of 16 soldiers massacred during the Texas revolution of 1836. The bones of Capt. Amon King and his men - scattered on the Prairie - were buried by Refugio citizens. Later forgotten, the site was rediscovered in 1934. Grave . . . — — Map (db m165502) 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
In honor of Purple Heart Recipients 1782 – 1932 Purple Heart They paid for our freedom with blood All gave some, some gave all. — — Map (db m213752) WM
On Commerce Street at East Ymbacion Street, on the right when traveling north on Commerce Street.
Located on the city's original public square, this municipal structure was erected in 1935-36 during the administration of Mayor Leonard Jeter. Designed by Irving H. Dunbar and built with financial assistance from the Federal Public Works . . . — — Map (db m180953) HM
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
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
[Department of the Army Emblem] [Department of the Air Force Emblem] [Department of the Navy] [United States Coast Guard Emblem] — — Map (db m213753) WM
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 m240807) HM
On Commerce Street at East Ymbacion Street, on the left when traveling north on Commerce Street.
Participator in the Capture of
Goliad, October 9, 1835
With 14 Texans Under His Command,
He Captured Fort Lipantitlan From
65 Mexicans, November 3, 1835
Member of the General Council
Of Texas, 1835, From Goliad
Municipality . . . — — Map (db m180955) 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.
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
On Wood Avenue at 2nd Street, on the left when traveling east on Wood Avenue.
A land development project of W.C. Johnson and George P. Pugh of Danville, Illinois, this town along the St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway was laid out in late 1906. A post office was established in the Bonnie View Land Company Hotel in . . . — — Map (db m165505) HM
