On South Avenue G at 1st Street, on the left when traveling north on South Avenue G.
In 1901, Edward E. Hildebrandt bought land from Moritz Richter and moved an existing house with the intention of creating a park with a community building. He built a 40' x 60' sixteen-cornered building with hardwood floors and a bandstand. Outside . . . — — Map (db m213603) HM
Near Avenue E (Alternate U.S. 90) at East 9th Street.
A native of Hanover, Germany, Charles Welhausen immigrated to Texas with his parents, arriving at the Port of Galveston in 1843. They settled first at Cat Spring in Austin County, and later moved to High Hill in Fayette County, where Charles . . . — — Map (db m179273) HM
On Avenue G 0 miles north of 5th Street (State Highway 95), on the left when traveling north.
Barbed wire, the railroad, and Germans and Czechs desiring to own small family farms combined to make cotton king in Lavaca County. From 1892 to 1971, cotton ginning, the cottonseed oil industry, and cotton export by rail were a vital part of . . . — — Map (db m179258) HM
On Avenue E (Alternate U.S. 90) west of Church Street, on the right when traveling east.
The Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of Shiner, Texas, was organized on November 1, 1887, in the office of L. P. Amsler, Shiner's first mayor. The Rev. C. C. Armstrong presided over the first service.
In 1889 local rancher David Kokernot . . . — — Map (db m128138) HM
On Avenue E (Alternate U.S. 90) at 7th Street, on the left when traveling west on Avenue E.
In 1891, one year after Shiner was incorporated, Confederate Captain and local rancher Charles Welhausen established a private bank for the growing railroad town. Welhausen served as first president, with E.F. Wolters, William D. Green, Earl Fry . . . — — Map (db m179263) HM
On County Route 533 at County Route 342, on the left when traveling south on County Route 533.
The community of Half Moon was first mentioned in a 1689 account from Gov. Alonso de Leon's expedition when the group encountered a Native American tribe that called Half Moon their home. The area was known as Half Moon due to the peculiar shape of . . . — — Map (db m68496) HM
On County Route 533 0.2 miles south of County Route 342A, on the right when traveling south.
This Greek revival home (200 yds. N) was built in the 1880s by George Herder (1818-1887), veteran of the Texas Revolution and pioneer farmer and rancher in the Half Moon community. A son, William (d. 1940), later ran a butcher shop and farmed the . . . — — Map (db m68497) HM
On State Highway 95 north of Miller Street, on the right when traveling north.
Founded as outgrowth of an 1895 invention that used smooth wire discarded when barbed wire fencing was introduced in this area. August Kaspar, son of a Swiss Lutheran missionary to Texas, salvaged some of the plain wire and made a corn shuck basket . . . — — Map (db m95435) HM
On North Avenue D 0 miles north of 5th Street (State Highway 95), on the right when traveling north.
Moved to this site, 1889, by David Kokernot, the builder. Given to Methodist Church and Masonic Lodge. First local Sunday School was held here. In 1914 church was relocated. Entire hall is now owned by Masons. Recorded Texas Historic . . . — — Map (db m179259) HM
On Farm to Market Road 533 at County Road 340, on the left when traveling west on Road 533.
The Menger School represents one of many rural public schools that operated in Lavaca County around the turn of the 20th century. On August 19, 1898, Charles and Minna Mender sold a one-acre parcel of land to the Menger School Trustees. The school . . . — — Map (db m291830) HM
On East 7th Street at Avenue E (Alternate U.S. 90) on East 7th Street.
References to a Palace Saloon, managed by A. Kubitz, date back to at least 1890. The establishment was housed in a one-story wood frame structure at the corner of Ave. E and 7th Street, facing the railroad tracks. Sometime between 1890 and 1893, . . . — — Map (db m291822) HM
On South Avenue G at 1st Street, on the left when traveling north on South Avenue G.
In the late 1800s, immigrants from central Europe streamed into central Texas, establishing several communities and introducing their cultures into existing towns. Many newcomers brought instruments, music and a love of dancing from the old country. . . . — — Map (db m213607) HM
On Texas Route 95 0.1 miles north of County Route 281, on the left when traveling north.
Virginians William (1772 - 1834) and Isabella (Moreland) Ponton came to Texas in 1829 from Missouri. With them were their children Andrew, Sarah Ann, and Mary Jane and son-in-law James Patrick. Their son Joel Ponton arrived in 1834. The families . . . — — Map (db m227850) HM
On St. Ludmila Street at Philip Street, on the right when traveling south on St. Ludmila Street.
The first Catholic school in Shiner was built in 1896 by Scherbohm and Mewes, contractors. The two story French style frame building housed two classrooms, a dining room and kitchen on the first floor, and a residence for the Sisters on the second . . . — — Map (db m128137) HM
On Saint Ludmila Street west of Avenue E (Alternate U.S. 90), on the right when traveling south.
Early German and Czech settlers in this area of Lavaca County attended Catholic worship services in private homes or at churches in Hallettsville or Moulton until 1890, when a new mission was established in Shiner by the Rev. John Anthony Forest. . . . — — Map (db m95442) HM
On Alternate U.S. 90 0.5 miles west of County Road 357, on the right when traveling east.
Sarah Howard suffered much at the savagery of the Texas wilderness. Born in Illinois, Sarah came to Texas with her husband, John McSherry, in 1828. The next year, John was killed near their home by Indians. Sarah later married John Hibbens, but . . . — — Map (db m128139) HM
On North Avenue E (Alternate U.S. 90) at 8th Street, on the left when traveling north on North Avenue E.
Original site of a World War I cannon donated to the "Scrap Iron" Drive for World War II by the city of Shiner in 1942. Through efforts of the Shiner Bicentennial Committee of the U.S.A. In 1976, the U.S. Government replacement now stands in the . . . — — Map (db m179266) HM
On North Avenue E (Alternate U.S. 90) at 8th Street, on the left when traveling north on North Avenue E.
Originated as German-Czech community of Half Moon, located west of present town. When the San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railroad came through in 1887, citizens moved to rail line, where H.B. Shiner, Victoria landowner, had given a townsite.
Shiner . . . — — Map (db m179265) HM
On County Road 336 0.4 miles east of Farm to Market Road 966, on the right when traveling east.
Emigrants from Bohemia and Moravia, of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, came to the Vlastenec area, about four miles south of Shiner, in the mid-1880s. Most came from rural areas and were of the Brethren faith, and wanted to establish a new church in . . . — — Map (db m291833) HM
On Avenue B (U.S. 351), on the left when traveling north on Avenue B.
In February 1898, Nathan Austin, J.H. Hannah, Paul Mitchell and William O'Neal, trustees of the Shiner Colored Cemetery Association, bought 1.2 acres from Adolph and Emilie Hohertz for $100. They established a burial ground for Shiner's African . . . — — Map (db m179296) HM
Near County Road 351 0.1 miles west of County Road 351.
Formed in 1922, the National Izaak Walton League has promoted responsible stewardship of fish and fowl in the United States. Prior to the 1930s, area fisherman had to travel to the Guadalupe River or the Gulf of Mexico. As a result, a group of . . . — — Map (db m291825) HM
On 7th Street at North Avenue D, on the left when traveling north on 7th Street.
William Wendtland (1856-1951) and Louis Wagener (1855-1936) built this structure in 1895. William Koch (1857-1928) enlarged the building with a rear addition in 1915. "The Opera House Saloon" and later other businesses occupied the lower floor, . . . — — Map (db m179261) HM
Near Avenue E (Alternate U.S. 90) at East 9th Street.
In August of 1887, H.B Shiner and August Hinze deeded land to the SA&AP Railroad Co. for the proposed city of Shiner.
At this time, ranching was the main source of community income. In 1898 a small wire products manufacturing plant was . . . — — Map (db m179291) HM
On County Road 356B 0.1 miles north of County Road 357, on the left when traveling north.
On June 25, 1886, H.J. Strunk, a resident of Colorado County, Texas, sold five acres of land for use as a school and cemetery to the Shinerville School community, originally named for area landowner H.B. Shiner. Residents funded, built and staffed . . . — — Map (db m291820) HM
On County Highway 348 0.3 miles west of Avenue B (County Highway 351), on the left when traveling west.
Czech Texans and members of the Lodge Texasky Mir No. 10 Shiner established this cemetery on April 14, 1906 to provide a burial place for SPJST (Slovanska Podporujici Jednota Statu Texas) members and their families. Local and regional SPJST . . . — — Map (db m179325) HM
Near 5th Street (State Highway 95) at Hilltop Road (County Route 355), on the left when traveling north.
Built by the Shiner Brewing Association, a stock company of local men. Sold in April 1915 to Kosmas Spoetzl (1873-1950), native of Bavaria and former operator of a brewery in Cairo, Egypt.
This plant remained open in 1918-33 (Prohibition era), . . . — — Map (db m95436) HM
On State Highway 95 1 mile north of Farm to Market Road 340.
In the summer of 1930, farmer/rancher and large landowner Jake Kurtz set aside four acres of his property on the west side of the newly-paved Texas State Highway 95 between Shiner and Moulton to build a large concrete swimming pool and . . . — — Map (db m210285) HM
On East 5th Street (State Highway 95) at North Avenue C on East 5th Street.
When Czech and German immigrants immigrated to the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries, they brought their culture with them, including dance and music. As these immigrants began to create communities in Texas, they built and popularized . . . — — Map (db m179254) HM
On North Avenue B at 11th Street, on the right when traveling north on North Avenue B.
Members of this historic church helped spread Lutheranism through Lavaca and surrounding counties. For acculturated German Texans and for new arrivals, the Lutheran Church also served as the focal point of educational and social activities. The . . . — — Map (db m179294) HM
Near Avenue E (Alternate U.S. 90) at East 9th Street.
Built in 1913 on land donated by Confederate veteran and local leader Capt. Charles Welhausen (1835-1916), this bandstand has been a center of cultural and social events in Shiner. Funds for construction were raised by the local Women's Civic . . . — — Map (db m179268) HM
On County Road 372 at Farm to Market Road 1891, on the left when traveling west on County Road 372.
Opened in 1895, Wied School served the primarily German and Czech population of the Wied community over 70 years. Anglo-American settlement in this area began in the 1830s, and by the early 1870s, German immigrants, including the Wied brothers for . . . — — Map (db m291819) HM
