Located in northeastern Dewitt County, the Asberry School served the educational needs of the African American community in Yoakum beginning in 1930. Formerly known as the Yoakum Negro Public School, it formed out of the consolidation of two . . . — — Map (db m167170) HM
On Farm to Market Road 531 0.2 miles south of Alternate U.S. 77, on the left when traveling north.
Stephen Bennett (1789-1874), a veteran of the War of 1812, and his wife Mary Ann "Polly" Breazeal Bennett (1798-1877), were born in South Carolina and lived many years in Alabama. They led a wagon train to Washington County in the Republic of . . . — — Map (db m291837) HM
On Carl Ramert Drive 0.2 miles south of N South Street (County Road 392), on the right when traveling south.
Bovine was settled in the middle 1800's as a trading post. A post office, receiving mail tri-weekly, was established at this site in 1875 with T.Y. Plume, Postmaster. He was also Justice of the Peace. This small settlement had four general stores . . . — — Map (db m291840) HM
On U.S. 77 Alt at Ellen May Road, on the right when traveling north on U.S. 77 Alt.
Chisholm Trail Memorial Park
The Chisholm Trail Memorial Park, originally known as Palmer Park, is re-dedicated to the memory of the Old Trail Drivers of the Yoakum-Bovine, Texas area who passed this way, 1867 – 1887.
In the Centennial . . . — — Map (db m125472) HM
On Farm to Market 682 0.2 miles south of County Road 284, on the right when traveling south.
The County Line School was housed in five different buildings on six different sites, beginning in the 1860s. In 1898, the County Line School District encompassed several miles in De Witt and Lavaca counties. By 1927, eight grades were taught at . . . — — Map (db m293528) HM
On West Grand Avenue at North Street, on the right when traveling east on West Grand Avenue.
Mississippi-born Dempsey Benton Cain (1869-1967) came to Texas circa 1880 and arrived in Yoakum in 1894. He married Emily "Emma" Bostick (1875-1918) of Yoakum, and they had five sons. After Emma's death, D.B. married Yoakum school teacher Watsie . . . — — Map (db m291856) HM
On Dunn Street at E Grand Ave, on the right when traveling south on Dunn Street.
Yoakum was founded in 1887 when the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad built a line through this area. The town grew rapidly and on April 7, 1889, one month before the town was incorporated, the First Baptist Church was organized.
Led by . . . — — Map (db m291854) HM
On East Gonzales Street (State Highway 111) at Carroll Drive, on the right when traveling east on East Gonzales Street.
The Rev. Thomas S. Armstrong, sent by the East Texas Conference of the Methodist Church to establish a church in Yoakum, led a small group of Methodists in organizing this congregation on October 28, 1889. The charter members included Mrs. M.M. . . . — — Map (db m167172) HM
On Gonzales Street at Simpson Street, on the left when traveling north on Gonzales Street.
This congregation was organized on December 31, 1893, with the help of Presbyterian Evangelist Dr. A. H. P. McCurdy and 22 charter members, including Thompson Presley, Mrs. M. H. Boyd, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Harnden, Rosa Lee Scott, Susan Beason, Mrs. . . . — — Map (db m291853) HM
Near Hebron Church Road (County Road 267) 1 mile east of Farm to Market Road 682.
This rural community traces its roots to the 1840s, when the first wagon train of settlers arrived in the area. The pioneer families built their homes out of the abundant timber available to them and began meeting for worship in a one-room log . . . — — Map (db m293537) HM
On US Highway 77a South at Nelson Street, on the left when traveling north on US Highway 77a South.
By the late 1800s, the Hochheim Community and surrounding areas boasted a large German population. Immigrants and German Americans preserved their lifestyles, including frugality, hard work and fierce independence. Proud and self-reliant, they . . . — — Map (db m291857) HM
On Alternate U.S. 77 at Robards Street, on the right when traveling north on U.S. 77Alternate .
Lutheran missionaries began serving settlers in the Yoakum area about 1888. The Rev. Cornelius Ziesmer and about ten families organized Holy Cross Lutheran Church on January 27, 1891. Early worship services were held in homes, the city hall, the . . . — — Map (db m291855) HM
On County Road 413 0.1 miles north of County Road 414, on the right when traveling east.
Originally called Shiloh Baptist Church, this congregation was constituted in 1885 with eight charter members, who first met in the Riggs Schoolhouse. The exact location of the schoolhouse is unknown, except that it was in Lavaca County. The . . . — — Map (db m293525) HM
On Schrimscher Street at Orth Street, on the right when traveling west on Schrimscher Street.
Czech families came to Texas in the 1800s and bought farms where women worked equally with men to clear land and plant and harvest crops. Despite their efforts, life insurance companies would not sell policies to women, citing uncertain income and . . . — — Map (db m291848) HM
On Front Street at West Schleicher Street, on the right when traveling south on Front Street.
After attempts by Yoakum officials to purchase existing electric power facilities failed, the city voted in 1930, at a commission meeting attended by about 300 local residents, to build its own municipal power plant. This building was designed by . . . — — Map (db m167168) HM
On Hebron Church Road (County Road 267) 1 mile east of Farm to Market Road 682, on the right when traveling east.
Pioneer settler. Adam Shows, her husband, built nearby Hebron Church about 1855. She was the mother of 8 children. Recorded 1968 Incise in base: Erected by children of Amos and Margaret Shows — — Map (db m293540) HM
On Coke Street 0.1 miles north of Minnie Gordon StReet1, on the right when traveling north.
Will Orth, a railroad conductor and the owner of a local flour mill, built this home in 1910. Soon other prominent Yoakum families began erecting homes on Coke Street, which became known as "Silk Stocking Row." Designed by local architect W. A. . . . — — Map (db m291847) HM
On Old Church Road (County Road 401) 0.1 miles south of Sheehan Street (County Road 318), on the left when traveling south.
On 50-acre site donated 1868 for church and school purposes by John H. and Steven Dunn, in large Irish and Czech Catholic area near the Post Road Trading Station of Bovine. It was 1876-1912 Church of St. Joseph's Parish, founded in 1860s by Father . . . — — Map (db m277263) HM
Near Sheehan Street (Farm to Market Road 318) at Maple Street.
Catholics in the Brushy Community, which was a rural settlement that developed beginning in the 1830s along the Brushy and Supple Jack Creeks, first organized a church around 1847, building a log sanctuary. However, it wasn't until 1869 that, . . . — — Map (db m167178) HM
On Farm to Market Road 958 0.2 miles west of State Highway 95, on the right when traveling west.
School-age children in this part of Lavaca County first attended the Broom Weed school on South Mustang Creek as early as 1885. Mary Singer taught all the children in a single classroom. In 1890 the crude frame schoolhouse was deemed inadequate, . . . — — Map (db m291836) HM
Near U.S. 183 0.6 miles south of Concrete-Edgar Road (County Road 242), on the right when traveling south.
Joseph (1810-1861) and Sarah Ann Steen (1820-1860) Stevens, with Stevens, Steen, and Stephens relatives and a number of slaves, arrived in this area from Rankin County, Mississippi in 1846. They bought land from members of Green DeWitt's Colony . . . — — Map (db m291939) HM
On Farm to Market 682 1 mile north of Cattle Guard Road (County Road 268), on the right when traveling south.
Founded near this site in the 1850s, Terryville was named for the family of James D. Terry, who served as De Witt County judge from 1883 to 1891. The community raised a cavalry company for the Confederate Army and had a post office by 1869. The . . . — — Map (db m293534) HM
On County Road 413 at County Road 414, on the right when traveling east on County Road 413.
German pioneers founded this church before 1845. It met in a log hut on Scarborough's Branch, had 23 members in 1850s, used German language in worship, and was in German missions circuit. Christoph and Christina Hornburg gave a 2-acre site on . . . — — Map (db m293524) HM
On Nelson Street at Lott Street, on the left when traveling east on Nelson Street.
Gus J Arlitt Joe Hanna Otta Lee Cain William M Brown S R Coleman John T Fawcett Henry G Koehler G G McElyea Thomas G Quota B R Engles Fred Placke B G Barre Shelton Moore Justin W Rinn Henry Goode Wm A Cunningham . . . — — Map (db m293808) HM WM
On Nelson Street at Lott Street, on the left when traveling east on Nelson Street.
Side A W. S. Morre Joe Goode Tom Cvicek Felix Fucik Victor Cruz Frank Turek Aaron Levy Gus W. Elsik Alfred Kuck Carl T. Hobbs G. D. Glass Jr. John E. Frels Walter S. Jaks Leroy Addicks Julius E. Farek Frankie Hefner . . . — — Map (db m293811) HM
On U.S. 77 Alt at Ellen May Road, on the right when traveling north on U.S. 77 Alt.
Located on DeWitt-Lavaca County line on land granted by Mexico in 1835 to settler John May. Cattle gathering area for Chisholm Trail. With coming of San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railroad in 1887, became transportation center. Named for rail official . . . — — Map (db m125469) HM
On Carl Ramert Drive 0.1 miles south of N South Street (County Road 392), on the left when traveling south.
The City of Yoakum incorporated in 1889. By 1896, it was a thriving town of 3,000 residents, many businesses and institutions, and 12 practicing doctors. Dr. Edward H. Schwab was said to have operated the first hospital in 1910 in an area bound by . . . — — Map (db m291841) HM
On West Grand Avenue (State Highway 111) at Irvine Street (Alternate U.S. 77), on the right when traveling west on West Grand Avenue.
The town of Yoakum incorporated on May 13, 1889, and with a growing population and business, a banking house was needed. W.O. Richardson recognized this need and with the assistance of other community leaders, organized a commercial bank in . . . — — Map (db m167215) HM
