Historical Markers and War Memorials in George West
George West, Texas and Vicinity
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
1► Texas (Live Oak County), George West — Birthplace of J. Frank Dobie —  |
| On Houston Street (Business U.S. 59) at Guadalupe Street, on the right when traveling east on Houston Street. | |||
| Noted folklorist James Frank Dobie was born at the old Dobie Ranch near Lagarto in Live Oak County on September 26, 1888. Dobie was the eldest of six children born to Richard J. and Ella (Byler) Dobie and a descendant of ranchers and cattlemen. At . . . — — Map (db m132237) HM | |||
| 2► Texas (Live Oak County), George West — 6295 — City of George West — |
| On Houston Street (Business U.S. 59) at Guadalupe Street, on the right when traveling east on Houston Street. | |||
| Founded 1913 by George Washington West, rancher and civic leader, who secured railroad route through Live Oak County and provided several municipal buildings and plots for others. Became county seat in 1919. Market and shipping point for cattle and . . . — — Map (db m132236) HM | |||
| 3► Texas (Live Oak County), George West — 3104 — Live Oak County — |
| On U.S. 281 0.2 miles south of County Road 101, on the right when traveling north. | |||
| Created by legislature Feb. 2, 1856, and organized Aug. 4 with Oakville as county seat. Formed from San Patricio and Nueces Counties. Named for its Live Oak trees. County seat moved, 1919, to George West on railroad. Center for ranching, . . . — — Map (db m131941) HM | |||
| 4► Texas (Live Oak County), George West — 18833 — Thelma Laura Pugh-Lindholm — (1898-1992) — |
| On Houston Street (Business U.S. 59) at Guadalupe Street, on the right when traveling east on Houston Street. | |||
| A fourth-generation Texan, Thelma Pugh-Lindholm descended from Irish emigrants Thomas and Margaret (McCann) Pugh, who purchased from empresarios McMullen and McGloin in 1835 a Mexican league and labor of land across the Nueces River from present-day . . . — — Map (db m132235) HM | |||
| 5► Texas (Live Oak County), George West — 5623 — VFW and American Legion War Memorial — |
| On Houston Street (Business U.S. 59), on the right when traveling east. | |||
| In memory of those who served, and gave their lives for freedom and defense of their country. — — Map (db m132238) WM | |||
| 6► Texas (McMullen County), George West — 1854 — First Producing Gas Well In McMullen County And First Gas Pipeline To San Antonio — (South of Frio River, 1 Mi. NE) — |
| On Park Road 8 (County Route 302) 2 miles west of Richter Road when traveling north. | |||
| Thirty years before the first producing gas well was drilled in this county, traces of salt water, sulphur, gas, and oil in water wells gave hints of the presence of petroleum here. For years wildcat drilling went on, but with only moderate success. . . . — — Map (db m42190) HM | |||
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