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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Indianola
Indianola, Texas and Vicinity
▶ Calhoun County (19) ▶ 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 |
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