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Thirteen miles southeast of Inez is located the site of Fort St. Louis. First French settlement in Texas attempted by Rene Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle in 1685. Devastated by the Karankawa Indians, burned by members of the Alonso de Leon . . . — — Map (db m95346) HM
A Catholic church and cemetery were established after 1873 at Gazeta (then 1.5 Mi. W) on one acre of land deeded by parishioner Frank Garvel(1837-1921). In 1889 the congregation moved to the new railroad town of Inez, reconstructed their church . . . — — Map (db m192535) HM
A group of Polish immigrants from Upper Silesia (Prussian-occupied Poland) moved to this area in 1858, after a brief settlement in Karnes County. Here the prairies could be plowed and oaks could be felled for building shelter. They called their . . . — — Map (db m192538) HM
Inhabited briefly by adventurer Cabeza de Vaca in 1530's and French explorer La Salle in 1680's. Site of 1720 Mission Espiritu Santo de Zuniga. Mission friars, sent here to Christianize and civilize the Karankawa Indians, laid foundation for the . . . — — Map (db m192444) HM
