On South Main Street at West Moore Avenue on South Main Street.
Adolph Hofner was born in Moulton in 1916 and became an early pioneer of the musical genre called Western Swing, popular in the late 1940s and 1950s. His musical repertoire encompassed Western Swing, Pop, Blues, Country, Jazz and traditional Czech . . . — — Map (db m164214) HM
On County Highway 265 at Farm to Market Road 532, on the left when traveling south on County Highway 265.
Following World War II, hundreds of soldiers came home from the battlefield to the rural areas of Lavaca County. The returning veterans needed a place to gather, socialize and enjoy their victory. Soldiers and their dates came to the Cotton Grove . . . — — Map (db m164267) HM
On Farm to Market Road 532 at County Highway 290, on the right when traveling west on Highway 532.
In 1916, nineteen taxpayers of the Moulton Independent School District (MISD) petitioned the county court to establish a new rural school for northwest Lavaca County,
because unpaved roads and a lack of school buses made it difficult for rural . . . — — Map (db m155565) HM
On Farm to Market Road 1680, 0.1 miles west of Memorial Drive, on the left when traveling east.
Born on March 21, 1907, in a small farmhouse four miles east of Moulton near the small hamlet of Komensky, Hugo J. Strieder knew at a young age that he was destined to be a doctor. From humble beginnings, he graduated as salutatorian of Moulton . . . — — Map (db m201981) HM
On Highway 1680C, on the right when traveling south.
Came to Texas from Alabama in January 1836 · A member of Captain Jack Shackelford's Red Rover Company under Colonel Fannin's Command · March 18-19, 1836 Miraculously escaped from the Goliad Massacre Erected by the State of Texas . . . — — Map (db m164193) HM
On North Lavaca Drive (Farm to Market Road 95) at Nelson Street, on the left when traveling south on North Lavaca Drive.
Founded (about 2 mi NW) in early 1850s. Moved to this site after 1887 when the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad extended its line from Yoakum to Waco, placing a station at this point. Sam and Will Moore, brothers, took lead in building an . . . — — Map (db m164250) HM
On South Main Street at Elm Street, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street.
First meeting held July 20, 1866. Chartered June 15, 1867, with 18 members. First building erected in cooperation with Live Oak Church, in 1874. Through the years, this Lodge has shared its building with other groups. It moved in 1894 to New . . . — — Map (db m164209) HM
On South Lancaster Street (Farm to Market Road 532) at West Veterans Drive, on the right when traveling south on South Lancaster Street.
In honoring fallen troops we must respect the living
In honor and memory of all who served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America, especially those who were killed in action defending the democracy of the
United States of . . . — — Map (db m164321) WM
On Farm to Market Road 532, 0.2 miles east of County Highway 532G, on the left when traveling east.
Prior to the widespread use of radar, elevated observation towers placed along the coastline provided early warning against axis air attack during World War II. Organized in May 1941 by the U.S. Army Air Corps as the Ground Observer Corps (GOC), . . . — — Map (db m164252) HM
On County Highway 256 at County Highway 263 on County Highway 256.
For decades, Novohrad School provided educational opportunities for children living in the rural Bohemian community of Novohrad. By the 1880s, Novohrad, which took its name from a town in Bohemia, was a growing settlement consisting of a store, . . . — — Map (db m206434) HM
On South Main Street near West Moore Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
This was site of first business in "New" Moulton, founded 1887 on advent of San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad. In the same year, Edward Boehm (1854-1920) built a frame store; enlarged it in 1897; and in 1906 rebuilt, using native stone. His . . . — — Map (db m164208) HM
On Farm to Market Road 1680 at County Highway 287, on the right when traveling south on Highway 1680.
At this point was center of original town of Moulton (named, according to tradition, by a man from Moulton, Alabama). First postmaster was James Walker (1856). Town gained statewide fame for the Moulton Institute operated 1874-1895 by Melvin H. . . . — — Map (db m164189) HM
On Farm to Market Road 1680 at County Highway 287, on the right when traveling south on Highway 1680.
Organized 1873 by 25 former members of the Live Oak Church located near Nickel, Texas. Two-story structure built 1873-74; cornerstone laid January 31, 1874. Upper story used by Masonic Lodge until 1894; later served as schoolroom; removed about . . . — — Map (db m164190) HM
On County Highway 1680C, 0.2 miles south of Farm to Market Road 1680, on the right when traveling south.
Although local oral tradition holds that there may be older interments, the earliest documented grave in this cemetery is that of Louisa Lattimer (1842-1857). Early settlers Robert H. and Eliza J. McGinty deeded some land for cemetery use. Those . . . — — Map (db m164192) HM
On West Veterans Drive, 0.1 miles west of South Lancaster Street (Farm to Market Road 532), on the right when traveling west.
Originally a two-room cabin, built about 1853 near the Lavaca River (2 miles northeast) by Orrin L. Winters (1811-1902), a native of Tennessee. He lived in the structure until 1873. About 1902, the oak log cabin was torn down by Adam Schutz, and . . . — — Map (db m164241) HM
On Bobkat Drive at North Pecan Street, on the left when traveling east on Bobkat Drive.
Name honors brothers who gave site and half costs of building; the community matched their donation. Architect: H. Struve. Contractors: Joel Meyer & Co. Order of Sons of Hermann laid cornerstone July 31, 1901, in a gala celebration including a . . . — — Map (db m164201) HM
On Bobkat Drive at North Pecan Street, on the left when traveling east on Bobkat Drive.
At institute's opening (1901), this bell rang the school day hours and soon became town's fire alarm. Its proudest day of civic use was November 11, 1918, when it sounded news of the armistice ending World War I. Discarded in 1939, it was restored . . . — — Map (db m164202) HM
On Farm to Market Road 1295, 0.2 miles north of Farm to Market Road 532, on the left when traveling north.
Citizens of the Czech/German Woods Prairie settlement created a fund and hired a carpenter in 1895 to build a community school. By fall 1895 a one-room schoolhouse, named for 17th century Czech (Moravian) educator and religious leader Jan Amos . . . — — Map (db m164269) HM
On East Moore Avenue at North Depot Street (Farm to Market Road 532), on the right when traveling west on East Moore Avenue.
William J. and Mary O'Daniel Moore moved to Texas from Alabama with their family in 1845, and settled in Lavaca County in 1853 on 500 acres. Moore was a farmer and raised livestock. Their son Samuel B. Moore also became a farmer and rancher. In . . . — — Map (db m164248) HM
On Farm to Market Road 340, 0.2 miles east of County Highway 278, on the right when traveling west.
According to local tradition, Oak Grove School was established as early as 1882 and named for a grove of post oak trees located near the school's original one-room building. The school, which probably offered primary through eighth grade . . . — — Map (db m206438) HM
On North Lavaca Drive (Farm to Market Road 95) at Bobkat Drive, on the right when traveling north on North Lavaca Drive.
March 15, 1836 under the command of General Sam Houston while retreating from Gonzales to the Brazos River Erected by the State of Texas 1936 — — Map (db m164249) HM
On North Pecan Street at Church Street, on the left when traveling north on North Pecan Street.
One of the oldest communities in Lavaca County, the town of Moulton was originally located about two miles from the current townsite. When the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad completed a line through the area in 1887, the population shifted . . . — — Map (db m164196) HM
On Farm to Market Road 532 at County Highway 532I, on the right when traveling east on Highway 532.
Following the Civil War and Emancipation, the small but vibrant black population around Moulton began to be served by missionaries of a newly formed offshoot of the Methodist Church called the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. In 1867, . . . — — Map (db m164251) HM
On North Hackberry Street at Nelson Street, on the right when traveling south on North Hackberry Street.
Circuit-riding pastors served the religious needs of German Lutheran settlers of this area as early as the 1870s. A group of worshipers met to organize a congregation in March 1902. Land was purchased and construction of Zion Lutheran Church began . . . — — Map (db m164206) HM
