Constructed approximately 1906 by St. Louis Brownsville Mexican Railway, a subsidiary of the Frisco lines. Depot was in use until 1961, later relocated to present location for preservation and use as a museum and visitor center. — — Map (db m182689) HM
Settlement here began in the 1840s when German immigrants disembarking at Indianola stayed in the vicinity. A post office was granted in 1888, its name inspired by debris that collected on the shore blown in by heavy storms from the Gulf of Mexico. . . . — — Map (db m182680) HM
An epidemic, thought to be measles, took the lives of a number of infants in this area in 1912-1913. Some of their graves remain unmarked, but they were among the first to be interred at this site. This cemetery was established in 1912, when A.D. . . . — — Map (db m182678) HM
