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Historical Markers and War Memorials in West Columbia
West Columbia, Texas and Vicinity
▶ Brazoria County (71) ▶ Fort Bend County (60) ▶ Galveston County (301) ▶ Harris County (309) ▶ Matagorda County (48) ▶ Wharton County (24)
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On South 17th Street (State Highway 35) at East Bernard Street, on the right when traveling north on South 17th Street. |
| | In September 1836 Columbia, now known as West Columbia, became capital of the Republic of Texas. This took place with the removal of the ad interim government here from Velasco. After the election called by ad interim President David G. Burnet, the . . . — — Map (db m49703) HM |
| On East Brazos Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | In 1836 and 1837, the town of Columbia (Now West Columbia) served as the capital of the Republic of Texas. Josiah Hughes Bell, a colonist with Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred, surveyed and platted Columbia in 1824 to serve as a center for . . . — — Map (db m41707) HM |
| Near S. Broad St. just from E. Clay St.. |
| | A grant from the Rosenwald Foundation of Chicago led to the establishment of a local school for African American students. The foundation represented a collaboration between Julius Rosenwald, President of Sears, Roebuck, and Company, and the noted . . . — — Map (db m83276) HM |
| On South 16th Street 0.1 miles north of East Jackson Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | This congregation traces its history to early Methodist missionary activity during Texas' years as a republic in 1839. The Rev. Isaac L. G. Strickland was assigned to the Brazoria Circuit and organized a Methodist Church in Columbia (now West . . . — — Map (db m46456) HM |
| On East Brazos Avenue (State Highway 35), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Site of
First Capitol
of Republic
of Texas
1836 - 1837 — — Map (db m129404) HM |
| Near Oil Field Road (County Route 467) 0.5 miles east of Texas Highway 36W, on the right when traveling east. |
| | A member of Austin's colony, 1829. Soldier in the Battle of Velasco; delegate to the General Convention, 1832; chief justice of Brazoria County, 1836. In this home, built about 1830, Stephen F. Austin died, December 27, 1836 — — Map (db m78618) HM |
| Near North 14th Street at Hamilton Street. |
| | Near site of The First Capitol of the Republic of Texas
About 1833 Leman Kelsy built a story-and-a-half clapboard structure near this location. When Columbia became capital of the Republic of Texas in 1836, the building was one of two . . . — — Map (db m43057) HM |
| On E. Jackson St. 0.8 miles east of S. 17th, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Site given by Josiah H. Bell family out of their grant, the first deeded to one of "Old 300" in colony of Stephen F. Austin. Has graves of many heroes of Texas Revolution of 1836.
Deeded in 1852 to Bethel Presbyterian Church. Since 1933 managed . . . — — Map (db m46452) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1301 at County Route 376, on the right when traveling south on Road 1301. |
| | Zeno Phillips, one of Stephen F. Austin's "Old 300" colonists, acquired land here in 1829. Zeno and his brothers John Clark, Sidney, and James Ray (J.R.) Phillips, served in the Republic of Texas Army. The cemetery began with the burial of Zeno and . . . — — Map (db m96305) HM |
| Near South Columbia Drive (State Highway 36) north of Reid Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | One of the “Old Three Hundred” who came to Texas with Stephen F. Austin in 1821 • First alcade (sic, alcalde) of Austin's Colony • On this tract of 6,642 acres, granted him in 1824, was later built the town of Columbia, First . . . — — Map (db m52793) HM |
| On North 14th Street north of Hamilton Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Dedicated to all the veterans who have served their country.
They served with honor, and now we honor them. — — Map (db m9552) HM |
| On State Highway 36 0.5 miles south of County Road 4, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In 1920, Texas & Pacific Railway official William H. Abrams (1843-1926) of Dallas owned this old plantation land, then considered fit only for pasture. He leased mineral rights to the Texas Company (now Texaco, Inc.), whose drilling reached a . . . — — Map (db m52766) HM |
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