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Texas 1936 Centennial Markers and Monuments Historical Markers
In 1935/1936 the State of Texas Legislature created a commission to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Texas independence from Mexico. Part of this consisted of placing about 1,100 statues, and granite and bronze markers and monuments around Texas. See more at the Texas Historical Commission website 1936 Texas Centennial Markers.
By Cosmos Mariner, June 5, 2013
Lee County Marker (tall view)
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
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Located on Old San Antonio Road, on land surveyed in 1821 as part of the original colony of Moses and Stephen F. Austin.
In 1854 became site of major settlement by Wend from northern Europe, led by Pastor Johann Kilian.
Had only school . . . — — Map (db m111932) HM |
| | Here in 1854 under the leadership of Rev. John Kilian Ev. Lutheran pastor about 600 Wends seeking religious liberty established the first Wendish settlement in Texas — — Map (db m84606) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m119576) HM |
| | Here a log building was erected in 1846.
County officials installed Nov. 12, 1846
Geo. V. Lusk, Chief Justice
Wm. Childress, Probate Judge
Israel P. Reinhardt, County Clerk
Wm. B. Middleton, Sheriff
David Foster, Coroner
Baxter King, . . . — — Map (db m119575) HM |
| | A Spanish settlement on the Atascosito road was established here in 1757 to prevent French trade with the Indians. Four and one-half miles west of here the road crossed the Trinity. There Alonso de Leon, Spanish explorer, crossed in 1690. The road . . . — — Map (db m116714) HM |
| | To
Generals Charles Lallemand,
Antoine Rigaud, the veterans
of the Napoleonic Wars and
other French settlers,
who, after many trials and adventures, came to Texas in the spring of 1818 to found on the banks of the Trinity River the . . . — — Map (db m128335) HM |
| | The home of the Orcoquisac Indians. An East – West trail across the region traveled by Alonso De Leon in 1690 became the “La Bahia” or “Lower Road” of the 18th century and the Opelousas Road of the 19th. At the point . . . — — Map (db m117041) HM |
| | A trail across this region traveled and described by Alonso de Leon in 1690 became the "La Bahía" or "Lower Road" in the 18th century. First settlement, Atascocita, established in 1757. The town established May 5, 1831 as the "Villa de la Santísima . . . — — Map (db m121260) HM |
| | Formed from Young and
Bexar Territories
Created, August 21, 1876
Organized June 6, 1887
Named in honor of
Abner S. Lipscomb, 1789-1856
Secretary of State
in President Lamar's cabinet
Member of the Constitutional
Convention, 1845 . . . — — Map (db m55738) HM |
| | Created by legislature Feb. 2, 1856, and organized Aug. 4 with Oakville as county seat. Formed from San Patricio and Nueces Counties. Named for its Live Oak trees.
County seat moved, 1919, to George West on railroad. Center for ranching, . . . — — Map (db m131941) HM |
| | As late as 1920 dilapidated rock walls stood on this site, known as Fort Ramirez. Treasure hunters pulled them down and workmen hauled them to the hollow below. Erected by two brothers named Ramirez, from whom Ramirena Creek derived its name, . . . — — Map (db m148935) HM |
| | The name "Llano," first given by Spanish explorers in the 18th century to the river traversing the region, is a corruption of the French name given the Lipan Indians. First settlements were made by Germans about 1850. The county, created from . . . — — Map (db m150356) HM |
| | From its summit, in the fall of 1841 Captain John C. Hays while surrounded by Comanche Indians who cut him off from his ranging company, repulsed the whole band and inflicted upon them such heavy loss that they fled. — — Map (db m71920) HM |
| | Two and one half miles east on the Packsaddle Mountain in a battle fought August 4, 1873 Captain J. R. Moss, Stephen B. Moss William B. Moss, Eli Lloyd Arch Martin, Pink Ayers E. D. Harrington and Robert Brown routed a band of Indians . . . — — Map (db m20643) HM |
| | Blazed from
the Fort Griffin-Dodge City Trail
through
New Mexico to Colorado
about 1860 by
Oliver Loving
1812-1867
first cattle trail driver from
Texas — — Map (db m61470) HM |
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Formed from Tom Green County
Created February 26, 1887
Organized July 8, 1893
Named in honor of Oliver Loving, 1812-1867, farmer, rancher and an early trail driver.
Mentone, the county seat — — Map (db m61281) HM |
| | Known to Spanish explorers of the 17th and 18th centuries - Described by Albert Pike who visited the region in 1832 - The last battle in Lubbock County between White buffalo hunters and the red men who had called the plains their own occurred on . . . — — Map (db m106352) HM |
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| | First blazed in 1691 by Captain Don Domingo Teran de Los Rios, first provincial governor of Texas, in an expedition officially directed by Father Fray Damian Massanet O.F.M. apostolic missionary and explorer in Texas. The general route was northeast . . . — — Map (db m68680) HM |
| | Site of the First Ice Factory In TexasEstablished by Boyle and Scott about 1875. Sold ice at ten cents per pound, B.J. Benefield delivered it. The plant was later moved to Harrisburg. — — Map (db m127849) HM |
| | Established in 1845. Named
in honor of Thomas Jefferson
(1743–1826)
Author of the Declaration
of Independence of the
United States
Early navigation headquarters on Cypress Bayou. County seat of Marion County since 1860. . . . — — Map (db m110996) HM |
| | Site of an Early Bell FoundryFrom a log blacksmith shop in 1854 grew a bell foundry owned by G. A. Kelly which manufactured cowbells widely used by pioneer ox-team freighters. Later the Kelly plow, one of the first modern plows made . . . — — Map (db m127851) HM |
| | Named for George Addison Kelly - Died 1909 - Proprietor of an early foundry which cast cow bells widely used bu ox-team freighters. After 1860 his factory turned out the first modern plows used in Texas. — — Map (db m127839) HM |
| | Created January 22, 1858, and organized August 2, 1858, this county was named for its most important settlement, Fort Mason.
Garrisoned intermittently from July 6, 1851, to March 23, 1869, Fort Mason was named for Lt. G.T. Mason of the United . . . — — Map (db m91741) HM |
| | Established July 6, 1851 by the U. S. Army as a protection to the frontier Named in honor of Lieut. George T. Mason, killed in action near Brownsville, April 25, 1846 Albert Sidney Johnston, George H. Thomas, Earl Van Dorn and Robert E. Lee, of . . . — — Map (db m29972) HM |
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Early home of the Karankawa Indians. Landing place of LaSalle in 1685. Settled 1822-1836 by colonists of Stephen F. Austin. The municipality of Matagorda organized under the Mexican Government on March 6, 1834. Became on March 17, 1836, Matagorda . . . — — Map (db m120752) HM |
| | Here in 1826, a Company of volunteers commanded by Captain Aylett C. Buckner almost exterminated a band of Karankawa Indians who had murdered several families on Lower Caney Erected by the State of Texas — — Map (db m158690) HM |
| | Projected site of a town in 1826 • Founded in 1829 with Stephen F. Austin, Elias R. Wightman, Hosea H. League and Ira Ingram as proprietors • Third largest town in Texas in 1834 • Incorporated January 28, 1839 • County Seat of Matagorda County, . . . — — Map (db m158766) HM |
| | First Alcalde of Matagorda Municipality, 1834 • Member of the Congress of the Republic and First Speaker of the House of Representatives, 1836 • Pioneer Patron of Public Schools • • Born in Vermont August 18, 1788 Died September 22, 1837 . . . — — Map (db m158670) HM |
| | Commander of the Texans at the capture of Goliad, October 9,
1835 • Born in Mississippi • Died April 18, 1866 Erected by the State of Texas 1936 — — Map (db m158674) HM |
| | Temporary Chairman of the Consultation, 1835 Member of the General Council of the Provisional Government of Texas 1835 - 1836 Born in Virginia June 1, 1798 Died May 28, 1840 Erected by the State of Texas 1936 — — Map (db m158673) HM |
| | Sergeant 11th Regiment, U.S. Infantry, War of 1812 • One of Austin's surveyors • Laid out the town of San Felipe • Born in Vermont June 19, 1790 • Died May 12, 1857 Erected by the State of Texas 1936 — — Map (db m158672) HM |
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Established by Captain S. Burbank, first U.S. Infantry, March 27, 1849 as a protection to western communication. Garrisoned by Federal troops until March 20, 1861 and since 1868. Now known as Camp Eagle Pass — — Map (db m56146) HM |
| | On November 21, 1831, James Bowie, Rezin P. Bowie, David Buchanan, Cephas D. Hamm, Matthew Doyle, Jesse Wallace, Thomas McCaslin, Robert Armstrong, James Coryell with two servants, Charles and Gonzales, held at bay for a day and night, 164 Caddos . . . — — Map (db m116226) HM |
| | Created Aug. 27, 1856. One of 128 counties formed from Bexar County that extended from the Rio Grande to the Panhandle, and as far west as El Paso. Named for Texas hero, Ben McCulloch, who fought in Texas Revolution, Indian, Mexican and Civil Wars. . . . — — Map (db m116316) HM |
| | Here was stationed, 1862-1864, Captain W.G. O’Brien’s company of mounted volunteers, a unit of the Frontier Regiment organized to protect the frontier against Indians. The regiment in 1864 became the Forty-Sixth Texas Cavalry in the Confederate Army. — — Map (db m90987) HM |
| | Established in 1847 by 29 families under the leadership of Theodore Gentilz, representing Henri Castro (1781...1861), distinguished pioneer and colonizer of Texas who introduced the early settlers of Medina County. Named in honor of . . . — — Map (db m155969) HM |
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| | Surveyed in October, 1844
by
Henri Castro
1781---1861
Distinguished pioneer and colonizer
of Texas
Established in March, 1845 by ten
families in charge of Louis Huth,
agent for Castro
Many settlers were killed by . . . — — Map (db m64185) HM |
| | Originally established on the San Gabriel River as the Presidio of San Francisco Xavier in 1751
Moved to the present site in 1757 as a protection to the Mission Santa Cruz de San Saba
Known as the Presidio de San Luis de Las Amarillas . . . — — Map (db m72032) HM |
| | Established March 14, 1852 by the United States War Department as a protection to frontier settlers against hostile Indians. Named in honor of Captain Henry McKavett, who fell at the Battle of Monterey, September 21, 1846. Evacuated by federal . . . — — Map (db m29879) HM |
| | Founded among the Lipan Apache Indians by Franciscan Missionaries in 1757 through the financial aid of the Count of Regla. - Sacked and left in ruins by the Comanches in 1758. - - Here perished Padres Alonso Giraldo de Terreros and José . . . — — Map (db m72301) HM |
| | Formed from Tom Green County.
Created March 4, 1885
Organized March 25, 1885
Named for its location which is halfway between Ft. Worth and El Paso.
County Seat Midland
First named Midway — — Map (db m86535) HM |
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Pioneer village of Milam County
Established as an
Indian trading post by
Major Benjamin F. Bryant,
frontiersman who had commanded
a company in the Battle of
San Jacinto.
Appointed Indian agent in 1842 by
Sam Houston
President . . . — — Map (db m90647) HM |
| | (Front Panel)
Milam
(Right Panel)
Benjamin Rush Milam
born in Kentucky
1788. Soldier in the
War of 1812. Trader
with the Texas
Comanche Indians
1818. Colonel in
the Long Expedition
in 1820. . . . — — Map (db m129324) HM |
| | A soldier of the
Texas Army stationed
at the camp at
Harrisburg April 21, 1836
First chief justice
(county judge)
of Milam County.
Died in 1882 — — Map (db m150846) HM |
| | A part of Robertson's colony in 1834 and a part of the municipality of Viesca, 1835. Created in 1836 and named for Benjamin Rush Milam killed Dec. 5, 1835, in San Antonio.
When created, it contained one-sixth of the original land area of Texas. . . . — — Map (db m129328) HM |
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In the winter of 1850-1851
with Captain Basil M.
Hatfield, Commander, the
Steamboat Washington
landed here
with a shipment of merchandise
from Washington-on-the-Brazos
to J. W. McCown and Co., mer-
chants at Cameron. The . . . — — Map (db m74414) HM |
| | Surveyed in the fall of 1835
as the capital of
Robertson's colony
Named for Nashville, Tennessee
where Sterling C. Robertson and many
of his colonists had formerly lived.
Seat of justice
Milam Municipality, 1836
Milam County, . . . — — Map (db m129321) HM |
| | Early important trade and educational center. Established by Augustus W. Sullivan in 1835. River navigation extended to this point for many years. The Austin-East Texas and the Houston-Waco roads crossed here. On this spot was located Port Sullivan . . . — — Map (db m84664) HM |
| | Established by Franciscan missionaries in 1749 with the hope of civilizing and christianizing the Coco, Mayeye, Orcoquiza, Karankawa, and other tribes of Indians. The martyrdom of Padre José Ganzabal and the circumstances connected therewith caused . . . — — Map (db m84661) HM |
| | Established by Franciscan missionaries in 1749 with the hope of civilizing and christianizing the Coco, Mayeye, Orcoquiza, Karankawa, and other tribes of Indians. The martyrdom of Padre José Ganzabal and the circumstances connected therewith caused . . . — — Map (db m84618) HM |
| | Established by Franciscan missionaries in 1749 with the hope of civilizing and christianizing the Coco, Mayeye, Orcoquiza, Karankawa, and other tribes of Indians. The martyrdom of Padre José Ganzabal and the circumstances connected therewith caused . . . — — Map (db m84617) HM |
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Formed from Brown, Comanche
Hamilton and Lampasas Counties
Created March 15, 1887
Organized August 30, 1887
Named in honor of
John T. Mills
1817 - 1871
Judge of the Third and Seventh
Judicial Districts in the
Republic of . . . — — Map (db m89810) HM |
| | In this vicinity
on a bank of the Colorado
October 21, 1840
a Comanche Indian village
was completely destroyed and much
stolen property recovered
including 500 horses
128 Indians were killed
34 were captured
The expedition . . . — — Map (db m73318) HM |
| | The town of Spanish Fort occupies the site of an ancient Taovayas Indian village.
Scene of first severe defeat in Texas of Spanish troops by Indians in 1759.
Named Fort Teodoro in 1778 by De Mezieres in honor of Teodoro De Croix, . . . — — Map (db m119481) HM |
| | Founded in July, 1837 by
W. W. Shepherd
Incorporated in 1848
Montgomery County was created
December 14, 1837
James Mitchell, Pleasant Gray,
William Robinson, Elijah Collard
Charles Barnett, Joseph L. Bennet
Dr. B. B. Goodrich, D. D. . . . — — Map (db m128594) HM |
| | A San Jacinto Veteran
Died February 2, 1869 — — Map (db m128619) HM |
| | Created 1876 from Bexar Land District. Named in honor of Edwin W. Moore (1810-1865), Commodore of the Navy, Republic of Texas. County was organized July 5, 1892, with Dumas (named for promoter of the townsite) as county seat. Stagecoach and . . . — — Map (db m88789) HM |
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Formed from
Young and Bexar Territories
Created • Organized
August 21, 1870 • February 5, 1891
Named in honor of
Dr. Junius William Mottley
1812-1836
signer of the Texas
Declaration of Independence,
Aide to General Rusk at
the . . . — — Map (db m104710) HM |
| | Camp of early buffalo hunters. Only settlement west of Henrietta, north of Fort Griffin and south of Fort Elliott (now Mobeetie), 1875-1880. Headquarters of Texas Rangers under Captain G.W. Arrington at intervals, 1879-1881. Abandoned about 1886. . . . — — Map (db m104861) HM |
| | Built by Capt. Domingo Ramon, 1716. Repaired and enlarged by Marquis of San Miguel de Aguayo, 1721. Abandoned about 1730. Built by the Spanish government as a fort and headquarters for soldiers to guard the East Texas missions and the borders of the . . . — — Map (db m30037) HM |
| | Home of the Nacogdoches Indians in the 17th century.
Spanish settlements, 1716. Alternately settled and abandoned in 18th century due to French encroachments.
Scene of the Fredonian Rebellion in 1827.
Organized a municipality, 1832 under the . . . — — Map (db m28737) HM |
| | Land commissioner of East Texas, 1833. A signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836. Chief Justice of Nacogdoches County, 1837. District Attorney, 1839. Rio Grande land commissioner, 1854. Born in London, England 1808. Died November 1, . . . — — Map (db m27210) HM |
| | Empresario
Leader of the Fredonian Rebellion, 1826-27
Sent to the United States to raise funds for the Texas Revolution, 1836
A leader in the development of a nation.
Born in Virginia
August 12, 1771
Died August 14, 1849
His wife . . . — — Map (db m27412) HM |
| | A pioneer citizen of Nacogdoches. Born in Cologne, Germany, April 5, 1801. Alcalde at Nacogdoches under the Mexican Government, member of the Congress of the Republic of Texas. Died March 27, 1859. Buried in Nacogdoches. Here General Sam Houston . . . — — Map (db m29575) HM |
| | A native of Virginia, came to Texas in 1826.
An active participant in the struggle for Texas Independence. One of the leaders in Battle of Nacogdoches. Delegate to Consultation, November 3, 1835. Commanded the Nacogdoches Company in storming of . . . — — Map (db m29705) HM |
| | Sheriff in Natchitoches Louisiana in 1826. One of the leaders in Battle of Nacogdoches. Member of Consultation 1835. Commanded the Nacogdoches company in storming of Bexar, 1835. Signer of Texas Declaration of Independence. Born in Virginia, July 13 . . . — — Map (db m27222) HM |
| | An 18th-century trail connecting the Indian villages of the Nacogdoche and Nasoni Indians. Traveled by Spanish missionaries, soldiers and settlers, French traders and American filibusters before Anglo-American colonists came to make Texas their home. — — Map (db m29143) HM |
| | Headquarters of Colonel Jose de las Piedras, commander of the Mexican garrison in Nacogdoches, 1827-1839. The property, after the Texas Revolution, of General Thomas J. Rusk. Served as classrooms for the University of Nacogdoches, 1845-1852. — — Map (db m29325) HM |
| | First known as Union Church as several denominations joined here to worship as early as 1836. Organized in 1838. A small log church was completed that year on ten acres donated by Dr. John M. Sparks. The present structure dates from 1859. In its . . . — — Map (db m29792) HM |
| | Citizen of Nacogdoches, 1830-1865. A signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Land commissioner and Chief Justice of Nacogdoches County. Born in London, England, in 1808. Died here November 1, 1865. — — Map (db m27180) HM |
| | Born in Pennsylvania in 1770. Pioneer Indian trader. Recognized by the King of Spain as a public - spirited citizen. First Alcalde of Nacgodoches under the Mexican government in 1821. — — Map (db m27387) HM |
| | A native of Nacogdoches.
Land Commissioner, 1829.
Vice-Governor of the State of
Coahuila and Texas.
Active in the Texas Revolution.
Died in Houston in July, 1859.
His wife, Maria Montes del Padilla,
Died here, August 14, 1846. — — Map (db m29295) HM |
| | Soldier - Statesman of the Republic of Texas - A hero of San Jacinto - Commander-In-Chief of the army 1836 - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 1839 - President of the Constitutional Convention, 1845 - United States Senator, 1846 - He called . . . — — Map (db m27122) HM |
| | A Spanish outpost founded in 1716 by the pioneer Franciscan Antonio Margil de Jesús as a means of civilizing the Nacogdoche Indians. Abandoned temporarily due to the French incursions from Louisiana in 1719. Restored by the Marquis of Aguayo in . . . — — Map (db m29275) HM |
| | Born a slave in South Carolina, 1794
Escaped to Texas in 1821
Rendered valuable assistance to the Army of Texas, 1836 Interpreter for the Houston-Forbes Treaty with the Cherokees, 1836
Acquired wealth and was noted for his charity
Died at . . . — — Map (db m29461) HM |
| | Lover of liberty. Foe of despotism. Born in San Antonio, Texas, February 27, 1795. Died January 13, 1871 and buried there. Member of the Legislature of Coahuila and Texas, 1821; land commissioner of De Witt's colony 1831 and of Bexar District, . . . — — Map (db m62998) HM |
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Formed from Robertson County
Created April 25, 1846 Organized July 13, 1846
Named in honor of
Jose Antonio Navarro
1795-1871
Soldier, patriot and statesman,
Signer of the Texas
Declaration of Independence,
Member of the Texas . . . — — Map (db m152966) HM |
| | West of the Mississippi River, in
this well, drilled by H. G. Johnston,
E. H. Akin, and Charles Rittersbacher
under contract for a water well
for the city of Corsicans in
1894, the first oil in commercial
quantities in the . . . — — Map (db m60000) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m136727) HM |
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Formed from
Young & Bexar territories
Created, August 21, 1876
Organized, February 21, 1889
Named in honor of
William Beck Ochiltree, 1811-1867
Associate Justice, Supreme Court
of Texas, 1842; Secretary of the
Treasury, 1844; . . . — — Map (db m93481) HM |
| | Established by C. E. Jones in 1874 on the Jones & Plummer Trail which extended from Dodge City, Kansas, to Mobeetie. Here food and cloth were traded to Indians for hides and later ranchmen purchased general supplies hauled from Dodge City. — — Map (db m93615) HM |
| | In 1907, Dr. T. L. Eyerly, Floyd V. Studer and other archaeologists discovered here, "The Buried City." These Pueblo ruins were built by the Panhandle Pueblo Indians who were agriculturists, stone house builders, pottery and basket makers. Dr. . . . — — Map (db m155288) HM |
| | Along with law-abiding and God-fearing men and women were buried here, often without benefit of clergy, men who "died with their boots on". The name was borrowed from a cemetery in Dodge City, Kansas, while it was a resort of buffalo hunters and . . . — — Map (db m91783) HM |
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Formed from Young and Bexar
Territories
Created August 21, 1876
Organized January 12, 1881
Named in honor of Williamson Simpson Oldham 1813-1868
Arkansas lawyer and jurist member of the Confederate Senate from Texas
County seat, . . . — — Map (db m91774) HM |
| | Cowboy capital of the Texas Panhandle, 1877-1888. "Billy the Kid" and cowboys from many ranches added to its liveliness. Made famous by wild west fiction. Its name is a corruption of Atascoso (boggy) first given to nearby creek. County seat of . . . — — Map (db m91784) HM |
| | Formed from Jefferson County Created February 5, 1852 Organized March 20, 1852Named for the fruit grown in the district since the earliest settlements near the mouth of the Sabine River. County Seat, Madison, 1852 Named changed to Orange February . . . — — Map (db m116304) HM |
| | First trail driver of Texas
cattle - Loving Valley and a
county in Texas bear his name — — Map (db m119216) HM |
| | Named for John V. Farwell and C. B. Farwell. Builders of the Texas Capitol, 1882-1888, in exchange for three million acres of state land. Founders of the XIT Ranch, 1885. — — Map (db m73699) HM |
| | Formed from
Young and Bexar Territories
Created August 21, 1876
Organized May 7, 1907
Named in honor of
Martin Parmer
Came to Texas in 1825 and
located at Mound Prairie. A
leader in the Fredonian War in
1826. Signer of the . . . — — Map (db m73700) HM |
| | Formed from Presidio County
Created May 3, 1871
Organized March 9, 1875
On March 9, 1875, the following
county officers were elected:
George M. Frazer, Chief Justice
Cesario Torres, Commissioner
Francis Rooney, Commissioner . . . — — Map (db m136354) HM |
| | Established on the Comanche Trail, March 23, 1859, as a protection to the San Antonio-San Diego mail route. Named in honor of Commodore Robert Field Stockton, 1795-1866, who captured California for the United States. A stage stand on the San Diego . . . — — Map (db m84320) HM |
| | Replica of San Antonio and San Diego overland stage coach stop. This building was constructed of the stone from the original site which is ½ mile south-east of this location near Tunis Springs. The remains of a large Comanche Indian camp still . . . — — Map (db m73308) HM |
| | Here crossed the undated Comanche Trail from Llano Estacado to Mexico. In 1850 John R. Bartlett while surveying the Mexican boundary found the crossing marked by skulls of horses; hence the name “Horse Head”. The Southern Overland Mail . . . — — Map (db m53225) HM |
| | Created from Liberty County
March 30, 1846
Organized July 13, 1846
with Livingston as county seat
Named for
James Knox Polk, 1795-1849
President of the United States
Who favored
the annexation of Texas
Early settlements were . . . — — Map (db m119269) HM |
| | 86 blocks and 2 public squares were laid out here in 1838 with James Morgan, Arthur Garner and Thomas Bradley as proprietors. Named in honor of Samuel Swartwout (1783-1856), New York speculator and politician who advanced funds in 1836 to the Texas . . . — — Map (db m119265) HM |
| | Who came into Texas early in the
19th century and have always
been friendly with the whites. — — Map (db m128581) HM |
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