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Settlements & Settlers Topic
By James Hulse, August 16, 2020
Sign across the road from the Old Montalba Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On Highway 19 3.5 miles from Highway 321, on the left when traveling north. |
| | In area known as Beaver Valley, settled about 1853 -- the year that pioneer P. G. Oldham built his home a half-mile northwest of this marker. This was on the Palestine-Athens Road, the route taken by mail hacks in early days. To the east was a . . . — — Map (db m155482) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 2574 at Neches Street, on the left when traveling north on Road 2574. |
| | Murdoch McDonald was born in North Carolina on February 15, 1810, the son of Scottish immigrants. About 1832 he went to Georgia, where he met Dr. George Lester. In 1839, McDonald, along with Lester and his family, came to Texas. Settling in the . . . — — Map (db m136105) HM |
| On North Perry Street (Loop State Highway 127), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Little is known about this Anderson County pioneer until he married Elizabeth Van Winkle in Crawford County, Illinois, in 1820. The Mains lived in the Illinois township of Palestine until 1833, when, drawn by a favorable change in the Mexican . . . — — Map (db m128935) HM |
| On Eunice Highway (State Highway 176) 0.3 miles east of County Road 7001, on the right when traveling west. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m61419) HM |
| On West Broadway Street at NW 7th Street, on the right when traveling west on West Broadway Street. |
| | One of last frontiers of Texas. Anglo settlement here lagged 60 years behind rest of state due to Indians and scarcity of water.
In 1886 O.B. Holt became first man to file for county land. First settlers included the Cowden brothers and Peter . . . — — Map (db m61375) HM |
| Near County Park Road 1.3 miles east of U.S. 385, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Named for old town of Florey, established as a post office 7 miles to the northeast in 1909, prior to the organization of Andrews County, June 1910.
In heart of the Means Oil Field, opened 1930, this park is at site of a 1934-1958 camp of . . . — — Map (db m61421) HM |
| On Eunice Highway (Route 176) at Farm to Market Road 181, on the right when traveling east on Eunice Highway. |
| | In 1941 the Fullerton Oil Company of California struck oil near this site, and by 1945 more than 100 drilling rigs were in operation. The discovery brought great numbers of workers into the area, resulting in the establishment of the town of . . . — — Map (db m61418) HM |
| On West Broadway Street at NW 7th Street, on the right when traveling west on West Broadway Street. |
| | Founded when Andrews County was organized, in 1910, on land owned by Robert Madison Means (b. 1878). With his father, J.S. Means, "Bob" Means began homesteading here in 1899 and organized an abstract company in 1909. When Andrews battled Shafter . . . — — Map (db m61374) HM |
| On Shafter Lake Road (Farm to Market Road 1967) 2.3 miles west of NW 2001, on the right when traveling west. |
| | First town in yet-unorganized Andrews County. Platted 1908.
Named for lake charted in 1875 survey of Col. Wm. R. Shafter, whose maps and victories over powerful Indians opened the Permian Basin to settlement.
Water trough built by John . . . — — Map (db m61420) HM |
| On Andrews Street at South Main Street (U.S. 385), on the right when traveling north on Andrews Street. |
| | In 1875, Col. Wm. R. Shafter and a company of soldiers traveled from Fort Concho (where San Angelo is today) to Monument Springs, N. Mex., charting the arid plains, mapping all the vital watering places.
This marker is in the only town of . . . — — Map (db m61376) HM |
| On Maynard Street at Booker Street, on the left when traveling west on Maynard Street. |
| | Emporia Lumber Company co-owner S.F. Carter and M.T. Jones purchased over 5,000 acres of land in south Angelina County and established a company town named Emporia in 1893. The town included sawmill facilities, a railroad spur to ship lumber, . . . — — Map (db m37824) HM |
| On Prairie Grove Road (County Road 263) near Farm to Market Road 1818, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The community of Prairie Grove began in 1845 and became a place for early settlers to gather. A cemetery began in 1849 when the young daughter of John M. and Caroline Stovall died. In the 1880s a school/church building was erected near the cemetery, . . . — — Map (db m79123) HM |
| On Main Street (Farm to Market Road 1669), on the left when traveling east. |
| | Settlers attempted to form a townsite in this area in the 1890s, but it was not until the arrival of the railroad lines that it attracted a thriving population. Carved from virgin forests in the heyday of the southern pine timber industry and . . . — — Map (db m34882) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 2109 near Farm to Market Road 2801, on the right when traveling south. |
| | When Angelina County was organized in 1845, Alabama native Joseph Herrington (1823-89) was one of six men appointed by the legislature who set boundary lines and selected Marion as the first seat of government. That same year, at the age of 22, he . . . — — Map (db m32054) HM |
| On U.S. 69, on the left when traveling south. |
| |
Site of the town of
Jonesville
Second county seat of
Angelina County
August 22, 1854 ••• May 19,1858 — — Map (db m37243) HM |
| On Charlton St. east of Third Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Created and organized in 1846. Originally a part of Nacogdoches County. Bears the name of the river traversing the region. The following towns have served as the county seat; Marion,1846-1854; Jonesville,1854-1858; Homer, Feb. 3 - May 17, 1858, when . . . — — Map (db m29862) HM |
| On Cotton Square near Lufkin Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | City's hub, 1882-early 1900s, teeming with cotton buying, horse trades, band concerts, political rallies, switching railroad trains. Site of fire station, standpipe, 1933 memorial library named for lumberman J. H. Kurth (1857-1930), square was . . . — — Map (db m29199) HM |
| On South Timberland Drive near Tulane Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Founded 1882. Soon became a thriving sawmill community. Named for E.P. Lufkin, chief of crew that surveyed railroad through town. Has been county seat of Angelina County since 1892. Now a regional manufacturing and commerce center. Products include . . . — — Map (db m28715) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 324 1 mile west of U.S. 59, on the left when traveling west. |
| | The Houston East and West Texas (HE&WT) Railroad came through Angelina County in 1882 and a community named Bitterweed Flat developed here. In 1913 W.E. Hoshall purchased land and timber rights in the area and began shipping logs from Hoshall Switch . . . — — Map (db m36108) HM |
| On Lufkin Avenue at Cotton Square, on the left when traveling east on Lufkin Avenue. |
| | Regarded as the oldest Angelina County business in continuous operation, Kerr's began in 1870 as a general store in the early county seat of Homer (5 mi. SE). It was started by Civil War veteran Capt. Joseph Kerr (b. 1828), a native of South . . . — — Map (db m29153) HM |
| On Laurel Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Members of the Mantooth family came to Angelina County in 1858. Albert Edwin (Eddie) Mantooth (1874-1969) was born in Homer, Angelina County, to Albert and Mary Richard Hall Mantooth. In 1897, Eddie married Sarah Annie Atkinson Mantooth (1879-1914). . . . — — Map (db m58779) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 326, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Also known as Angelina
Third county seat of Angelina County,
1858 - 1890 — — Map (db m31629) HM |
| On U.S. 59 0.4 miles north of Bates Road (County Highway 118-B), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Italian-born Vicente Micheli (c.1755-1848) came to North America around 1770 via New Orleans and moved to the Spanish Territory of Texas by 1793. He settled first in Nacogdoches and later received a grant of land near this site. His grant was the . . . — — Map (db m160411) HM |
| On State Highway 7 0.4 miles south of U.S. 69, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Since the late 1800s, this cemetery has served the residents of the town of Pollok. Before the end of the 19th century, the Pollok community was established near a railroad. Here, Richard Blair built the settlement's first sawmill, setting Pollok's . . . — — Map (db m29229) HM |
| On North 7th Street north of Cactus Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Located on Aransas Bay, the city of Fulton has a history closely associated with the fishing and shipping industry. The town was founded in 1867 by Geroge Ware Fulton, whose mansion is an important local landmark. Schools, churches, and businesses . . . — — Map (db m53694) HM |
| On North Fulton Beach Road 0.1 miles north of Cactus Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Fulton’s natural shoreline attracted a flourishing beef processing and distribution industry in the 1860s and 1870s. Piers and docks were built by landowners to facilitate the turtle, fishing, oyster, and shrimping industries. A steady growth began . . . — — Map (db m58917) HM |
| On North Fulton Beach Road at Chaparral Street, on the right when traveling north on North Fulton Beach Road. |
| | Because early Fulton was surrounded by ranches and could be accessed by water, the town became a leading packing center on the Texas coast. The industry flourished from 1868 to 1882. Initially, the packeries rendered cattle hides and tallow only and . . . — — Map (db m58918) HM |
| On South Fulton Beach Road at Broadway Street (Farm to Market Road 3036), on the right when traveling north on South Fulton Beach Road. |
| | Seafood has always been a Fulton staple. As early as the 1880s, commercial fishing for trout, redfish, sheepshead, turtles, and oysters had become significant for Fulton’s economy. About 1888, David Rockport Scrivner opened Miller Brothers Fish . . . — — Map (db m58913) HM |
| Near Henderson Street at Fulton Beach Road, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Home of
George W. Fulton
Born at Philadelphia, June 8, 1810
Served in the Texan Army in 1836
A pioneer resident of Refugio County
After an engineering career
of distinction elsewhere,
he returned to Texas and
became a cattle . . . — — Map (db m53700) HM |
| On State Highway 35 at Farm to Market Road 1781, on the left when traveling north on State Highway 35. |
| | Site of one of the homes of
James Power
Born in Ireland, 1789
Died in Live Oak Point, Texas, 1852
With James Hewetson
he was granted authority
January 11, 1828
to settle 200 families in Texas
Served Texas under three flags as . . . — — Map (db m53708) HM |
| On South Fulton Beach Road 0.1 miles north of Broadway Street (Farm to Market Road 3036), on the left when traveling north. |
| | In the mid-1920s, a camp known as the “Cool Coast Camp,” located just north of Fulton, was promoted as a resort. It boasted tree-shaded cabins and tents, with a 500-foot wharf with an open-air pavilion over the water. In the 1930s, the . . . — — Map (db m58916) HM |
| On Mills Wharf Road at Lyndon B Johnson Causeway (Texas Highway 35), on the right when traveling east on Mills Wharf Road. |
| | Mills Wharf, built by John Howard Mills in 1932, was a renowned center for waterfowl hunting and fishing from the 1930s until it was sold in 1960. It consisted of cottages, a cook house, a guide service office, a store, a tackle shop, and a unique . . . — — Map (db m63716) HM |
| On State Highway 35 0.1 miles south of East Main Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Site of the town of
Lamar
Named for
Mirabeau B. Lamar
1798 – 1859
President of the
Republic of Texas
1838 – 1841
Established in 1838
Made a Port of Entry in 1839
Sacked by Union Troops
Feb. 11, 1864 . . . — — Map (db m53711) HM |
| On Broadway Street (State Highway 35) at East Orleans Street, in the median on Broadway Street. |
| | Created September 18, 1871
from Refugio County;
Organized in 1871 with
Rockport as the County Seat.
Named for the River
Nuestra Señora de Aranzazu — — Map (db m53705) HM |
| On North Live Oak Street 0.1 miles north of East Cedar Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Aransas County Judge W.H. Baldwin, who promoted Rockport as a deep water port, lived in this house in the 1890s. George A. Brundrett, Jr., was a Confederate veteran and cattle rancher on 15,000 acres on Matagorda Island; his family lived here from . . . — — Map (db m61067) HM |
| On Bayshore Drive 0.1 miles north of Riveria Drive, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Dubbed “Nine Mile Point” by early settlers, this island was first used commercially by the Cushman Meat Packing Company in the late 1860s. Austrian Franz Joseph Frandolig, a horseman who had delivered cattle to Cushman & Co., homesteaded . . . — — Map (db m53760) HM |
| On Broadway Street (Business State Highway 35) at East Orleans Street, in the median on Broadway Street. |
| | The town of Rockport was founded by cattlemen J.M. and T.H. Mathis in 1867. Originally a part of Refugio County, it became county seat of newly formed Aransas County in 1871. Shipping and fishing provided the primary economic base of the town in its . . . — — Map (db m53704) HM |
| On Water Street at East Market Street, on the right when traveling north on Water Street. |
| | Shipbuilding was a natural industry for Rockport. The earliest recorded ship built here was the Connie, constructed in 1880 by Bludworth & Company. The Bludworth family specialized in building pleasure craft and scows.
In 1917, World War . . . — — Map (db m58824) HM |
| On Water Street 0.1 miles south of East Morgan Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | In early Rockport, many prominent families lived on what was called the Old Beach Road, now Water Street. Paved with white crushed shell, the road was lined with huisache, anacua, wild persimmon, prickly ash trees, dewberry vines, and stately homes. . . . — — Map (db m53767) HM |
| On South Main Street (Farm to Market Road 368) 0.1 miles south of Olive Street (Business U.S. 277), on the right when traveling south. |
| | The town of Holliday was officially organized near Holliday Creek in 1890, when the city was platted. The Wichita Valley Railway was built through the area, and a post office was established. In that same year, Maggie Elizabeth Holt and H.W. Simpson . . . — — Map (db m128750) HM |
| On U.S. 281 at 2nd Street, on the right when traveling south on U.S. 281. |
| | German native John H. Meurer (b. 1850) settled his family in this area about 1900 when he became a land agent for H. J. Scott of the Clark and Plumb Company. In selling over 60,000 acres of land, Meurer helped to establish the towns of Windthorst . . . — — Map (db m157893) HM |
| On 1st Street (U.S. 287) at Trice Street, on the left when traveling west on 1st Street. |
| | Two of the most admired and beloved pioneer citizens of Armstrong County, Dr. Warner (1864-1934) was a country physician and his wife Phebe (Kerrick) (1866-1935) was an ardent humanitarian.
Natives of Illinois, they were married in Claude in . . . — — Map (db m96834) HM |
| On West 1st Street (U.S. 287) at Parks Street, on the right when traveling west on West 1st Street. |
| | Inheriting peacekeeping duty from 1874-90 ranchers, the early sheriffs of Armstrong County (organized 1890) won great public regard. With their families, these men lived in jail quarters and fed the prisoners. There was no salary; fees were earned . . . — — Map (db m96831) HM |
| Near Hamblen Drive (State Highway 207) 23.5 miles south of Claude, TX. |
| | Named for William H. Hamblen (1878 - 1952), who in 1890s pioneered a crude road (about 6 mi. N) into Palo Duro Canyon along old Indian trails. This cut 120 miles off settlers' trips to the courthouse in Claude, but was steep and dangerous. Hamblen . . . — — Map (db m23982) HM |
| On Hamblen Drive (State Highway 207) 18.4 miles south of U.S. 287, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Pioneered at this site, in dugout to the west. S.P. Hamblen (1846-1930) and wife Virginia (1861-1950) settled in Lakeview area (9 mi. S of Claude) in 1889. Hamblen helped establish Lakeview School, 1890. He engaged in farming and stockraising, and . . . — — Map (db m23990) HM |
| On 1st Street (U.S. 287) at Trice Street, on the left when traveling west on 1st Street. |
| | Founded when Fort Worth & Denver Railroad built into area (1887). Claude Ayers, engineer on first passenger train through here, suggested town be named for him — and citizens agreed.
Jerry Cavanaugh, first resident, gave land for town. . . . — — Map (db m96836) HM |
| On U.S. 287 at County Road 25, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 287. |
| | Texas Ranger, Indian fighter. At age 19, on way to California gold fields, saw ranching possibilities. Settled and started ranch in Palo Pinto county, 230 miles southeast of here.
In Civil War, scout, guide and hunter for frontier regiment, . . . — — Map (db m49323) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 294 0.2 miles north of U.S. 287, on the left when traveling north. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m100447) HM |
| On U.S. 287 Frontage Road at Holhouser Street, on the right when traveling north on U.S. 287. |
| | Planned by R. E. Montgomery, son-in-law of Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Builder-President Gen. G. M. Dodge. Named for family friend. Promoted 1887, Washburn for a time was F.W. & D.C. Line's terminus. It had first newspaper on Plains— . . . — — Map (db m96646) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 2924 at Farm to Market Road 99, on the right when traveling south on Road 2924. |
| | Near the Old San Patricio Trail, leading from San Antonio to McMullen and McGloin colony, in area of Gulf of Mexico. In this vicinity were stage stops at Belle Branch, Rock Spring, Rountree's, and Tordilla. Land was part of the Butler, Hickok, Tom . . . — — Map (db m56591) HM |
| On Campbell Avenue at Circle Drive, on the left when traveling north on Campbell Avenue. |
| | As early as 1722 El Camino Real (The King's Highway) from the Rio Grande to San Antonio was well established in this area. The Spanish word "Atascosa," denoting boggy ground that hindered travel, gave region its name. The county was created in 1856 . . . — — Map (db m56663) HM |
| On State Highway 97, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Jourdan Campbell (1867-1938) and his family moved to Atascosa County by 1870; his father John Campbell founded Campbellton. Jourdan married Alice Louise Marr in 1897 and the couple had eight children. Jourdan became County Commissioner in the 1890s, . . . — — Map (db m130161) HM |
| On Oak Street (State Highway 97) 0.2 miles east of Jourdanton Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | In 1909, Jourdan Campbell (1867-1938) and Theodore H. Zanderson (1854-1927) established the Jourdanton community, named for Campbell, on the eastern edge of their Toby Ranch property. Jourdan Campbell was born in Atascosa County, and was a merchant . . . — — Map (db m56595) HM |
| Near Walton Avenue at Fig Street. |
| | T.H. Zanderson and city namesake Jourdan Campbell bought the 40,000-acre Toby Ranch in 1907 and laid out the town of Jourdanton. The original plat included two blocks designated for use as a cemetery. The Artesian Belt Railroad built through the . . . — — Map (db m56665) HM |
| On Coughran Road at Dead Horse Road on Coughran Road. Reported missing. |
| | Established on land purchased in 1901, the town of Coughran was named for founder and early settler W. A. "Abe" Coughran. He persuaded the San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf Raildroad to build tracks through his property. The town was platted in 1913; by . . . — — Map (db m56590) HM |
| On North Main Street at West Goodwin Street, on the left when traveling south on North Main Street. |
| | Named for early Texas settler John Pleasants, by John Bowen (d.1867), San Antonio's first Anglo-American postmaster. Bowen, assisted financially by associate Henry L. Radaz, in Sept. 1858 founded this town at the juncture of Atascosa River and . . . — — Map (db m56599) HM |
| On Casarez Road 0.3 miles north of Crane Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Between 1850 and 1860, Manuel, Enrique, and Francisco Esparza brought their families to settle in what is now Atascosa County. The brothers, along with their sister and mother, were within the walls of the Alamo when it fell to the Mexicans in March . . . — — Map (db m56608) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1784 at Verdi Road, on the right when traveling north on Route 1784. |
| | By 1855, settlers primarily from Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee, as well as some of Spanish origin, were making their homes in this area and calling themselves Lucas Community because of their proximity to Lucas . . . — — Map (db m56611) HM |
| On County Road 304 0.5 miles east of Farm to Market Road 2146. |
| | Amphion traces its beginning to the establishment of Atascosa County's first courthouse which is believed to have been constructed near this site at the county seat of Navatasco in 1857. Amphion, thought to have been named after a figure in Greek . . . — — Map (db m56582) HM |
| On Route 2504 at Brooks Lane, on the left when traveling north on Route 2504. |
| | The family of William and Mary Allen Stiggins emigrated here from Prince Edward Island, Canada, in 1882. Included in the group were their daughter Mary Jane (1855-1935), who had studied medicine, and her fiancé Thomas Whittet (1838-1913), a former . . . — — Map (db m56633) HM |
| On I Avenue at 4th Street (Texas Highway 282), on the right when traveling west on I Avenue. |
| | The town of Poteet traces its history to the 1880s, when Francis Marion Poteet (1833-1907) established a mercantile store northeast of this area. A blacksmith and farmer as well as a merchant, Poteet began providing mail service to his customers. . . . — — Map (db m56603) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1333 at Curvier Road, on the left when traveling south on Route 1333. |
| | This land had once been allocated in the 1700s as a ranch for Mission San Jose in San Antonio (20 mi. N), but in the 1820s was left unsettled. In 1828 prominent San Antonio resident Jose Antonio Navarro (1795-1871) beseeched the Governor of the . . . — — Map (db m111187) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 2504 0.5 miles south of Route 476, on the left when traveling south. |
| | First Scottish community in southwest Texas. Founded 1873 by brothers William F.M. Ross and John C. Ross. Born in north Scotland, they came to Texas in 1867. Here they were awarded a contract to carry U.S. Mail. On the route, they noticed fertile . . . — — Map (db m56606) HM |
| Near Jenschke Lane 0.9 miles west of Farm to Market Road 476, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Texas statesman Jose Antonio Navarro (1795-1871) transferred land here along the Atascosa River to his eldest son Jose Antonio George Navarro. J.A.G. Navarro (b.1819) then gave 160 acres here to his daughter Maria Antonia Navarro (1845-1922) in . . . — — Map (db m63703) HM |
| On West Main Street (State Highway 36) at Nelsonville Road (State Highway 159), in the median on West Main Street. |
| | A part of the grant to
Stephen F. Austin in 1821
Created a municipality under the
Mexican government in 1828
Became a county of the
Republic of Texas, March 17, 1836
Named in honor of
Stephen Fuller Austin, 1793-1836
Pioneer . . . — — Map (db m125601) HM |
| On South Holland Street at West Luhn Street, on the right when traveling south on South Holland Street. |
| | Brothers Thomas and James Bell came to this area from Florida in 1822 with Stephen F. Austin's colony and acquired about 2,000 acres of land in 1837. Thomas Bell offered a portion of his land at this site for a new townsite to replace San Felipe . . . — — Map (db m125599) HM |
| On North Cummings Street at West Palm Street, on the left when traveling north on North Cummings Street. |
| | Bellville was founded as County Seat of Austin County in January 1848, on land provided by Thomas Bell, for whom the town was named. The railroad reached Bellville in 1879-80, and the population increased substantially in the ensuing years.
In . . . — — Map (db m157579) HM |
| On East Hacienda Street at South Tesch Street, on the right when traveling east on East Hacienda Street. |
| | Rebecca Cumings and her three brothers, James, John, and William, migrated to Texas from Virginia in 1821. As members of Stephen F. Austin's "Old 300" colony, they were given 20,000 acres here in return for the construction and operation of a mill . . . — — Map (db m157520) HM |
| On South Masonic Street at West Lewis Street, on the left when traveling north on South Masonic Street. |
| | The heritage of Bellville Methodist Church dates to 1822, when Thomas B. Bell came to Texas from Florida with Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred colonists. He settled in an area west of the Brazos River, and donated fifty acres of land . . . — — Map (db m157592) HM |
| On East Main Street (Farm to Market Road 529) at North Amthor Street, on the right when traveling west on East Main Street. |
| | Johann Joachim Henrich Frederick (J. H.) Hintz (1841-1920), a native of Ziesendorf, Mecklenburg, Germany, immigrated to the U.S. with his family in 1855. The Hintzes settled in the Millheim area, and Joachim joined the Cat Spring Agricultural . . . — — Map (db m157511) HM |
| On East Main Street (Farm to Market Road 529) at Amthor Street, on the left when traveling west on East Main Street. |
| | Frederick William (1800-1854) and Marie Louise Starke (1827-1894) Luhn purchased 697 acres here in 1848. When Frederick died in 1854, he was buried on this homestead just east of their log home. A year later, Marie married John Siegfried . . . — — Map (db m157513) HM |
| On South Bell Street at West Luhn Street, on the left when traveling north on South Bell Street. |
| | The son of a Prussian immigrant, Emil H. Harigel, Sr. (1859-1904) opened a hardware, tinware, and stove emporium in Bellville in 1881. Soon after, he constructed this residence for his wife, Nannie Louise (Lovette), and children. The home features . . . — — Map (db m157601) HM |
| On SH 159 (State Highway 159) at Hofheinz Road, on the left when traveling west on SH 159. |
| | In Jan. 1831 Charles Fordtran, a German of Huguenot descent, joined the colony of Stephen F. Austin. His first work was to survey land for Austin's partner, Samuel May Williams. He was given a league (4,428.4 acres) as his fee. Soon he brought in . . . — — Map (db m146168) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1457 at Krebs Road, on the right when traveling east on Road 1457. |
| | Nicholaus Henniger (1794-1853) came to Texas from Germany in 1847 with his wife Fredericke and children Christian, Hermann, August, Caroline and Pauline. On his farm he built a log house, kept peace with passing Indians, and prospered as a . . . — — Map (db m96289) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1457 at Farm to Market Road 389, on the right when traveling north on Road 1457. |
| | Named for 1822 settler David Shelby, this town grew up at the mill of German pioneer Otto Von Roeder. The Ohlendorfs, Vogelsangs, Rothermels, and Vanderwerths arrived in 1845; other Germans came in ensuing years. The post office opened 1846 with . . . — — Map (db m96288) HM |
| Near Farm to Market 1458 0.2 miles from 2nd Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Near this site stood
A Town Hall
Built about 1830
in which were held
the First and Second Conventions
of Texas, 1832 and 1833,
and the Consultation of 1835
the provisional government functioned
here until March 2, 1836, when . . . — — Map (db m43759) HM |
| On Farm to Market 1458 0.2 miles north of 2nd Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | During the mid-1820's, When Stephen F. Austin was founding this town, the only roads in the area were wagon ruts or beaten trails marked by notched trees. Within a decade, however, the village of San Felipe, one of the first Anglo settlements in . . . — — Map (db m43718) HM |
| Near Farm to Market 1458 0.2 miles north of 2nd Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Built by John Crutcher in 1847 on the Plaza de Commercio in San Felipe, this was the last store built in the town after its 1836 burning by military order. Purchased in 1867 by Dr. J.J. Josey, it was in continuous operation as a store until 1942. . . . — — Map (db m43760) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1458 0.2 miles north of Interstate 10, on the right when traveling north. |
| | First Anglo-American capital of Texas. Came into being on July 26, 1828, as capital of the Austin Colony, by decree of the Mexican government. Father of Texas Stephen F. Austin had begun under the 1821 grant from Mexico the settlement of more than . . . — — Map (db m116924) HM |
| On Farm to Market 1458 0.2 miles from 2nd Street, on the left when traveling north. Reported missing. |
| | Replica of
Stephen F. Austin's Cabin
This structure is a replica of the only Texas home of Stephen F. Austin, “Father of Texas.” The chimney contains bricks from original (1828) cabin. Other materials were made as . . . — — Map (db m156552) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1458 0.2 miles north of 2nd Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Stephen F. Austin • Father of Texas, November 3, 1793-December 27, 1836. He planted the first Anglo-American colony in Texas • "The Old Three Hundred"• In his several colonies he settled more than a thousand families. He was from 1823 until 1828 the . . . — — Map (db m116925) HM |
| On Lux Road at Peschel Lane, on the right when traveling south on Lux Road. |
| | Sealy's German immigrants were famous for their love of music. A group of men, some of them Sealy's pioneer settlers, had formed a singing society, called Liedertafel, by 1899. They met primarily in the home of Ferdinand Lux. Lux and Fritz Kinkler, . . . — — Map (db m71567) HM |
| On 36th Division Memorial Highway (State Highway 36) at Johnston Road, on the right when traveling south on 36th Division Memorial Highway. |
| | As a young man Martin Allen assisted his father, Benjamin, in surveying roads in their native state of Kentucky. He married Elizabeth Vice in 1804 and by 1810 they and their three children were living in Louisiana.
Martin joined the . . . — — Map (db m61299) HM |
| On FM 746, on the left when traveling south. |
| | One of numerous natural salt lakes in the Texas Panhandle. Its waters, although brackish, have been welcome enough at various times to Indians, buffalo hunters, and thirsty cattle on hot, dry days. The lake, having a shoreline of over six and a . . . — — Map (db m153245) HM |
| On South 1st Street (State Highway 214) south of West Avenue C, on the right when traveling south. |
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| On State Highway 214 at County Route 1033, on the right when traveling south on State Highway 214. |
| | First town in Bailey County. Promoted in 1907 by land company of Stevens A. Coldren (d. 1924). He had a townsite surveyed and named it for Patrick J. Hurley (1883-1963), New Mexico political leader. Company built general store, hotel and livery . . . — — Map (db m73697) HM |
| On FM 1731, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Part of a land promotion scheme begun 1908. Advertised as future metropolis by shrewd dealers, who implied that good rains and bumper crops were typical of region. Naive buyers were treated to tours through town, where they saw shops, a lot reserved . . . — — Map (db m151348) HM |
| On South 1st Street (State Highway 214) south of West Avenue C, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Bailey County was created August 21, 1876, and named for Peter James Bailey, a Kentucky lawyer killed at the Alamo during the Texas War for Independence.
This was thinly settled cattle country; Bailey was attached for judicial purposes to . . . — — Map (db m73670) HM |
| On 11th Street at Cedar Street, on the right when traveling east on 11th Street. |
| | The origin of the name of Bandera Pass and its namesake city and county dates back to conflicts between the Spanish Army and native Lipan Apaches in the early 18th century. The history of the townsite began in the early 1840s, when Charles de Montel . . . — — Map (db m130359) HM |
| On State Highway 173 1 mile north of Farm to Market Road 2828, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The prominent feature known as Bandera Pass is a notable landmark in the topography and history of the region. The pass is a narrow natural cut through a chain of hills which run roughly east and west and divide the Guadalupe and Medina river . . . — — Map (db m157932) HM |
| On Main Street (State Highway 173/16) at Hackberry Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street. |
| | The tradition of the Texas cowboy originated from northern Mexico with the vaqueros, individuals mounted on horseback who herded livestock, mainly cattle, through the open prairie. These men became legends in Bandera County. The City of Bandera . . . — — Map (db m130352) HM |
| On Main Street (State Highway 173) north of Hackberry Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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Camp Montel C.S.A.
Site 25 mi. West on Hy. 470, 1 mi. South. Established 1862 as part of Red River-Rio Grande defense line. Named for Captain Charles DeMontel, surveyor and colonizer of Bandera, leader of county . . . — — Map (db m111200) HM |
| On 13th Street at Pecan Street, on the right when traveling north on 13th Street. |
| | Built 1933 to house Western collection of J. Marvin Hunter, Sr. (1880-1957), noted historian, journalist, editor and author. Having lived throughout the west, he settled in Bandera as owner of "New Era", 1921-1934. In 1923 he founded . . . — — Map (db m155429) HM |
| On Main Street (State Highway 16), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Entered the year-old town of Bandera in March, 1854. Leader was Lyman Wight, church elder who had separated from followers of Brigham Young and taken a colony of 250 to Texas in 1846.
Settling first in Austin, then Fredericksburg (where they . . . — — Map (db m130135) HM |
| On Main Street (State Highway 16) at Pecan Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street. |
| | This winding, 100-mile trail from San Antonio to Kerrville was, during the 19th century, a strategic patrol road traveled by Texas Rangers to protect the surrounding area from hostile Indian attacks.
During uneasy pioneer days roads such as . . . — — Map (db m117711) HM |
| On Polly's Chapel Road 0.1 miles north of Old School Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Named for Policarpo Rodriguez (1829-1914), Texas Ranger, Army Scout and Guide; 1858 Privilege Creek settler. Converted here to Methodist faith, built with his own hands, in 1882, chapel of native stone, where he and others have preached. . . . — — Map (db m155675) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 462 2 miles south of County Highway 211, on the left when traveling south. |
| | During the mid-1800s the Texas Hill Country was the site of many hostile encounters, some deadly, between pioneer immigrants whose permanent settlements ran counter to area Native Americans accustomed to unrestrained hunting and gathering. One . . . — — Map (db m155608) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 187 0.3 miles north of West Sabinal Road, on the left when traveling north. |
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Founded 1883, named for Henry Taylor. He, Gid Thompson and other early settlers gave land and founded school. First trustees were D. Harper, H. Kennedy, H. Taylor. First one-room frame building had homemade desks and recitation benches. . . . — — Map (db m111332) HM |
| On Pine Street at Water Street, on the right when traveling east on Pine Street. |
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Erected in recognition of the distinguished service to Texas of Felipe Henrique Neri, Baron de Bastrop, 1770-1829.
Pioneer Red River empresario. Land Commissioner of Austin’s Colony, member of the Congress of Coahuila and Texas. Through his . . . — — Map (db m126756) HM |
| On Loop State Highway 150 at Park Road 1, on the right when traveling west on State Highway 150. |
| | Long before white men arrived, this region was inhabited by Tonkawa and Comanche Indians. In 1691 the first Spanish explorers crossed this territory en route to east Texas. From their route, parts of “El Camino Real” (the King's . . . — — Map (db m126751) HM |
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