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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DAW_sarah-creath-mcsherry-hibbens-stinnett-howard_Shiner-TX.html
Sarah Creath McSherry Hibbens Stinnett Howard. Sarah Howard suffered much at the savagery of the Texas wilderness. Born in Illinois, Sarah came to Texas with her husband, John McSherry, in 1828. The next year, John was killed near their home by In…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DAM_50th-anniversary-of-battle-of-galveston_Hallettsville-TX.html
50th Anniversary of Battle of Galveston. . Jan. 1, 1863 —- Jan. 1, 1914 . In commemorating the 50th anniversary of the capture of Galveston by the Southern Confederacy. Gen. Arthur P. Bagby commanding the "Neptune." . . Banners may be fu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D9S_first-national-bank-of-hallettsville_Hallettsville-TX.html
First National Bank of Hallettsville. . Oldest bank in Lavaca County; has operated in this city block continuously since its establishment by Friench Simpson (1848-1923) and Carey Shaw (1854-1944), former employees of the J. H. Simpson Bank, Colum…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D9R_rabb-switch_Hallettsville-TX.html
Rabb Switch. . Edward M. Rabb (1855-1908) a native of La Grange, Fayette County, Texas, was the son of William and Prudence Smalley Rabb. In the 1880s Dr. Edward M. Rabb settled in this area and purchased 2089 acres of land from S. W. Campbell. . …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D9P_lavaca-county-courthouse_Hallettsville-TX.html
Lavaca County Courthouse. . Fifth structure to serve as seat of justice for Lavaca, created originally as "La Baca", a judicial county, by Congress of Republic of Texas in 1842. Declared unconstitutional along with other judicial counties, it was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D8N_saint-ludmilas-academy_Shiner-TX.html
Saint Ludmila's Academy. . The first Catholic school in Shiner was built in 1896 by Scherbohm and Mewes, contractors. The two story French style frame building housed two classrooms, a dining room and kitchen on the first floor, and a residence fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D8K_first-methodist-church-of-shiner_Shiner-TX.html
First Methodist Church of Shiner. . The Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of Shiner, Texas, was organized on November 1, 1887, in the office of L. P. Amsler, Shiner's first mayor. The Rev. C. C. Armstrong presided over the first service. . . I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SSR_saints-cyril-and-methodius-catholic-church-historical_Shiner-TX.html
Early German and Czech settlers in this area of Lavaca County attended Catholic worship services in private homes or at churches in Hallettsville or Moulton until 1890, when a new mission was established in Shiner by the Rev. John Anthony Forest. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SSQ_spoetzl-brewery-historical_Shiner-TX.html
Built by the Shiner Brewing Association, a stock company of local men. Sold in April 1915 to Kosmas Spoetzl (1873-1950), native of Bavaria and former operator of a brewery in Cairo, Egypt.
This plant remained open in 1918-33 (Prohibition era), …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SSP_kaspar-wire-works-historical_Shiner-TX.html
Founded as outgrowth of an 1895 invention that used smooth wire discarded when barbed wire fencing was introduced in this area. August Kaspar, son of a Swiss Lutheran missionary to Texas, salvaged some of the plain wire and made a corn shuck baske…