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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/HM1SRL_the-wreck-of-the-don-milo_Hallettsville-TX.html
The San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway Company (S. A. & A. P.) was chartered by the State of Texas in 1884 to connect the city of San Antonio with Aransas Bay, and the rail line officially came to Hallettsville on April 23, 1887. A large celebra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SRK_william-smothers_Hallettsville-TX.html
A native of Virginia, William Smothers was orphaned at 12 when Indians killed his father, and his mother died of shock. In the American Revolution, he fought at King's Mountain, Guilford Courthouse, Camden, and Eutaw Springs. He moved to Kentucky …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SQT_hallettsville_Hallettsville-TX.html
Founded 1838 County Seat, Lavaca County since 1852 Named for Mrs. Margaret Hallett, widow of John Hallett, a member of Austin's colony and a veteran of San Jacinto, who donated the town site.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SQS_hallettsville-memorial-park_Hallettsville-TX.html
Land originally property of Mrs. Mary Jane Hallet Ballard, who deeded it to trustees of the "Hallettsville Graveyard" in 1870. Area pioneers were buried here until 1898. The monument in center honors county's heroes in battles of the Alamo, Goliad…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHMA_old-hanging-tree_Hallettsville-TX.html
Gallows used Sept. 12, 1879, at public hanging of "Pocket", an Indian, killer of Englishman Leonard Hyde. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1967
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