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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DAX_sam-houston-oak_Shiner-TX.html
Sam Houston Oak. . 1/8 mile north is Sam Houston Oak where General Sam Houston established his headquarters camp March 13, 1836 after burning the town of Gonzales Under this oak his small army was joined by many volunteers from the east…
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/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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AP3_herder-half-moon-place_Shiner-TX.html
This Greek revival home (200 yds. N) was built in the 1880s by George Herder (1818-1887), veteran of the Texas Revolution and pioneer farmer and rancher in the Half Moon community. A son, William (d. 1940), later ran a butcher shop and farmed the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AP2_half-moon_Shiner-TX.html
The community of Half Moon was first mentioned in a 1689 account from Gov. Alonso De Leon's expedition when the group encountered a Native American tribe that called Half Moon their home. The area was known as Half Moon due to the peculiar shape o…
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