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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29RZ_the-great-camel-experiment_Port-Lavaca-TX.html
No immigrants arriving in Indianola were quite as exotic as the seventy-five camels that came ashore in 1856 and 1857 from Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt and Turkey. As early as 1836, politicians, diplomats and the military were considering the importati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29RY_the-chihuahua-road_Port-Lavaca-TX.html
Between 1844 and 1887, Indianola grew to become a cosmopolitan port city that was second only to Galveston. Indianola became a port for trade and was the eastern terminus of the Chihuahua Road that traveled overland from the mines of Chihuahua cit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29RX_site-of-the-town-of-indianola_Port-Lavaca-TX.html
First called by German immigrants Karlshaven, an important port of Texas. Cargoes of ships were hauled to and from points in Texas and Mexico by carts until 1860 when the San Antonio and Mexico Gulf Railroad and the Indianola Railroad were complet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29RW_zimmerman-cemetery_Port-Lavaca-TX.html
The earliest marked grave in the Zimmerman Cemetery, that of Georchim Wedig, is dated 1852. In 1863, Wedig's daughter Katherine married John Gonzales (1838-1918), who had come to Indianola in 1858 with Joseph Mendez (d. 1904) as a caretaker for a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29RV_olivia_Port-Lavaca-TX.html
Established in 1892, the community of Olivia was named for Olivia Haterius, wife of the Rev. Carl J.E. Haterius, a Swedish Lutheran minister who bought land in the area and advertised a new settlement to other Swedish immigrants in the Midwest. Tw…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29RU_olivia-cemetery_Port-Lavaca-TX.html
In 1892, the Rev. Carl J.E. Haterius of Galesburg, Illinois, acquired land at this site with the intention of establishing a community for Swedish settlers. He named the settlement for his wife, Olivia. When the townsite was laid out in 1893, land…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29RK_calhoun-county-participation-during-world-war-ii_Port-Lavaca-TX.html
Before World War II, Calhoun County was primarily involved in farming, ranching and commercial seafood but after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the county became a major participant in the war effort. In November 1940, much of the county's shoreline …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29QW_howard-gallemore-hartzog-sr_Port-Lavaca-TX.html
In the mid-twentieth century, Calhoun County was beginning an unprecedented period of growth. Howard G. Hartzog, Sr. was an active community leader who guided the county as a private citizen, county judge and as a state representative by diligentl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29QP_battle-of-norris-bridge_Port-Lavaca-TX.html
In November of 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, the Union Army arrived in Calhoun County. Union and Texas troops rarely met on the field of battle in Texas, as most of the war was concentrated in the east and south of the country. The Union wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29Q7_calhoun-county-hurricanes_Port-Lavaca-TX.html
Severe storms with high winds, heavy rains and tidal surges, hurricanes have played a significant role in events that shaped Calhoun County's history. Entire towns, including Indianola (a key Gulf seaport and Calhoun County seat) and Saluria (Repu…