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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AQK_wharton-county-confederate-memorial-a-war-memorial_Wharton-TX.html
Front: "Lest We Forget" 1861-1865 Dedicated to the Confederate veterans of Wharton County by the J.E.B. Stuart Chapter Daughters of Confederacy Commanders of Buchel Camp Col. I.N. Dennis Capt. G.C. Duncan R.M. Brown Judge G.S. Gordon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29QR_site-of-plaza-hotel-and-plaza-theater_Wharton-TX.html
Built on Wharton's Courthouse Square, the Plaza Hotel began circa 1904 as a two-story brick structure with a large dining room on the first floor and 20 rooms to let. Owned and operated by R. B. Huston and his wife Lula Merriwether Huston, the Pla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29Q6_judge-george-e-quinan_Wharton-TX.html
A native of Dublin, Ireland, George E. Quinan came to Texas in the 1830s. By the mid-1840s he had moved to Wharton and set up a law office near this site. He was elected district attorney in 1845. Quinan and his wife Mary Anne established a home o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29PH_security-bank-and-trust-company_Wharton-TX.html
The Security Bank and Trust Company traces its history to the Wharton National Bank. The second banking institution to open in the city, the Wharton National Bank was organized in 1902, and closed in 1915. Following reorganization, the bank reopen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29O4_city-of-wharton_Wharton-TX.html
The town of Wharton was founded as the seat of Wharton County in April 1846. Land for a courthouse, named Monterey Square, was given from the land grant of William Kincheloe, one of Stephen F. Austin's "Old Three Hundred" colonists who settled in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29O3_wharton-county_Wharton-TX.html
Wharton County Created April 3, 1846 From Matagorda, Jackson and Colorado Counties, Organized same year Named for William H. Wharton 1806-1839 Texas minister to the United States 1836-1837, and his brother John A. Wharton 1809-1838 Adj…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29O0_site-of-the-home-of-robert-mcalpin-williamson_Wharton-TX.html
Born in Georgia in 1806 Editor "The Texas Gazette" and "The Mexican Citizen," pioneer Texas newspapers Active in the revolution Member of the Supreme Court of the Republic, 1836-1839 Member of Texas Legislature 1846-1849 Died December 22,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TFE_wharton-county-courthouse-historical_Wharton-TX.html
The Texas legislature created Wharton County in 1846, incorporating part of Stephen F. Austin's original land grant from Mexico. The William Kincheloe family donated land on the east bank of the Colorado River for a courthouse square, and the home…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TFC_site-of-world-war-ii-prisoner-of-war-camp-historical_Wharton-TX.html
Included in a land grant awarded in 1824 to Martin Allen, one of Stephen F. Austin's "Old Three Hundred" colonists, this property has had a long and varied history. In the 1840s Allen's heirs sold most of his land to Albert Clinton Horton, Wharton…
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