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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMQB_irish-immigrants-in-refugio_Refugio-TX.html
The history of settlement in Refugio is closely associated with Ballygarrett, County Wexford, Ireland. Irish natives James Powers(c.1788-1852) and James Hewetson (1796-1870), both of whom immigrated to the United States in the early 19th Century a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMPK_mission-san-jos-la-misi-n-de-san-jos_San-Antonio-TX.html
"It is truthfully the best of the Americas, and not in the like of the others; nor in all the frontier does the King have an outpost better constructed and easier to defend..."Fr. Juan Agust?n de Morfi, 1777-78
Mission San Jos? and its surround…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMPE_san-antonio-missions-las-misiones-de-san-antonio_San-Antonio-TX.html
The missions of San Antonio were far more than just churches, they were communities. Each was a fortified village, with its own church, farm, and ranch. Here, Franciscan friars gathered native peoples, converted them to Catholicism, taught them to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMP9_the-mission-road-el-camino-de-las-misiones_San-Antonio-TX.html
This road linked the mission of San Antonio with each other and with the rest of Texas and Mexico. The Mission Road carried information, supplies and trade goods, and warnings of attack or danger. Some of the travel routes used by residents of the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMP6_hobbys-8th-texas-infantry-regiment-c-s-a_Refugio-TX.html
Refugio County was represented in all four companies of Hobby's Infantry Battalion organized in this county, May 1862. Unit successfully withstood Union bombardment of Corpus Christi, August 1862. Organized into 8th Texas Infantry, February 1863. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMP5_colonel-a-m-hobby_Refugio-TX.html
Home county of Texas ConfederateColonel A.M. Hobby1831 - 1881Georgian. Ardent supporter of states rights and secession. Served Texas Legislature 1859 until resignation in 1862 to organize battalion for war. Commanded Hobby's 8th Texas Infantry Reg…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMNW_judge-stockton-p-donley_Tyler-TX.html
in whose honor Donley County was namedConfederate officerAssociate Justice of the Supreme Court of Texasborn in MissouriMay 27, 1831died Feb. 17, 1871
his wifeEmma Donleyborn July 15, 1834died July 9, 1909
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMN1_order-of-daedalians-fighter-aces-association_San-Antonio-TX.html
Order of DaedaliansThe National Fraternity of Military Pilots
Established in 1934 by Army Air Corp pilots who flew in World War I, today the mission of the Order is being perpetuated by pilot officers of all the military services of the United …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMN0_one-more-roll_San-Antonio-TX.html
We toast our hearty comradeswho have fallen from the sky.....
And were gently caught on God's own handto be with him on high.....
To dwell among the soaring cloudsthey knew so well beforeFrom Dawn Patrol to Victory Roll at Heaven's very door…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMMW_aviation-cadets_San-Antonio-TX.html
In Honour of the Aviation CadetsWho Worshipped in Chapel No. 1
Their Heroic Deeds andNoble Sacrificesin Defense of Our CountryServe to Inspire Future Generations