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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMMS_usaf-officer-candidate-school_San-Antonio-TX.html
In Memory ofOur Departed Classmates
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMLM_refugio-county-courthouse_Refugio-TX.html
The county and city of Refugio are named after the Spanish Mission De Nuestra Senora Del Refugio (the Mission of our Lady of Refuge) established here in 1795. The Spanish mission building served as Refugio County's courthouse at various times from…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMML9_ocs-class-62-a_San-Antonio-TX.html
Dedicatedto those young airmenwho became known asClass 62-AU.S.A.F.Officer CandidateSchoolApr. 3 1961-Sept. 22, 1961To Our Fallen ComradesRest Easy,Sleep Well My Brother.Know The Line Was Held,Your Job Is Done.Rest Easy,Sleep Well.Others Have Take…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMKA_refugio-county_Refugio-TX.html
Organized in 1835 into the Mexican municipality of Refugio. Created a county of the same name March 17,1836, organized 1837. Named for the Mission "Our Lady of Refuge" established in 1791 to civilize and Christianize the Indians. Refugio, the coun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMK2_empresario-james-power_Refugio-TX.html
Born in Ireland, Colonial James Power came in New Orleans in 1809 and to Texas in 1823. With fellow Irish Empresario James Hewetson (1796-1870), he was awarded contracts to settle Irish Catholic and Mexican families between the Guadalupe and Lavac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMJE_sally-scull_Refugio-TX.html
Women rancher, horse trader, champion "cusser." Ranched NW of here. In Civil War Texas, Sally Scull (or Skull) freight wagons took cotton to Mexico to swap for guns, ammunition, medicine, coffer, shoes, clothing and other goods vital to the Confed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMJC_site-of-mission-nuestra-senora-del-refugio_Refugio-TX.html
Originally founded on January 31, 1793, by Fathers Jose Francisco Garza and Mariano Velasco, Franciscan missionaries, at the junction of the Guadelupe and San Antonio Rivers for the conversion of the Karankowa Indians. Removed to the present locat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMJB_our-lady-of-refuge-catholic-church_Refugio-TX.html
This Church traces its history to Nuestra Senora del Refugio (Our Lady of Refuge), a Spanish mission established in 1791 (30 mi. NE). The mission relocated here in 1795. The 1868 building was razed, and in 1901 an impressive Victorian/Romanesque s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMI7_urrea-oaks_Refugio-TX.html
By tradition, camping place in March 836, during Texas War for Independence, of Gen. Jose Urrea of Mexico. Strategically located, this was Urrea's staging area. Capt. Amon B. King came from Goliad with his Texas volunteers to support the Refugio t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMH7_julius-lichtenstein-house_Corpus-Christi-TX.html
This was a merchant's residence of the early 1900s. Born in Indianola, Julius Lichtenstein (1871-1923) was three when his family moved to Corpus Christi and opened a drygoods store in 1874. From childhood, he worked in the store that in time becam…