Texas 1936 Centennial Markers and Monuments
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Protector of the Texas frontier. Hero of San Jacinto. Major in the Confederate Army. Member of the Texas Congress and Legislature. Born in Vienna, Austria January 1, 1813. Died at Waco, Texas May 15, 1891. Erath County was named in his honor.
He sought i…
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Formed from Cameron and Hidalgo counties
Created March 11, 1911
Organized August 12, 1911
Recreated April 20, 1921
Reorganized August 3, 1921
Named in honor of
John G. Willacy
November 10, 1859 · September 19, 1913
Member of the Texas L…
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At this site the last battle of the Civil War, known as Palmito Hill, was fought by Confederate troops under Colonel John S. (Rip) Ford and Union Forces on May 13, 1865, 34 Days After Lee's Surrender at Appomatox
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Created February 12, 1848
Since 1535 men of all nations of the earth sailed
the blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico to the green
valley of the Rio Grande in search of happiness,
and each found it in his own time and in his own way.
1535 Alvar Nunez Cab…
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On this sitestood one of the early buildingsof Baylor Universityerected for boys in 1851, andtorn down in 1934The institution was incorporatedFebruary 1, 1845under thelaws of the Republic of Texasnamed forRobert Emmett Bledsoe Baylorwho with Reverend Willia…
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(Panel 1)
Born in Connecticut, October fourth 1761; moved to Philadelphia in 1783, thence to Virginia in 1785 and to Missouri in 1798.
Arrived in San Antonio on December 23, 1820.
Died in Missouri June tenth, 1821.
(Panel 2)
Moses Austin here peti…
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One and one-half miles southGeneral Sam Houstonwas baptized byRufus C. Burleson,Baptist minister andpresident of Baylor University,November 19, 1854in Rocky Creek
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A San Jacinto veteranBorn in TennesseeApril 7, 1812Died July 27, 1901
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A part of Austin's grant in 1821created the municipality of Mina1834, became the County of Minain the Republic of Texas 1836Name changed to "Bastrop"December 18, 1837, in honor ofFelipe Enrique NeriBaron de Bastrop, 1770-1829land commissioner of Austin's Co…
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Organized in 1839. Here Sam Houston was converted and baptised in Rocky Creek in 1854. The present building was erected in 1872