Texas 1936 Centennial Markers and Monuments
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Created April 11, 1846
Organized July 19, 1846
Named in honor of
General Memucan Hunt
1807-1856
Secretary of the Navy and
Inspector General of the Army
of the Republic of Texas
Minister to the United
States
Adjutant General in the
Somervell Exp…
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Home of the Karankawa Indians granted in part to Stephen F. Austin and to Martin de Leon. Settled 1824-1835 by colonists largely from Alabama, Louisiana, Kentucky, Tennessee and, west of the Lavaca, Mexico. Organized as a municipality December 5, 1835. Name…
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Situated in the present county of Jackson was the mission of Nuestra Señora del Espiritu Santo de Zuñiga. Established by Joseph de Azlor, Marquis of Aguayo, and Father Fray Agustin Patron, O.F.M. in 1722 for the civilizing and Christianizing of the Karank…
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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, 1859
The…
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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
Adjutant at S…
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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 completed to Vict…
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Originally established as Mission San Francisco de los Tejas in 1690 by Franciscan missionaries for the purpose of Christianizing and civilizing the Neches and other Indians of the region. Reestablished in 1716. Abandoned temporarily due to French incursion…
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Noted as interpreters and messengers of peace, the Delawares were chiefly instrumental in bringing other tribes to the General Treaty at Bird's Fort (in the present county of Tarrant) in 1843.
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A trail across this region traveled and described by Alonso de Leon in 1690 became the "La Bahía" or "Lower Road" in the 18th century. First settlement, Atascocita, established in 1757. The town established May 5, 1831 as the "Villa de la Santísima Trinid…
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Formed from Jefferson and Liberty counties.
Created February 12, 1858. Organized August 2, 1858.
Named in honor of General Thomas Jefferson Chambers
1802-1865
The first and only superior judge of Texas before the Revolution. Member of Secession Conventi…