Texas 1936 Centennial Markers and Monuments
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Founder of Victoria. Empresario of colonial grant from Mexico in 1824. Spanish cavalier, Indian fighter. First cattle baron of Texas. Born in Burgos, Tamaulipas, Mexico in 1765. Died in Victoria in 1833.
R.I.P.
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Created February 26, 1848
Organized August 7, 1848
Named in honor of
David Spangler Kaufman
1812-1851
Came to Texas in 1837 and
located at Nacogdoches
Member of the Texas Congress
1839-1845
Member of the United States
Congress
Kaufman, the County…
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This marker faces the site
(across the street) of the
home of empresario
Martin De Leon
Born at Burgos, Mexico, 1765. Appointed Captain in the Spanish Army, 1790, for bravery displayed in Indian fighting. Received a grant in 1824 to settle 41 families…
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Front
Hero of the Alamo
"They never fail who
die in a just cause"
Love of adventure
brought the young
South Carolinian to
Texas with James Long
in 1819. Romance made
of him a Mexican
citizen and won for
him in San Antonio a
Spanish bride, Ursul…
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One of De Leon's colonists. Merchant, alcalde, mayor. Member of the Congress of the Republic of Texas. Born in Ireland June 19, 1798. Died in Victoria October 28, 1885.
R.I.P.
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Pioneer soldier, statesman and publisher
Founder and Editor of the
Northern Standard
1842-1887
First and most important newspaper
in the region during that period
Around two log rooms built in 1833,
he erected his colonial home
in which he …
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This area was first settled by Anglo - Americans who traveled up the Red River by steamboat in 1836. Fannin County was created in 1837, organized 1838, and named for James W. Fannin (1805-36), who was massacred with his soldiers at Goliad (March 27, 1836) a…
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Formed from Young and Bexar
territories
Created · Organized
August 21, 1876 · March 22, 1882
Named in honor of
Stockton P. Donley
1821 - 1871
a Confederate officer
elected to the Texas Supreme
Bench in 1866
Clarendon…
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Formed from Young and Bexar
Territories
Created · Organized
August 21, 1876 · April 11, 1887
Named in honor of
George Campbell Childress
1804 - 1841
A member of the Convention
in 1836
Co-author of the Texas
Declaratio…
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Created December 17, 1840
from Red River County
Organized in 1841
Named in honor of
Mirabeau B. Lamar, 1798 - 1859
Father of Texas education
President of the Republic of Texas
1838 - 1841
Lafayette, 1841
Mount Vernon, 1843
Paris, originall…