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152 Amon B. King Kings Park, corner of Osage and Purisima, Refugio.

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17647 Barefield School Barefield Learning Center, SW corner E. Commons and Bayou streets. African Americans were denied access to education while enslaved, but opportunities emerged after emancipation. The first African American school ... 17651 Birthplace of Clara Driscoll First St. and St. Mary’s St. (at the St. Mary’s Addition) The settlement of St. Mary’s was founded in 1857 by Joseph F. Smith, nephew of Texas provisional Gov. Henry Smith. The town flourished from 1850 ...

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1482 Empresario James Power Courthouse grounds, Commerce & Empresario Sts. Refugio Born in Ireland, Colonial James Power came to New Orleans in 1809 and to Texas in 1823. With fellow Irish Empresario James Hewetson (1796-1870), ...

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955 Home County of Texas Confederate Colonel A.M. Hobby Veterans Memorial, W side N. Alamo St. (US 77) opposite McGuill Street. 1831-1881. Georgian. Ardent supporter of states' rights and secession. Served Texas Legislature 1859 until resignation in 1862 to organize battalion ...

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2652 Irish Immigrants in Refugio Corner of Purisima and Osage Streets, King's Park, Refugio. The history of settlement in Refugio is closely associated with Ballygarrett, County Wexford, Ireland. Irish natives James Power (c. 1788-1852) and ...

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6484 John and Virginia Linney House Refugio County Museum, facing W. West St. 200 feet W of US 77 (Alamo St.). Marker reported missing Apr. 2016. John Filmore Linney (1853-1924) and his wife Virginia (Lum) Linney (1854-1946), were both members of pioneer Texas families. His father, Col. John ... 12168 John Howland Wood and Nancy Clark Wood House Copano Bay Blvd. at Wood Ave. John Howland Wood (1816-1904) was born in Dutchess County, New York. Trained in the mercantile trade and apprenticed to a painter, Wood enlisted ... 6483 John White Bower Bower Cemetery: from Refugio, take US 77 northeast about 14.5 mi to Vidauri. Go west on private road about 1.5 mi. Private - No Access Delegate to the Consultation, 1835. Signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836. Member of the Congress of the Republic, 1841-42. Chief ...

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2951 King's Men Monument Mt. Cavalry Cemetery at west end of Santiago Street, Refugio.

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3488 Mount Calvary Cemetery Mount Calvery Cemetery, west end of Santiago St., Refugio Initiated by the burial of 16 soldiers massacred during the Texas revolution of 1836. The bones of Capt. Amon King and his men--scattered on the ...

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3592 Nicholas Fagan Nicholas Fagan Memorial Cemetery, 6 mi. NW of Tivoli, N of SH 239 on private property. Map dot approximate. Came to Texas and settled in Powers Colony in 1829; A private in Fraser's Refugio Company at the Battle of Coleto; He was saved from the massacre ...

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3803 Old St. Mary's Cemetery From Bayside, FM 136 north about 1 mi. then Cemetery Drive east about .5 mi. Joseph F. Smith, Nephew of Texas' provisional governor Henry Smith, founded the town of St. Mary's in 1857. Ten acres were set aside for this burial ... 3886 Our Lady of Refuge Catholic Church 1008 S Alamo St. 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 ...

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6570 Peter Teal Nicholas Fagan Memorial Cemetery, 6 mi. NW of Tivoli, N of SH 239 on private property. Map dot approximate. Who served in the Army of the Republic 1835-36. Born in Tennessee 1812; died 1854. Erected by the State of Texas 1936 4120 Preston Rose Austin (November 11, 1872-September 29, 1929) Corner of FM 239 and Proctor Street, Public Square, Austwell. A far-sighted businessman who contributed much to the development of South Texas, Preston Rose Austin was born in Harrison County and grew up in ...

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4231 Refugio City Hall 613 Commerce St., Refugio Located on the city's original public square, this muncipal structure was erected in 1935-36 during the administration of Mayor Leonard Jeter. Designed ... 4232 Refugio County Courthouse grounds, Commerce and Empersario sts., Refugio 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 ... 4233 Refugio County Courthouses 808 Commerce Street The county and city of Refugio are named after the Spanish Mission De Nuestra Señora Del Refugio (the Mission of our Lady of Refuge) established ...

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4498 Sally Scull Refugio County Courthouse grounds Women rancher, horse trader, champion "cusser." Ranched NW of here. In Civil War Texas, Sally Scull (or Skull) freight wagons took cotton to Mexico ... 6481 Site of the Home of Captain Ira Westover 608 Commerce Street, Refugio Participator in the capture of Goliad, October 9, 1835. With 14 Texans under his command, he captured Fort Lipantitlan from 65 Mexicans, November ... 2817 Site of the Home of John White Bower From Refugio, take US 77 North about 14.5 mi to Vidauri, then take private road east 1 mi. Private/No Access. Early Texas Statesman. Born in Georgia in 1808. Came to Texas in 1826. Delegate to the Convention at Old Washington March 1, 1836. Signer of the ... 4937 Site of the Town of Copano At Bayside public park, Copano Bay Street, Bayside. Named for the Indians who lived here; Important Texas port, 1722-1870; The landing place of many colonists; Winter quarters of the Texas Revolution ...

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6479 T-C Ranch House SH 239, W of US 77 on private property. Home of Thomas O'Connor (1818-1887), a signer of the Goliad Declaration of Independence on December 20, 1835, as a member of the command of Capt. ... 3995 The Peter Henry Fagan House About 6.5 mi. NW of Tivoli, N of SH 239 on private property. Marker reported missing Jul. 2002. Nicholas Fagan came to Texas in 1829, obtained this land in an 1834 grant, fought for Texas in the War for Independence, and died about 1850. His ...

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5616 Urrea Oaks US 77, 0.8 mi. SW of Roca St., in the median of the highway. Marker reported missing Aug. 2017. By tradition, camping place in March 1836, during Texas War for Independence, of Gen. Jose Urrea of Mexico. Strategically located, this was Urrea's ...

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12169 Woodsboro Square Woodsboro Gazebo Park, SE corner of the park at the NW corner of Wood Avenue and 2nd Street A land development project of W. C. Johnson and George P. Pugh of Danville, Illinois, this town along the St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway ... 5903 Woodworth House NW corner E. Purisima and Osage streets This Victorian home was erected for newspaperman L.H. Woodworth (1864-1921) and his wife Mary Frances Power (Swift) (1871-1957), granddaughter of ...

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5934 Yucatan Soldiers' Burial Site E. Roca St., S side 200 feet E of US 77 (S Alamo St.). Marker reported damaged Aug. 2017. General Jose Urrea, Governor of his native state of Durango, Mexico, was dispatched northeastward early in 1836 by Dictator antonio Lopez De Sana ...