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600 C.S.A. Saltpetre Mine From Uvalde, take Highway 83 about 20 miles north to intersection with 127 South - marker fronts Highway 83 at intersection. Currently in temporary storage with TXDOT 11.13.19. Important to Texas in waging the Civil War. Site of natural deposits of bat guano, worked in the 1860s to obtain the chief ingredient for gunpowder. ... 727 Captain William Benson 218 North Getty Street, Uvalde Maryland native William Benson (b. 1837) came to Texas after graduating from college as a civil engineer. After settling in Brazoria County he became ... 728 Captain William Ware From Utopia, take Highway 187 about 5 miles south to local road on west leading to Waresville Cemetery. Who commanded the 2nd Company of the 2nd Regiment of San Jacinto..Born in Kentucky, January 15, 1800. Died March 9, 1853. 799 Chalk Bluff Indian Massacre From Uvalde, take Highway 55, West about 15 miles at park, Chalk Bluff Road entrance is at 5 miles south of 334 West. Here on May 29, 1861, two of southwest Texas' most feared Indian fighters were ambushed by a band of 20 hostile Indians. Henry Robinson-- tall and ... 858 Church of the Ascension From Uvalde: Take SH 55 about 20 miles northwest to Montell; church on west side of 55. Bishop W. P. Elliott held first Episcopal rites in Montell, 1890. Church was built with donations from friends throughout the world, under the leadership ... 14027 Civilian Conservation Corps at Garner State Park 8 mi. N on US 83, 2 mi. E on FM 1050 to TX-P29 During the Great Depression, the Emergency Conversation Work At created the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), and produced lasting landscape and ... 921 Cline Community US 90 West, south side. Cline Community (1/2 mi. S. of this site) First settler, Celeste Pingenot came to this area in 1870. He built first house on south bank of Turkey ...

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4425 Sabinal US 90, 0.5 mi. E of SH 127/SH 187, S side of road. Named by Spanish for Rio Sabina and Cypress trees along river. Town founded in 1854 by Thomas B. Hammer who operated a stage shop and was first postmaster. ... 4427 Sabinal Methodist Church US 90 inside town - east limits - Sabinal This church began in 1876 as part of the Sabinal circuit assigned to the Rev. Henry T. Hill. Circuit ministers served the fellowship until 1900, ... 12257 Schwartz House 524 N. Getty St. (US 83) Built in 1927 as the home of Lee Schwartz, local merchant and city alderman, and his wife Agnes (Racer), this house was designed by San Antonio architect ... 4698 Silver Mine Pass (On Highway 83 at intersection with Highway 127 South); from Uvalde, take Highway 83 North about 20 miles to intersection with 127 East - marker fronts Highway 83 at intersection. Named for silver mine opened near pass by Spaniards in 1700s or earlier. Ore was inferior, and mine was abandoned; but 14 shafts (some interconnecting) ... 4746 Site of Camp Sabinal From Sabinal, take Highway 90 West about one mile to west side of Sabinal River. Marker is on south side of road. Established July 12, 1856 by Capt. Albert G. Brackett, Second U. S. Cavalry as a protection to the San Antonio - El Paso Road and frontier settlers. ... 4793 Site of Fort Inge From Uvalde, take Hwy. 140 SE 1.25 mile to Fort Inge Historical Park entrance, then follow drive in about .2 mile. Established by Captain Sidney Burbank, first U. S. Infantry, on March 13, 1849. Named in honor of Lieutenant Zebulon M. P. Inge, who fell at Resaca ... 11373 Site of Fort Inge take FM 140 SE about 1.25 mi. to Fort Inge Historical Park entrance, then follow drive .2 mi. Established by Captain Sidney Burbank, First U. S. Infantry, March 13, 1849, on east bank of Leona River in Uvalde County. Named for Lieutenant Zebulon ... 4934 Site of the Mission Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria (2nd Marker) On US 55 just inside Montell limits (past churches), Montell. First established by Franciscan missionaries in 1749 on the San Gabriel River with the hope of civilizing and Christianizing the Coco, Mayene, Karankawa, ...

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5589 USS Uvalde Uvalde: U.S. 90 at Fourth Street - north side of 90 Constructed and commissioned by the U.S. Navy in 1944, the "USS Uvalde" was a C-2 type cargo ship named to honor former United States Vice-President ... 5617 Utopia In Utopia: On East Main Street (Highway 187) across from general store. After an 1886 Indian raid on their nearby Little Creek home, R. H. Kincheloe and family moved here, built a home and in 1873 a 2-story rock store. ... 12329 Utopia Baptist Church 241 E. Johnson St. The Utopia Missionary Baptist Church was organized before July 20, 1886. On that date the congregation petitioned the Rio Grande Baptist Association ... 5618 Utopia Methodist Church At end of Cypress Street off (eastward) Highway 187, Utopia Established in 1866 as part of the Uvalde-Kerrville Mission; later in the Uvalde Circuit. Pecan grove behind present church was site of many pioneer ... 5619 Uvalde County Courthouse Grounds: Uvalde Town Plaza, corner of Main and Getty, Uvalde. Created 1850. Named for canyon which in turn had been named for the Spanish Army Captain Juan de Ugalde, who fought and routed Indians here in 1790. ... 5620 Uvalde County Courthouse Uvalde County Courthouse, west side facing N. Getty St. (U.S. 83) Completed in 1928, this structure replaced Uvalde County's 1890 courthouse. The Commissioner's Court hired architect Henry T. Phelps, who had designed ... 5621 Uvalde Methodist Church Corner of Oak and High Streets, Uvalde The Rev. Thomas Myers organized this congregation in 1856, soon after the town of Uvalde was founded. At that time, this was the Western limit of ...