Historical Markers of Texas

6475 Albert Clinton Horton Albert C. Horton Mini Park (in City Park, on Park Dr., N side 60 feet W of Circle Dr.) (1798-1865) Georgia native Albert Clinton Horton came to Texas in 1834 from Alabama, where he had served in the state legislature. He established ... 172 Ansgar Evangelical Lutheran Church and Cemetery County Road 426, just E of SH 71. The Danish Folk Society obtained a land option from the Texas Land and Cattle Company and helped 93 Danish families from the midwest establish the ...

448 Boling FM 1301, next to the "Welcome to Boling" sign This area was called Floyd's Lane prior to the advent of the New York, Texas & Mexican Railway in 1900. Named for the Bolling family of Virginia, ... 14496 Boling United Methodist Church Boling

12369 Camp Zion Missionary Baptist Church 4 miles east of Egypt on FM 1161 The Rev. Hillary Hooks, formerly a slave on the James E. Winston plantation, organized Camp Zion Baptist Church in 1870. Winston granted land to ... 726 Captain W. E. Heard Home 4/10 mile E. of Egypt (and FM 102) on FM 1161, Egypt 12840 Chesterville Cemetery From East Bernard, W on Alt 90, NE on CR 279, NW on CR 262 to the cemetery Land promoter John Linderholm, manager of the Southern Texas Colonization Company of Chicago, purchased more than 60,000 acres for development in ... 894 City of Wharton 101 W. Burleson, Wharton The town of Wharton was founded as the seat of Wharton County in April 1846. Land for a courthouse, named Monterey Square, was given from the land ... 1009 Community of Egypt FM 102 in Egypt One of most historic towns in county. Named following the drouth of 1827, when pioneers of Stephen F. Austin's colony came to this fertile region ... 1129 Culp Krueger Located in the 100 block of Monseratte St. between Mechanic and Washington Sts., Evans Park, El Campo Site of Capitol of Texas September 8, 1962. Operation Home Town Program for Progress Small Towns of Texas. Culp Kreuger, Governor

1163 Danevang Hwy. 71 & FM 441, Danevang. The first successful Danish community in Texas. Established in 1894 on a portion of 25,000 acres secured through option by Danish Folk Society from ... 12805 Danevang Community Hall (Danevang Forsamlingshus) CR 426, just east of its intersection with SH 71 Danevang Community Hall (Danevang Forsamlingshus) The Danish community of Danevang (Danish Field) was founded in 1894, at the height of Danish emigration ... 23528 Drastata Farm marker pending marker pending

23869 Early Wharton County Jails marker pending marker pending 14843 Egypt Plantation Egypt 13190 Egypt Plantation Cemetery Egypt, SE on FM 1161, SW on Northing Road, E on Tolliven Lane Egypt Plantation Cemetery In 1838, William Jones Elliot Heard purchased more than 2,000 acres of land from John C. Clark and established the Egypt ... 14260 Egypt, Community of Egypt 1410 El Campo 315 E Jackson St., at El Campo City Hall Begun as a camp on the New York, Texas, and Mexican Railroad in 1882, El Campo initially was known as Prairie Switch and served as a supply and shipping ... 15948 El Campo First Baptist Church 210 Depot Street 1411 El Campo Independent School District 200 W. Church St., El Campo (marker is on Fahrenthold St., behind Wharton Co. Junior College library) El Campo's first permanent school building was a simple wooden structure built near this site about 1891. El Campo Independent School District was ... 1408 El Campo Library Building 201 W. Monseratte, El Campo The El Campo Library Association began the city's first library in 1902. A public library opened at the downtown fire station in 1927. After a branch ... 15290 Elkins, Nettie, House Wharton

1683 First Baptist Church of Wharton 507 N Fulton St., Wharton. Early Baptist worship services in this area were most likely held at the home of "Old 300" colonist William Kincheloe, perhaps as early as 1822. ... 15320 First Christian Church of El Campo El Campo 23798 First East Bernard School Wharton County Historical Museum. The building was designated an RTHL in 1962 in East Bernard, and the marker and a portion of the building was moved to an exhibit in the museum in Wharton in 1991. Map dot approximate. Built 1888 a mile north of town (so trains would not disturb). Moved to town, 1892. Making way for new 2-story school, was sold and moved 1895 by ... 23654 First Missionary Baptist Church marker pending marker pending 1795 First National Bank of El Campo 202 E. Jackson St., El Campo. The First National Bank of El Campo traces its history to the Koch and Poole Mercantile Company. In 1890 El Campo was an exciting new railroad town. ... 22742 First Presbyterian Church of El Campo marker pending marker pending 12291 First United Methodist Church of Wharton 1717 Pioneer Early Methodist services in this area can be traced to 1835 when a camp meeting was held in Egypt. According to local church historians, the Wharton ... 18196 Frazarville from Egypt, 7.2 mi. NW on FM 102, near intersection with FM 3013 Near this site once stood the community of Frazarville, founded in 1857 by Dr. Isaac James Frazar and his father, Col. James Watson Frazar. A locust ...

2086 G. C. and Clara Mick Home, 1909 Iago community, off FM 1301 on private property Oldest in town founded 1900, on new Wharton-Palacios rail line. Mick, Missouri wheat grower and stock farmer, entered Texas on a "Rice Special," ... 15077 Garrett, John and Sophie, House Wharton 18418 Glen Flora W side Bridge St. between Donovant and Walnut streets, near U.S. post office building Located on the east bank of the Colorado River northwest of Wharton, Glen Flora was first settled on one of two land grants awarded to Robert H. ... 2189 Glen Flora Plantation Off FM 640 on private property. Marker in storage at Wharton County Historical Museum. Home built by a Mr. Sanford, 1860-1866. Occupied 1881 by W. H. Hood, who founded town of Glen Flora in 1890's. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - ...

24237 Harris Park marker pending marker pending 12292 Holy Cross Catholic Parish Church and Magnolia Many Catholic Czechoslovakian immigrants settled in the prairies near East Bernard in the 1880s. Visiting priests served their religious needs. In ... 13425 Hudgins Family Cemetery on private road off intersection of CR 213 at CR 215 Beginning in 1851, family members of Joel and Rachel Hudgins used this site as a burial ground. Property including the site was granted to Alexander ...

20137 Irrigation and the Development of Agriculture in Lane City, Texas The marker will be placed adjacent to the northwest side of County Road 116, approximately 100 feet southwest of the intersection of CR 116 and Texas State Highway 60. The irrigation canal referenced in the accompanying text is located approximately 0.4 mile southwest of the proposed marker location; the pump plant referenced in the text is approximately 3 miles west-southwest of the proposed marker location.

2662 J. D. Hudgins Ranch On SH 60 in traffic triangle, surrounded by Colorado, railroad & Mckinney Sts., Hungerford Joel Hudgins (1800-1873) of North Carolina came to the Republic of Texas in 1839 and settled in the Hungerford area. He married Rachel Ann Northington ... 2854 Joseph A. Hamilton House 325 N. Richmond St., Wharton A native of Ohio, Joseph Andrew Hamilton served in the Union army during the Civil War. About 1866 he settled in Wharton, where he held a variety ... 12787 Joseph and Rachel Rabb Newman 3 mi. NW of Egypt on FM 102 right-of-way Joseph and Rachel Rabb Newman Joseph (c. 1787-1831) and Rachel Rabb (1790-1872) Newman were married in 1806 in Ohio. Following Joseph's service in ... 15281 Josiah Dawson Hudgins 231 E. Railroad Street Josiah Dawson “J.D.” Hudgins, born in 1852, was one of four sons of Joel and Rachel Northington McKenzie Hudgins to survive to adulthood. Hudgins’ ... 2879 Judge Edwin Hawes House 309 N. Resident St., Wharton Rosa F. McCamly had this home built in 1896. In 1897 she sold it to Edwin Hawes (b. 1852), Wharton County judge in the 1870s and 1880s. Hawes had ... 2880 Judge George E. Quinan 100 blk. of West Milam street, Wharton A native of Dublin, Ireland, George E. Quinan came to Texas in the 1830s. By the mid-1840s he had moved to Wharton and set up a law office near this ...

13652 K.J.T. St. Wenceslaus Society No. 40 839 Church Street Beginning in the 1880s, Czech settlers came to this area, contributing to the development of East Bernard. To supprt Texas Czechs of the Catholic ... 24224 KULP Radio marker pending marker pending

3094 Lissie United Methodist Church Corner of Raymond & Franklin St. W Lissie Organized in 1906 as the Evangelical Association, this congregation began with nineteen charter members. The Rev. George W. Causey served as first ... 24253 Louise Community Cemetery Louise The town of Louise was platted along the New York, Texas and Mexican Railway in 1892. The population grew, and eventually a cemetery was needed. ... 3139 Louise Methodist Church Louise United Methodist Church, S side of intersection of Center and 2nd streets The town of Louise was founded in 1881 on the route of the New York, Texas and Mexican Railway. Named for the daughter of railroad director D.E. ... 22498 Louise State Bank East corner of 3rd Street and Market Street, specifically the eastern most wall facing Market Street. In the 1900s, the growing town of Louise welcomed its first bank, which received its state charter in 1909. The board of directors included W.F. ... 23485 LULAC Councils in Wharton County 107 N. Market St. In 1936, community leaders began organizing to fight deeply engrained anti-Hispanic racism present in Wharton County. That year, Wharton established ...

3216 Marion Wesley (Baldy) Crowell Center and Third Sts, in front of Justice of the Peace, Pct. 3, Louise Born in DeSoto. In World War I, served with distinction in Co. C, 111th Rngineers, A. E. F. Moved to Louise, 1933. Married Jessie Thomas, 1936. Was ...

3588 New York, Texas & Mexican Railroad and The Community of Hungerford On SH. 60, in traffic triangle surrounded by Colorado, railroad and Mckinney St., Hungerford Attracted by the State of Texas' offer of free land to railroad developers, a charter for the New York, Texas & Mexican Railroad was secured in 1880. ... 22749 Newgulf Campo Santo marker pending marker pending

20121 Old Bethlehem Baptist Church near the intersection of CR 100 and Bethlehem Lane 22745 Old Jerusalem Cemetery marker pending marker pending 24281 Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church marker pending marker pending

23957 Railroad in Louise 202 S. Pearl St. In 1881, the community of Louise was platted as a result of the New York, Texas and Mexican Railway laying tracks through Wharton County. That same ... 23638 Roberts Family Cemetery CR 125 Nestled in a grove of mature oak and pecan trees, this serene rural cemetery is home to generations of descendants of Emanuel (Manuel) (1861-1941) ...

24261 "Sea of Mud" Hwy 90A at CR 270. Marker pending. marker pending 4631 Security Bank and Trust Company Corner of Milan and Fulton St., Wharton The Security Bank and Trust Company traces its history to the Wharton National Bank. The second banking institution to open in the city, the Wharton ... 4657 Shanghai Pierce Ranch 1 mile S.E. of Pierce on Pierce Ranch (entrance to ranch is on FM 526, across from Post Office) The home of a great trail driver Abel H. Pierce, born in June 29, 1834. Died December 26, 1900. From a penniless cowboy, he rose through energy and ... 4658 Shanghai Pierce Ranch House 1 mile S.E of Pierce on Pierce Ranch (entrance to ranch is on FM 526, across from Post Office) Built 1886, in lavish style. On first floor was office of highly successful ranch. Legend says Pierce (cattle king famed for introducing Brahmas ... 4663 Shearith Israel Synagogue Shearith Israel Cemetery, N. Alabama Road north of Barfield Road Jewish families in Wharton began meeting together for worship services about 1899. The congregation received its official charter in 1913 and was ... 4717 Site Of Pierce Hotel By Post Office, on FM 526, Pierce Here, in the 1890s, the celebrated Texas Cattleman A. H. "Shanghai" Pierce (1834-1900) platted the townsite of Pierce, which he hoped would become ... 12293 Site of Plaza Hotel and Plaza Theater 122 S. Houston Built on Wharton's Courthouse Square, the Plaza Hotel began circa 1904 as a two-story brick structure with a large dining room on the first floor ... 4873 Site of Post West Bernard Station On SH 60, in traffic triangle, Surrounded by Colorado, railroad, and McKinney St., Hungerford In the summer of 1837 Post West Bernard Station was established as an ordnance depot of the army of The Republic of Texas. Its location on the West ... 4875 Site of Quinan Community On SH 60, in traffic triangle, surrounded by Colorado, railroad and McKinney St., Hungerford The village of Quinan was established about 1872 on the Wharton-Richmond road. It was named for Judge George E. Quinan (1819-1893), who lived south ... 4895 Site of The Home of Robert McAlpin Williamson Courthouse Square, Wharton Born in Georgia in 1806, editor "The Texas Gazette" and "The Mexican Citizen," pioneer Texas newspapers. Active in the revolution, member of the ... 4917 Site of World War II Prisoner of War Camp 2015 Junior College Blvd. (marker is located in front of Ladien Technology Center ) (at corner of Junior College Blvd. and FM 1301). Marker reported damaged and in temporary storage Aug. 2020. Replacement marker pending. Included in a land grant awarded in 1824 to Martin Allen, one of Stephen F. Austin's "Old Three Hundred" colonists, this property has had a long ... 23674 St. James Missionary Baptist Church marker pending marker pending 23534 St. John Cemetery marker pending marker pending 5043 St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church 614 Pecan St, Wharton The Rev. Ernst August Wenzel, a German Lutheran missionary, began visiting German immigrant families in the Kriegel area east of Wharton in the 1890s. ... 5080 St. Paul Lutheran Church 319 N. East Avenue, Wharton This church traces its history to 1893, when German settlers in Waterhouse (about 10 miles W) began worshiping together. Officially named St. John ... 14180 St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Parish 304 W Chruch St The city of El Campo began in 181 as a rail stop on the New York, Texas & Mexican Railroad connecting Houston and Victoria. The region's fertile ... 18680 St. Thomas' Episcopal Church 207 Bob-O-Link Lane

5260 Texas Gulf Sulphur Company-Newgulf on display in Wharton County Historical Museum The Gulf Sulphur Company began in Matagorda County in 1909, and in 1918 changed its name to Texas Gulf Sulphur Company. A plant was built at the ... 5366 The Judge Robert McAlpin Williamson Home Courthouse Square Wharton Formerly stood a block and a half east of this marker, which was moved to this site in 1976.

14686 Webb, Mack Hardware Store El Campo 12958 Wharton Cemetery East Avenue at Caney Street Wharton County was established in 1846, and the county seat, Wharton, was laid out on the Mexican land grant of "Old 300" colonist William Kincheloe. ... 22770 Wharton Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture marker pending marker pending 5775 Wharton County 101 Burleson, Courthouse Square, Wharton Wharton County, created April 3, 1846, from Matagorda and Jackson counties, Organized same year. Named for William H. Wharton, 1806-1839, Texas minister ... 5776 Wharton County Abstract Company 212 N. Resident (on door of office behind home, moved from original location) Wharton Attorney William S. "Billie" Brooks founded this abstract firm in 1890. He was assisted by Daisy Speed, who made the original hand-written entries ... 14041 Wharton County Courthouse 100 E. Milam St. The Texas legislature created Wharton County in 1846, incorporating part of Stephen F. Austin's original land grant from Mexico. The William Kincheloe ... 22573 Wharton County Library 1920 N. Fulton Street 22748 Wharton Hispanic Cemetery Grove St. Located across Grove Street from Wharton Cemetery, this historic burial ground is the final resting place for many of Wharton’s early Hispanic citizens. ... 22525 Wharton Training School 1619 MLK Boulevard For almost eighty years, the Wharton Training School provided the African American community of Wharton County with high-quality education. The ... 5834 William Jones Elliot Heard and Egypt Plantation 4/10 mile E of Egypt (and FM 102) on FM 1161 Egypt William Jones Elliot Heard was born in Tennessee in 1801, the first of Stephen R. and Jemima M. Heard's nine children. Sometime in the 1820s Heard ...