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18638 Camp Ranch Community Evergreen Cemetery, northwest corner of FM 1344 and CR 132. From Floresville, go 5 miles west on Hwy 97. Take FM 1344 south for half a mile to intersection of FM 1344 and CR 132. This area located west of Floresville was one of the largest ranches in the cattle-driving era. During the 1700s and 1800s, the area, being prime ... 706 Captain Will Wright Near intersection B and 3rd Streets on courthouse square, Floresville. In front of old jail. (1868-1942) Founding officer, Co. D, Texas Rangers. Had uncles, brother, sons in Rangers and Border Patrol. Wilson County deputy sheriff, 1896-1900; ... 742 Casa Blanca From Floresville take Loop 181 three miles northwest. Marker near Seguin Branch Bridge. Home of Don Erasmo Seguin who died here; in 1856 by appointment of the Spanish governor he inducted Stephen F. Austin into Texas, 1821; Texas Deputy ... 701 Cemetery of Canary Islanders northeast corner of 10th and Plum Streets, facing 10th Street (US 181). Cemetery is behind O'Reilly Auto Parts and AutoZone. Predates church built 1732 by colonists who arrived 1731, led by Juan Leal Goras. They farmed and raised stock. Their villa, San Fernando, was first ... 812 Charles Carl Winkler House Take 1346 north out of La Vernia to the Carpenter Community located at Wilson/Bexar County Line. House is on left 1/4 mile from County Line. Located behind new Winkler family about 300 feet off highway. -- 845 Christ United Methodist Church SE corner W. Main and S. 9th streets Congregation organized 1871 by the Rev. R. M. Leaton, with 2 charter members. Circuit riders first held services here in a picket schoolhouse. J. ... 16912 Cibolo Crossing on the Gonzales Road On the west side of FM 775, .5 miles north of FM 2772 DURING THE MEXICAN ADMINISTRATION OF TEXAS, A ROAD CONNECTED THE SETTLEMENT OF GONZALES IN THE DEWITT COLONY TO SAN ANTONIO DE BEJAR, KNOWN AS THE ...

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1550 Fairview Fairview community. From Floresville, take FM 536 west 12 miles to intersection with FM 2505. Marker reported damaged Dec. 2021. Replacement in progress. Near this crossroads was once the flourishing community of Fairview. The village began shortly after the Civil War, when Henry Hudson opened a store ... 1555 Fairview Methodist Church From Floresville take FM 536 west. Turn south onto FM 2505, about 1 mile to church. Organized before 1876, holding services in schoolhouse until building site was given by W. F. and Jennie Mitchell and J. F. and Martha Prewitt. A ... 1631 First Baptist Church of Floresville Intersection of 4th and B Streets, Floresville. This congregation was established by the Rev. John Washburn, who came to Texas from Illinois in 1877. He moved to Floresville to become superintendent ... 1678 First Baptist Church of Stockdale On Seventh Street, 2 blocks south of Main Street, Stockdale. Stockdale Baptists organized their church in 1874 in a picket building. They met there or in a mill house or schoolhouse for years. The Rev. L. S. ... 22738 First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs First Baptist Church, SE side 4th Street (FM 539) between US 87 and Old Hwy 87 Originally called Sutherland Springs Central Baptist Church, the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs was established in 1926. Prior to this ... 20106 Flores Rancho from Floresville, 4 mi. NW on US 181, then 1 mi. SW on CR 120 Flores Rancho emerged out of lands assigned to Mission Espada and Rancho de las Cabras in the early 1700s. Prior to its current name, the land owned ... 1922 Floresville United Methodist Church 1205 B St. The organizational meeting for the Floresville Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Agee on October 25, ...

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16869 Shiloh Cemetery on FM 539 5.2 miles south of the intersection of US 87 & FM 539 The Shiloh community developed along Lodi-Sutherland Springs Road. In 1886, J. H. James and others sold land to John P. Pritchett for a cemetery, ... 12382 Site of Nockenut 9 miles northeast of Nixon on FM 1681 The community of Nockenut began in 1857, when a number of German and Polish immigrants settled in this area. Originally located in Guadalupe County, ... 4865 Site of Old Town of Union Valley From Nixon, take FM 1681 northwest 6 miles to grounds of The Union Valley Homecoming Association. (Settled in 1860s) Original schoolhouse of logs on site given by Harriet Smith Beaty in 1872 to trustees John Coleman, King Holstein, and Samuel ... 4866 Site of Old Town: Lodi At junction of FM 536 and Goliad Road on the west edge of Floresville. Community in an area known by 1720 as land of the Cayopines, a Coahuiltecan Indian tribe. The site was important to Spanish missions of San Antonio, ... 12311 St. Ann's Catholic Church 8161 FM 541-E (Kosciuszko) In 1880, about sixty families of Polish descent (Silesian Poles) bought the land in this sparsely settled area. After their arrival, the town became ... 5124 Stockdale Cemetery Cemetery located on south side of US 87 Bypass, Stockdale Before the Stockdale Cemetery was begun in the 1870s, most burials in the area took place in private, family graveyards. About 1873, however, a young ... 5154 Sutherland Springs In front of community building, 4th St (Business 87) at 13th St. Outstanding early-day Southwest Texas health spa. Had 27 flavors of mineral water, from over 100 hot and cold springs. (Indians used curative waters ... 17478 Sutherland Springs Cemetery FM 539 SW of Sutherland Springs, 1.2 miles from the intersection of SH 87 & FM 539 Dr. John Sutherland (1792-1867), a native of Danville, Virginia, came to Texas in 1835. While helping the Texians prepare to defend the Alamo against ... 17933 Sutherland Springs School Site The school site is a short distance on the left hand side of second street. The site can be identified by a rather large concrete slab just over the fence on the left hand side of the street. The marker will be set outside the fence. SUTHERLAND SPRINGS SCHOOL SITE The Sutherland Springs Community was founded by Dr. John Sutherland and Joseph H. Polley in the 1850s. Both men were ... 13047 Suttles Pottery 13066 US 87W Following the Civil War, two brothers, both Union veterans, moved from Zanesville, Ohio to Texas. Isaac Suttles (c. 1840-1884), who wed Mary Ann ...