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Casa Blanca

Floresville, Wilson County

Marker Text

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 to the Mexican Congress, 1824; on October 13, 1834 in a convention in Bexar he made the first effort to organize a provisional government in Texas.

Marker Details

Address Loop 181
Location Description From Floresville take Loop 181 three miles northwest. Marker near Seguin Branch Bridge.
Marker # 742
Dedicated 1936
Size, Type 1936 Centennial Marker (gray granite)
Code houses, residential buildings; Texas Revolution, Republic of Texas
Latitude, Longitude 29.156974, -98.181752

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