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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AKK_courthouses-of-san-patricio-county_Sinton-TX.html
Eight structures have served as the seat of local government for the people of San Patricio County since its earliest settlement. A building known as the "Log Courthouse" was constructed in San Patricio in the early 1830s to serve the people of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FHQ_odem-building_Sinton-TX.html
The Sinton townsite company was organized in 1894 to promote the development of the new railroad town of Sinton. Local merchant David Odem, one of the founders of the townsite company, established himself as a prominent landowner and businessman i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLM4_papalote-creek_Sinton-TX.html
A few yards south passes Papalote Creek, crossed by the fierce Karankawa Indians who found kite-shaped pebbles and named it Papalote, which means,"kite-shaped" or "wing-shaped". Along its banks came the leaders of the Power and Hewetson colonists,…