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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27U2_d-hanis_DHanis-TX.html
In 1847, Henri Castro established D'Hanis, his fourth colony, 1.5 miles east of this site. Named for a Castro Company official. Alsatian immigrants endured great hardship to build a community that thrived for over 30 years. In 1881, when the railr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25TP_moye_Castroville-TX.html
Named for the Rev. John Martin Moye, founder (1762) of the Sisters of Divine Providence, religious order that opened school in Castroville in 1868, and built first part of this structure in 1873: first mother house of the order in the United State…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I39_vandenburg_Hondo-TX.html
Located on the banks of Verde Creek (Arroyo Verde), Vandenburg, founded in 1846, was one of the colonies established by Empresario Henri Castro. Immigrants settled nearby and began farming. They dug a trench eight feet wide by six feet deep to pro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HZH_st-louis-day_Castroville-TX.html
Since as early as 1847 residents of Castroville have conducted a community holiday on or about the 25th of August—the Catholic observance of the Feast of St. Louis. Local tradition recalls that early processions escorted clergy from the prie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HZG_alsatians-of-texas_Castroville-TX.html
In 1842, Empresario Henry Castro brought his first colonists to Texas to settle land west of the Medina River. Most of the immigrants were from the Rhine River area of Europe. Many claimed the province of Alsace, on the border of France and German…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17T8_battle-of-the-arroyo-hondo_Hondo-TX.html
In 1842 the Mexican Army launched three invasions into Texas to reclaim territory lost during the Texas Revolution. Col. Rafael Vasquez's Army briefly occupied San Antonio in March, and in July Texans fought with Col. Antonio Canales' forces near …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17T7_j-m-kochs-hotel_DHanis-TX.html
J.M. and Mary Ann Koch owned and operated a hotel in D'Hanis beginning in 1898. They purchased the land on this site in July 1902, and built this hotel in 1906. Reportedly constructed by Chinese railroad laborers, it is built of early bricks from …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17LD_town-of-quihi_Hondo-TX.html
Surveyed in October, 1844byHenri Castro1781—-1861Distinguished pioneer and colonizerof Texas
Established in March, 1845 by tenfamilies in charge of Louis Huth,agent for Castro
Many settlers were killed by Indiansbefore 1860
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3CA_hondo_Hondo-TX.html
Spanish explorers passed this way several times in the centuries preceding Anglo settlement of the area. The original village that would become Hondo was situated on "El Arroyo Hondo," named by the Spanish.
Permanent settlers to the area began …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3C9_stephen-f-austin-memorial-oak-tree_Hondo-TX.html
This tree planted on April 15, 2004 was grown from an acorn harvested from the live oak tree located on the site of Stephen F. Austin's death near present-day West Columbia, Texas. Under that large tree, a Texas Historical Monument marks the place…