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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17A2_rossville-cemetery_Poteet-TX.html
Texas statesman Jose Antonio Navarro (1795-1871) transferred land here along the Atascosa River to his eldest son Jose Antonio George Navarro. J.A.G. Navarro (b.1819) then gave 160 acres here to his daughter Maria Antonia Navarro (1845-1922) in 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12DS_st-john-evangelical-lutheran-church_Jourdanton-TX.html
St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church has served this area of Atascosa County since 1918. Around that time, the now-dispersed farming settlement of Dobrowolski was growing, and the mostly Lutheran population needed a place of worship. At first, the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12DQ_ralph-roy-smith_Jourdanton-TX.html
R. R. "Railroad" Smith (1880-1944) was born in Gonzales County to Alexander Frohock and Mary McGill (Mathews) Smith. Around 1907, Smith moved to Atascosa County where he opened up a law practice and entered into the newspaper business with a cousi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12DP_martin-abstract-company_Jourdanton-TX.html
By the early 20th century the ranching industry that spurred the growth of Atascosa County had begun to wane, with many large ranches split into smaller ranches, farms and town lots. George M. Martin realized the importance of a company to researc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12DO_jourdanton-united-methodist-church_Jourdanton-TX.html
The Methodist church in Jourdanton formally organized in 1909, the same year that the City of Jourdanton was founded. The church began as the Jourdanton Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and was a member of the Uvalde District in the West Texas C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12DN_jourdanton-city-cemetery_Jourdanton-TX.html
T.H. Zanderson and city namesake Jourdan Campbell bought the 40,000-acre Toby Ranch in 1907 and laid out the town of Jourdanton. The original plat included two blocks designated for use as a cemetery. The Artesian Belt Railroad built through the s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12DM_chilipitin-cemetery_Charlotte-TX.html
Early settlers Dario and Manuelita Douglas Tober acquired land here in 1877 and later set aside this site for a family cemetery. The oldest marked grave, that of teenager Nieves Douglas Tober, dates to 1903. The Tober family deeded the original tr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12DL_atascosa-county_Jourdanton-TX.html
As early as 1722 El Camino Real (The King's Highway) from the Rio Grande to San Antonio was well established in this area. The Spanish word "Atascosa," denoting boggy ground that hindered travel, gave region its name. The county was created in 185…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12CV_atascosa-county-courthouse_Jourdanton-TX.html
This log cabin is a replica of first courthouse built 1856 near Amphion (Navatasco) 9 miles to the northwest, on site given by Jose Antonio Navarro out of his 1828 grant from Coahuila and Texas. A signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12CS_anchorage-cemetery_Poteet-TX.html
The family of William and Mary Allen Stiggins emigrated here from Prince Edward Island, Canada, in 1882. Included in the group were their daughter Mary Jane (1855-1935), who had studied medicine, and her fianc? Thomas Whittet (1838-1913), a former…
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