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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29PT_danevang_Danevang-TX.html
The first successful Danish community in Texas. Established in 1894 on a portion of 25,000 acres secured through option by Danish Folk Society from Texas Land and Cattle Company.
Most immigrants came first to the northern United States, where oth…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29PS_danevang-community-hall_El-Campo-TX.html
The Danish community of Danevang (Danish Field) was founded in 1894, at the height of Danish emigration to the United States. The Dansk Folkesamfund (Danish Folk Society), organized in the Midwest in 1887 to preserve Danish culture, language and r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29PH_security-bank-and-trust-company_Wharton-TX.html
The Security Bank and Trust Company traces its history to the Wharton National Bank. The second banking institution to open in the city, the Wharton National Bank was organized in 1902, and closed in 1915. Following reorganization, the bank reopen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29O4_city-of-wharton_Wharton-TX.html
The town of Wharton was founded as the seat of Wharton County in April 1846. Land for a courthouse, named Monterey Square, was given from the land grant of William Kincheloe, one of Stephen F. Austin's "Old Three Hundred" colonists who settled in …
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Wharton County
Created April 3, 1846
From Matagorda, Jackson and Colorado
Counties, Organized same year
Named for
William H. Wharton
1806-1839
Texas minister to the
United States
1836-1837, and his brother
John A. Wharton
1809-1838
Adj…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29O0_site-of-the-home-of-robert-mcalpin-williamson_Wharton-TX.html
Born in Georgia in 1806
Editor "The Texas Gazette" and
"The Mexican Citizen," pioneer
Texas newspapers
Active in the revolution
Member of the Supreme Court of
the Republic, 1836-1839
Member of Texas Legislature
1846-1849
Died December 22,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TFH_frazarville-historical_Eagle-Lake-TX.html
Near this site once stood the community of Frazarville, founded in 1857 by Dr. Isaac James Frazar and his father, Col. James Watson Frazar. A locust infestation and Comanche raids forced them to move from Cibolo Creek in Bexar County to this site,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TFF_joseph-and-rachel-rabb-newman-historical_Eagle-Lake-TX.html
Joseph (c. 1787-1831) and Rachel Rabb (1790-1872) Newman were married in 1806 in Ohio. Following Joseph's service in the War of 1812 in Illinois, they lived in Arkansas Territory on the Red River before moving into Texas in 1820. In 1823, they lef…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TFE_wharton-county-courthouse-historical_Wharton-TX.html
The Texas legislature created Wharton County in 1846, incorporating part of Stephen F. Austin's original land grant from Mexico. The William Kincheloe family donated land on the east bank of the Colorado River for a courthouse square, and the home…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TFC_site-of-world-war-ii-prisoner-of-war-camp-historical_Wharton-TX.html
Included in a land grant awarded in 1824 to Martin Allen, one of Stephen F. Austin's "Old Three Hundred" colonists, this property has had a long and varied history. In the 1840s Allen's heirs sold most of his land to Albert Clinton Horton, Wharton…