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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AOB_danevang-pioneer-monument_El-Campo-TX.html
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Danevang
1894 - 1976
This monument was erected in honor of all the pioneers who settled Danevang. They met adversity and hardship with Christian fellowship, cooperation and hard work. They achieved their goal of a Danish community with a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29QQ_ansgar-evangelical-lutheran-church-and-cemetery_El-Campo-TX.html
The Danish Folk Society obtained a land option from the Texas Land and Cattle Company and helped 93 Danish families from the midwest establish the Danevang Cooperative Settlement here in the early 1890s. The settlers, strong adherents of the Luthe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29Q3_danevang-lutheran-church_El-Campo-TX.html
The church building before you was erected at Camp Hulen at Palacios, Texas at the beginning of the nineteen-forties when the nation was preparing for war. As part of a huge construction effort, which transformed a tent camp into an anti-aircraft …
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/HM1TF8_el-campo-library-building-historical_El-Campo-TX.html
The El Campo Library Association began the city's first library in 1902. A public library opened at the downtown fire station in 1927. After a branch of the Wharton County Library was established in El Campo in 1939, this facility was completed in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TF7_el-campo-historical_El-Campo-TX.html
Begun as a camp on the New York, Texas, and Mexican Railroad in 1882, El Campo initially was known as Prairie Switch and served as a supply and shipping center for area ranchers. By the 1890s the town had grown to include a post office, homes, bus…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM5X_first-national-bank-of-el-campo_El-Campo-TX.html
The First National Bank of El Campo traces its history to the Koch and Poole Mercantile Company. In 1890 El Campo was an exciting new railroad town. Customers left their money in the Koch and Poole safe for protection, and soon the store assumed t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLQS_prairie-switch_El-Campo-TX.html
El Campo was known as "Prairie Switch" when it was established in 1881 as a siding and shipping point on the New York, Texas and Mexican Railroad, where cattlemen rounded up their herds for shipping. It was also a station for construction gangs wo…