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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TFA_old-quintana-historical_Quintana-TX.html
Named for a Mexican general. Early as 1532 a thriving village. Port of entry in Republic of Texas. Strategic fort in Civil War. Industrial area, cattle and cotton shipping point, 1870-1900. Fashionable summer colony, 1884 and afterwards. Largely d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TEN_titlum-tatlum-historical_Freeport-TX.html
Nearby island, resort for fishermen, hunters, small boats. During the Civil War, 1861-65, used by such captains as H.C. Wedemeyer, a peacetime shipbuilder, as base for operations defying Federal blockade.
Ships loaded with cotton entered waterw…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TEL_the-lively-historical_Surfside-Beach-TX.html
First vessel with emigrants to Austin's colony landed here December 23, 1821.
The Battle of Velasco was fought here June 26, 1832.
Public and secret treaties of peace between the Republic of Texas and General Santa Anna were signed here May …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TEK_freeport-national-bank-historical_Freeport-TX.html
The Freeport Sulphur Company was instrumental in the founding and early development of the city of Freeport and the region. It was incorporated on July 12, 1912, and then organized the Freeport Townsite Company with the purpose of developing a cit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PC2_stringfellow-ranch_Freeport-TX.html
Born at Old Brazoria, Robert Edward Lee Stringfellow (1866-1941) began his career on a cattle ranch at the age of 14. Soon he acquired his own herd. He opened a Velasco meat market in 1890 and provided beef for workers building jetties at the mout…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PBU_general-stephen-fuller-austin_Jones-Creek-TX.html
The State of Texas October 18, 1910,
removed the remains of
General Stephen Fuller Austin,
to the capital city of Austin,
where they were reinterred in the
State Cemetery,
and a statue erected over the grave.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PBT_james-franklin-perry_Jones-Creek-TX.html
A native of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, James Franklin Perry moved to Potosi, Missouri, in 1808. He joined the mercantile business of his relatives Samuel and John Perry, and became a partner in 1818.
While living in Potosi, Perry m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PBS_emily-margaret-brown-austin-bryan-perry_Jones-Creek-TX.html
Born near Austinville, Virginia, as was her brother Stephen Fuller Austin (1793-1836), Emily moved with her father Moses Austin (1761-1821) and mother Maria Brown Austin (1768-1824) to Missouri in 1798. The family operated lead mines there and fou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PB6_william-joel-bryan_Jones-Creek-TX.html
Grandson of Moses Austin, whose dream of Anglo-American colony changed course of Texas history.
Came to Texas with his mother and stepfather in 1831; served in Texas army from 1835 to 1838. A highly successful planter, he was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PB5_major-reuben-r-brown_Jones-Creek-TX.html
In Texas war for independence, joined Matamoros expedition of January 1836. In detachment that captured horses of Gen. Urrea of Mexican army, Brown was made captive in a counterattack, and spent 11 months in prison in Mexico, but finally…