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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/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…