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Matagorda County, Texas
Historical Markers in Blessing, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 5 Texas historical markers in Blessing, in Matagorda County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Cowboys & Cattle and Civil War. The markers on this list were placed between 1986 and 2014.
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- Ashby-Wilson Creek Communityplaced 2002
Ashby-Wilson Creek Community William Erastus Moore, a New Jersey native, settled in Indianola in the 1850s.
- Deming's Bridge Communityplaced 1986
Deming's Bridge CommunityThe Deming's Bridge community grew up around a wooden bridge built over the Tres Palacios River at this site in 1857 for…
- Grimes Cemeteryplaced 2008
Cattleman Richard Grimes (1789-1858) established this family cemetery in 1856 when his infant grandson died.
- Blessing Library Associationplaced 2004
In the first years of the 20th century, Jonathan Pierce filed a deed with the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railroad (Southern Pacific) to lay…
- William Walter "Pudge" Heffelfingerplaced 2014
WILLIAM WALTER "PUDGE" HEFFELFINGER "Pudge" Heffelfinger was born in 1867 in Minneapolis and began playing football at age 15.
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