Historical Markers in Hondo, Texas

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• Cow Camp Massacre on Hondo Creekplaced 1994

  During the mid-1800s the Texas Hill Country was the site of many hostile encounters, some deadly, between pioneer immigrants whose permanent…

• Vandenburgplaced 1996

  Located on the banks of Verde Creek (Arroyo Verde), Vandenburg, founded in 1846, was one of the colonies established by Empresario Henri Castro.

• Battle of the Arroyo Hondoplaced 1992

  In 1842 the Mexican Army launched three invasions into Texas to reclaim territory lost during the Texas Revolution.

• Masonic Cemetery of Hondo Valley Lodge No. 252, A.F. & A.M.placed 1973

  In 1859, a decade after Medina County was created, Freemasons and others in the New Fountain Settlement built a 2-story stone church-lodge hall at…

• Mission Valleyplaced 1986

  Following Texas Emancipation in 1865, many freed slaves remained in this area on their former masters' farms.

• Bethlehem Lutheran Churchplaced 1977

  The Rev. Christian Oefinger, serving as pastor of the Castroville Lutheran Church, led in founding this congregation in March 1852.

Hondo on the Texas history calendar

• January 27: Cow Camp Massacre on Hondo Creek

All 17 historical markers in Hondo

• Battle of the Arroyo Hondo1992
• Bethlehem Lutheran Church1977
• Cow Camp Massacre on Hondo Creek1994
• Fohn-Bless Store1974
• Fred Metzger House1964
• Hondo1998
• Hondo Methodist Church
• Leinweber Building1986
• Masonic Cemetery of Hondo Valley Lodge No. 252, A.F. & A.M.1973
• Medina County1936
• Medina County Courthouse1984
• Mission Valley1986
• New Fountain United Methodist Church1975
• Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Church1992
• Southern Pacific Depot of Hondo1980
• The Wiemers Oak1977
• Vandenburg1996

Historical markers near Hondo

• D'Hanis6 stories · 9 mi
• Castroville25 stories · 15 mi
• Devine7 stories · 20 mi
• Sabinal5 stories · 21 mi
• Lytle6 stories · 23 mi
• Bandera26 stories · 24 mi

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