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Galveston County, Texas
Historical Markers in Port Bolivar, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 5 Texas historical markers in Port Bolivar, in Galveston County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Civil War, Texas Revolution, and Tales of Tragedy. The markers on this list were placed between 1936 and 2010.
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- Fort Travisplaced 1993
In early 1836, soon after Texas declared independence from Mexico, Republic of Texas President David Burnet dispatched Colonel Ed Harcourt to…
- Bolivar Pointplaced 1995
In 1815 Colonel Henry Perry established a military camp here as part of a plan to invade Spanish Texas.
- Crenshaw Family Cemeteryplaced 2004
Virginia native and Civil War veteran James A. Crenshaw wed Henrietta Barker Elliott in Kentucky in 1870.
- Point Bolivarplaced 1936
Headquarters for Long's Expedition which attempted to free Texas from Spanish rule in 1819.
- Jane Herbert Wilkinson Longplaced 2010
JANE HERBERT WILKINSON LONG (JULY 23, 1798 - DECEMBER 30, 1880) BORN IN CHARLES COUNTY, MARYLAND, JANE HERBERT WILKINSON LONG WAS A TEXAS PIONEER.
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