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Jefferson County, Texas
Historical Markers in Sabine Pass, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 19 Texas historical markers in Sabine Pass, in Jefferson County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Civil War, Texas Revolution, Tales of Tragedy, and Cowboys & Cattle. The markers on this list were placed between 1936 and 2013.
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- Capture of the USS Morning Light and USS Velocityplaced 2006
After Texas seceded from the Union at the onset of the Civil War, the state's ports were included in a Union blockade of the South.
- Spanish-American War Fortificationsplaced 1983
As tension mounted between the United States and Spain during the late 1890s, U. S. Representative Samuel Bronson Cooper of Texas recommended the War…
- Beach Roadplaced 2007
The Beach Road is the coastal section of the Texas Highway 87 system. Stretching along the Gulf of Mexico from Sabine Pass through Chambers County to…
- Kate Dormanplaced 1990
Georgia native Kate Dorman and her husband, Arthur Magill, owned and operated the catfish Hotel at Sabine Pass as early as 1847.
- Kate Dormanplaced 1997
(1828-1897) Georgia native Kate Dorman and her husband Arthur McGill owned the Catfish Hotel at Sabine Pass as early as 1847.
- Sabine Pass Cemeteryplaced 1999
The oldest continually used cemetery in Jefferson County, This graveyard has served the citizens of the Sabine Pass area since the 1840s.
Sabine Pass on the Texas history calendar
All 19 historical markers in Sabine Pass
- 1886 Hurricane at Sabine Pass2001
- Beach Road2007
- Benjamin Johnson1972
- Capture of the USS Morning Light and USS Velocity2006
- City of Sabine and Sabine Pass1989
- Federal Fatalities at the Battle of Sabine Pass1980
- Fort Manhassett1991
- Fort Sabine2013
- Jacob Harmon Garner1993
- Kate Dorman1990
- Kate Dorman1997
- Niles F. Smith1994
- Richard Dowling1936
- Sabine Pass Cemetery1999
- Site of Fort Griffin1969
- Spaight's 11th Battalion1990
- Spanish-American War Fortifications1983
- United States Forces at the Battle of Sabine Pass1980
- World War II Coastal Defenses at Sabine Pass2003
Historical markers near Sabine Pass
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