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Historical Markers in Sealy, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 6 Texas historical markers in Sealy, in Austin County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Texas Music and Tales of Tragedy. The markers on this list were placed between 1991 and 2019. 2 are Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks.
Start with these Sealy stories
- Liedertafelplaced 2000
Sealy's German immigrants were famous for their love of music. A group of men, some of them Sealy's pioneer settlers, had formed a singing society…
- Saint John's Episcopal Churchplaced 1992
This congregation was organized in 1885, five years after the railroad town of Sealy was founded.
- Hackbarth Buildingplaced 2013
German natives F. W. (Fritz) and Carolyn (Krampitz) Hackbarth arrived in Galveston in 1846 with their two sons.
- Haynes Mattress Factoryplaced 1991
Daniel Haynes (1828-1913) came to the new railroad town of Sealy in 1881. In 1885 he invented a process and a machine to manufacture a felted cotton…
- Peters-Hacienda Schuetzenvereinplaced 2019
Peters Hall was originally built for the Peters-Hacienda Schuetzenverein, a shooting and traditional sportsmans' club organized in 1897.
- Preibisch Buildingplaced 2001
German immigrant Adolph H. Preibisch and his wife, Emilie, came to Austin County in 1860. After the town of Sealy developed along the Gulf, Colorado…
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