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Live Oak County, Texas
Historical Markers in Three Rivers, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 10 Texas historical markers in Three Rivers, in Live Oak County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Native History and Strange But True. The markers on this list were placed between 1964 and 2018. 3 are Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks.
Start with these Three Rivers stories
- Loma Sandia Prehistoric Cemeteryplaced 2012
Native American bands that inhabited the southern Texas and northern Mexican gulf coast before European colonization were hunter-gatherers.
- Site Planned for a Regional Trade Center: Simmons, Texasplaced 1969
Originally ranch land, bought in 1900 by Dr. C.F. Simmons (Wealthy St. Louis manufacturer of "Liver Regulator"), who also built this all-faiths…
- Cunningham Homeplaced 2013
JAMES AND SARA CUNNINGHAM HOUSE LATE IN 1899 JAMES (JIM) MONROE CUNNINGHAM MOVED TO OAKVILLE FROM DEVINE AND BOUGHT THE LIVE OAK COUNTY LEADER.
- Early Schools in Live Oak Countyplaced 1975
Until the 1870s, Live Oak County had private schools taught by clergymen and ranch employees in cabins, brush arbors, dugouts.
- Felix Longoriaplaced 2009
The funeral rites of Three Rivers native Felix Longoria advanced public debate on the status and rights of Mexican-Americans and military veterans.
- First State Bank Buildingplaced 1964
First State Bank Building and office of C.R. Tips, founder of the City of Three Rivers, Texas, in 1914.
All 10 historical markers in Three Rivers
Historical markers near Three Rivers
- George West12 stories · 10 mi
- Tilden8 stories · 24 mi
- Beeville39 stories · 28 mi
- Kenedy6 stories · 31 mi
- Karnes City5 stories · 34 mi
- Jourdanton14 stories · 38 mi
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