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Wharton County, Texas
Historical Markers in Wharton, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 23 Texas historical markers in Wharton, in Wharton County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Texas Revolution, Civil War, Tales of Tragedy, and Ghost Towns. The markers on this list were placed between 1936 and 2020. 3 are Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks.
Start with these Wharton stories
- Albert Clinton Hortonplaced 1986
(1798-1865) Georgia native Albert Clinton Horton came to Texas in 1834 from Alabama, where he had served in the state legislature.
- Joseph A. Hamilton Houseplaced 1984
A native of Ohio, Joseph Andrew Hamilton served in the Union army during the Civil War. About 1866 he settled in Wharton, where he held a variety of…
- Judge George E. Quinanplaced 1988
A native of Dublin, Ireland, George E. Quinan came to Texas in the 1830s. By the mid-1840s he had moved to Wharton and set up a law office near this…
- Site of The Home of Robert McAlpin Williamsonplaced 1936
Born in Georgia in 1806, editor "The Texas Gazette" and "The Mexican Citizen," pioneer Texas newspapers.
- St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Churchplaced 1996
The Rev. Ernst August Wenzel, a German Lutheran missionary, began visiting German immigrant families in the Kriegel area east of Wharton in the…
- Texas Gulf Sulphur Company-Newgulfplaced 1996
The Gulf Sulphur Company began in Matagorda County in 1909, and in 1918 changed its name to Texas Gulf Sulphur Company.
All 23 historical markers in Wharton
- Albert Clinton Horton1986
- City of Wharton1986
- First Baptist Church of Wharton1986
- First East Bernard School1965
- First United Methodist Church of Wharton1999
- Joseph A. Hamilton House1984
- Judge Edwin Hawes House1982
- Judge George E. Quinan1988
- Security Bank and Trust Company1988
- Shearith Israel Synagogue1988
- Site of Plaza Hotel and Plaza Theater1994
- Site of The Home of Robert McAlpin Williamson1936
- Site of World War II Prisoner of War Camp1991
- St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church1996
- St. Paul Lutheran Church1990
- Texas Gulf Sulphur Company-Newgulf1996
- The Judge Robert McAlpin Williamson Home
- Wharton Cemetery2002
- Wharton County1936
- Wharton County Abstract Company
- Wharton County Courthouse2007
- Wharton Hispanic Cemetery2020
- Wharton Training School2019
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