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Wharton County, Texas
Historical Markers in Wharton, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 7 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, Tales of Tragedy, and Ghost Towns. The markers on this list were placed between 1986 and 2019. 1 is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark.
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.
- 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.
- Site of Plaza Hotel and Plaza Theaterplaced 1994
Built on Wharton's Courthouse Square, the Plaza Hotel began circa 1904 as a two-story brick structure with a large dining room on the first floor and…
- St. Paul Lutheran Churchplaced 1990
This church traces its history to 1893, when German settlers in Waterhouse (about 10 miles W) began worshiping together.
- Wharton County Courthouseplaced 2007
The Texas legislature created Wharton County in 1846, incorporating part of Stephen F. Austin's original land grant from Mexico.
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