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I am determined to sustain
myself as long as possible and die like a soldier who never forgets what
is due his honor and that of his country.
--William Barrett Travis, Lt. Col. Comd't,
Alamo, February 24, 1836
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ERECTED A.S. 1895
MATAGORDA COUNTY COURTHOUSE
E. S. RUGELEY Sr. Co. JUDGE
COMMISSIONERS
H. H. SERRILL Pr No 1. H. W. BOWIE Pr. No
2
G. R. BROWN Pr. No 3 T. J. POOLE Pr. No 4
GEO. AUSTIN Co. C. D. P. MOORE Treas.
A. I. RUGELEY Shff. S. D. HILL Asses'r
T. J. HAMILTON Co. Atty.
MARTIN, BYRNE, JOHNSTON
& APPLEGATE, Builders
R. A. MATHUS Supt.
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MATAGORDA COUNTY |
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EARLY HOME
OF THE KARANKAWA
INDIANS. LANDING PLACE
OF
LA SALLE IN 1685 *
* * * * * SETTLED
1822-1836 BY COLONISTS OF
STEPHEN F. AUSTIN * * *
* * * * THE MUNICIPALITY
OF MATAGORDA
ORGANIZED UNDER THE MEXICAN
GOVERNMENT ON MARCH 6, 1834
BECAME ON MARCH 17,
1836, MATAGORDA COUNTY,
WHICH WAS
ORGANIZED IN JULY, 1837
* * * * MATAGORDA, THE
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1837-1894, BAY
CITY SINCE 1894
IN MEMORY OF |
JAMES CUMMINS, HOSEA H. LEAGUE, ELIAS
R. WIGHTMAN, SETH INGRAM,
HORATIO CHRIESMAN, WILLIAM SELKIRK,
EARLY SETTLERS * *
* * *
MARY S. WIGHTMAN HELMS, FIRST
WOMAN TEACHER IN TEXAS *
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IRA INGRAM, SILAS DINSMORE, MEMBERS OF THE
CONVENTION OF 1832
R. R. ROYALL, IRA L. LEWIS,
CHARLES WILSON, DELEGATES TO THE
CONSULTATION * * *
BAILEY HARDEMAN, SAMUEL RHODES
FISHER,
SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE * * *
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GEORGE M. COLLINSWORTH AND
THE MEN WHO SERVED UNDER
HIM DURING THE STRUGGLE FOR
TEXAS INDEPENDENCE * * * * *
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A. C. HORTON, LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR OF TEXAS * *
* * * * THE
CITIZENS OF EARLY
MATAGORDA COUNTY WHO
CONTRIBUTED
TO THE ECONOMIC,
CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL
DEVELOPMENT
MATAGORDA
COUNTY HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE
DEVELOPMENT OF
TEXAS CULTURE THE PIONEER WOMAN TEACHER MARY S.
WIGHTMAN
HELMS, 1928, AN EARLY NEWSPAPER THE MATAGORDA BULLETIN,
1837,
FIRST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 1839, FIRST
REQUEST FOR PROMOTION
OF FREE PUBLIC SCHOOL, THAT OF IRA INGRAM 1837
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ERECTED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS
1936
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Centennial Marker Put on Court House Lawn
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on the northwest corner of the court house lawn in Bay City
by the Texas Centennial committee in commemoration of the
early settlers of Matagorda County. On a bronze plaque is
inscribed the following, in part: "Matagorda County early
home of the Karankawa Indians. Landing place of La Salle in
1685. Settled 1822-36 by colonists of Stephen F. Austin. The
municipality of Matagorda organized under the Mexican
government on March 6, 1834." Other data of importance,
names of signers of declaration of independence, first
school teacher, newspaper, church and many early settlers.
When in Bay City stop and look it over,
you will enjoy reading the history contained thereon and
proud that such a marker has been placed in our county.
Palacios Beacon, June 17, 1937
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