DeWitt

24 historical markers in Texas

Arneckeville

Cuero, TX

A native of Germany, Adam Christopher Henry Arnecke settled in this area in the 1850s and opened the community's first general store.

Clinton

Cuero, TX

Created in 1846, De Witt County was named for Empresario Green De Witt.

Co-Founders of Yorktown: John York_Charles Eckhardt

Yorktown, TX

John York (1800 - 1848) -- Charles Eckhardt (1813 - 1852) Soldiers and builders of Texas.

Cuero Land and Immigration Company

Cuero, TX

On December 25, 1871, Cuero Land and Immigration Company was formed to develop 4,128 acres of land from J. A. Valdez y Gonzales League...

De Witt County

Cuero, TX

Included in the colonial grant in 1825 to Green De Witt, Texas Empresario, settled until 1840 largely by Anglo Americans.

Dr. William Watt White

Cuero, TX

(1829 - 1914) Surgeon of Waul's Legion, Confederate Army.

Early Texas Bandstands

Cuero, TX

This bandstand, successor to earlier ones in Cuero, is a replica of the first one erected in this park -- used for concerts, patriotic...

Emil Reiffert House

Cuero, TX

Built in 1868 at Indianola by Emil Reiffert (1839-1910), immigrant at age 15; Confederate veteran; merchant, rancher, President H. Runge...

George Lord

Westhoff, TX

George Lord was born in Essex County, England on April 21, 1816 to Felstead and Anna Siggs Lord.

Honoring Texas Confederate General August C. Buchel

Cuero, TX

1811-1864 Educated in stern military schools of Prussia.

Hopkinsville Community, A Colony of Freedmen

Cuero, TX

Members of the Hopkins family came to De Witt County in 1854 as slaves of Judge Henry Clay Pleasants (d. 1899).

John T. Wofford Home

Cuero, TX

Built in 1877 near Lindenau by John Tyler Wofford (1844-1910), Confederate veteran, merchant, farmer, rancher, son of first chief...

Josiah Taylor

Cuero, TX

Born in Virginia. First came to Texas in 1812, as captain in the Gutierrez - Magee Expedition, an attempt to free Mexico from Spain;...

Keller-Grunder House

Cuero, TX

German native Antone Keller (d. 1857) came to Texas in 1846 as a colonist with the German Emigration Company.

Morgan Steamship Line

Cuero, TX

First mail and passenger steamship service from the United States to Texas.

Old Chisholm Trail

Cuero, TX

From site near here, 1800 Longhorns were moved out April 1, 1866, on first trail drive from this area to northern markets.

Pilot Knob

Pilot Knob, TX

A beacon for early Texas pioneers.

Shiloh

Yorktown, TX

The small farming community of Shiloh began about 1847 with settlement by the McBride, Hamilton, McFarland, Odom, Anderson, and Woods...

Site of Cameron, First County Seat of De Witt County

Cuero, TX

This site was chosen in June 1846 as the first seat of DeWitt County and named for Capt. Ewen Cameron (1811-43), slain prisoner of the...

Site of Friar-Cardwell Stage Stand

Cuero, TX

In 1839 or 1840 at the junction of the La Grange - La Bahia and Victoria - Gonzales Roads (.

Terryville

Yoakum, TX

Founded near this site in the 1850s, Terryville was named for the family of James D. Terry, who served as De Witt County judge from 1883...

The Edward Mugge House

Cuero, TX

Built in 1870s by a key man in the activities and ideology that gave the town of Cuero its economic leadership role in late 19th century...

Thomaston

Thomaston, TX

(Founded 1872) De Witt County's first railroad town.

Yorktown

Yorktown, TX

Founded 1848 as way station on old Indianola Trail.

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