Karnes

Cestohowa, TX

Near this site (about 2.5 mi. N on Cibolo Creek) stood the 18th-century Spanish fort of El Fuerte de Santa Cruz del Cibolo, usually...

Helena, TX

Founded in 1852 on San Antonio River by Thomas Ruckman, a graduate of Princeton, and Lewis Owings, later first governor of Arizona...

Helena, TX

Ruckman (Nov. 9, 1835 - Jan. 8, 1913), born in Northumberland County, Pa.

Karnes City, TX

Seat of Karnes County; was founded in Christmas season, 1890, when a partnership headed by Otto Buchel bought 1,000 acres of land from J....

Karnes City, TX

In 1854 Karnes County erected its first courthouse in the county seat of Helena, an important stage stop between San Antonio and Goliad.

Kenedy, TX

The town of Kenedy occupies a site that once was part of a royal Spanish land grant to Don Carlos Martinez.

Helena, TX

Soon after Karnes County was created and organized in 1854, a frame and clapboard courthouse was erected at this site in the center of...

Helena, TX

After centuries of use by buffalo and Indians, this trail from San Antonio to the Texas coast gained importance when opened to colonial...

Panna Maria, TX

Oldest Permanent Polish Colony in America Panna Maria, Texas Settled by 100 Polish families who came to Texas to gain economic, political...

Runge, TX

Early Texas town. Near site where Old Ox-Cart Road from San Antonio to Indianola crossed the Ojo de Agua (Spanish name meaning "eye of...