Wharton
Albert Clinton Horton
Wharton, TX
(1798-1865) Georgia native Albert Clinton Horton came to Texas in 1834 from Alabama, where he had served in the state legislature.
City of Wharton
Wharton, TX
The town of Wharton was founded as the seat of Wharton County in April 1846.
Community of Egypt
Egypt, TX
One of most historic towns in county.
Danevang Community Hall (Danevang Forsamlingshus)
Danevang, TX
Danevang Community Hall (Danevang Forsamlingshus) The Danish community of Danevang (Danish Field) was founded in 1894, at the height of...
El Campo Library Building
El Campo, TX
The El Campo Library Association began the city's first library in 1902.
First National Bank of El Campo
El Campo, TX
The First National Bank of El Campo traces its history to the Koch and Poole Mercantile Company.
G. C. and Clara Mick Home, 1909
Boling, TX
Oldest in town founded 1900, on new Wharton-Palacios rail line.
Glen Flora
Glen Flora, TX
Located on the east bank of the Colorado River northwest of Wharton, Glen Flora was first settled on one of two land grants awarded to...
Joseph A. Hamilton House
Wharton, TX
A native of Ohio, Joseph Andrew Hamilton served in the Union army during the Civil War.
Joseph and Rachel Rabb Newman
Egypt, TX
Joseph and Rachel Rabb Newman Joseph (c. 1787-1831) and Rachel Rabb (1790-1872) Newman were married in 1806 in Ohio.
Judge George E. Quinan
Wharton, TX
A native of Dublin, Ireland, George E. Quinan came to Texas in the 1830s.
New York, Texas & Mexican Railroad and The Community of Hungerford
Hungerford, TX
Attracted by the State of Texas' offer of free land to railroad developers, a charter for the New York, Texas & Mexican Railroad was...
Site Of Pierce Hotel
Pierce, TX
Here, in the 1890s, the celebrated Texas Cattleman A. H. "Shanghai" Pierce (1834-1900) platted the townsite of Pierce, which he hoped...
Site of Post West Bernard Station
Hungerford, TX
In the summer of 1837 Post West Bernard Station was established as an ordnance depot of the army of The Republic of Texas.
Site of World War II Prisoner of War Camp
Wharton, TX
Included in a land grant awarded in 1824 to Martin Allen, one of Stephen F. Austin's "Old Three Hundred" colonists, this property has had...
Wharton County Courthouse
Wharton, TX
The Texas legislature created Wharton County in 1846, incorporating part of Stephen F. Austin's original land grant from Mexico.
William Jones Elliot Heard and Egypt Plantation
Egypt, TX
William Jones Elliot Heard was born in Tennessee in 1801, the first of Stephen R. and Jemima M. Heard's nine children.