Jefferson Davis

1808 – 1889

Lieutenant United States Army

Assigned Fort Crawford 1831

Served here with distinction

during Black Hawk War

Hero in Mexican War 1846-1848

United States Congressman

Senator, Secretary of War

President

Confederate States of America

1861-1865

Erected by

The United Daughters of the Confederacy

Marker is on South Beaumont Road south of ...

Site of Marion Packing Co.

The ruins of this rendering vat mark the location of the Marion Packing Co. (spelled “Meriam” in some records), one of the dozen or more meat packing plants built in the Rockport-Fulton area in the 1860s and 1870s to process ...

Fountain Fire Vista Point

This facility is dedicated to the men and women,

who battled the 1992 Fountain Fire,

and those who have worked and are working

to restore this forest to a healthy and productive part

of the local ecosystem.

During the dangerous salvage operations after the fire,

three ...

Home of George W. Fulton

Home of

George W. Fulton

Born at Philadelphia, June 8, 1810

Served in the Texan Army in 1836

A pioneer resident of Refugio County

After an engineering career

of distinction elsewhere,

he returned to Texas and

became a cattle baron

Died October 31, 1893

The town of Fulton bears his ...

Church of the Holy Family

Front:

This is the mother church of Roman Catholicism in this area, serving as the only Catholic Church in Columbus from 1880 to 1958. The first Catholic church, the Church of Sts. Philip and James, was built in 1835 on what ...

Footbridge

Not far from the Guardlock, the canal passed under a wooden bridge. Cut stone abutments on each bank supported the simple wooden truss structure. This was the first of four bridges that crossed the canal on it two mile path ...

Hobby's 8th Texas Infantry Regiment, C.S.A.

Refugio County was represented in all four companies of Hobby's Infantry Battalion organized in this county, May 1862. Unit successfully withstood Union bombardment of Corpus Christi, August 1862. Organized into 8th Texas Infantry, February 1863. Regiment staved off another attack ...

Gifford Pinchot

The noted forester, conservationist and Governor of Pennsylvania two terms in 1923-27, 1931-35, had his ancestral home at Gray Towers, Milford. He is buried in this cemetery. Born in Connecticut, 1865. Died on October 4, 1946.

Marker is on U.S. 209, ...

First Bloom

Lady Bird Johnson Park

”To me beautification means our total concern for the physical and human quality we pass on to our children and the future.”

- Lady Bird Johnson

When kids connect with national parks, the result is conservation. Through the First ...

First Presbyterian Church

Congregation traces its origin to 1742. The first regular pastor was Rev. John D. Woodhull, Revolutionary patriot. First building completed here in 1770; present edifice dedicated 1851. James Buchanan, 15th President of the U.S., was a member.

Marker is on ...