Marble Mounting Block

Martin Van Buren enjoyed his life at Lindenwald immensely, especially horseback riding. Located to your right is a replica of the marble mounting block President Van Buren used to get on and off his favorite Thoroughbred, Duroc. Van Buren ...

“ . . . a Farmer in my native Town”

Martin Van Buren Nat’l Hist Site

The view before you is much like the one Martin Van Buren enjoyed during the last 21 years of his life. Although in the course of his political career Van Buren traveled widely and ...

Governor Martin H. Glynn Village Square

Dedicated Sept. 1994 by Mayor Patrick M. Grattan

On this site stood the

Valatie Union School.

ca. 1876 – 1929.

Gov. Martin H. Glynn,

as well as the many who served &

died in both World Wars, attended

here. Governor ...

Gov. Glynn Square

Gov. Glynn Square

and

War Memorial Garden est. 1994

Site of Union School 1876 – 1929

Marker donated by Andrew Earl

Boy Scouts Veterans Day Run 2006

Marker is at the intersection of Church Street and William Street, on the ...

First Presbyterian Church of Valatie

Congregation formed 1835

This edifice built 1878

Ogden & Wright, achitects

Marker is at the intersection of Church Street and High Street, on the right when traveling north on Church Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church

St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church has served this area of Atascosa County since 1918. Around that time, the now-dispersed farming settlement of Dobrowolski was growing, and the mostly Lutheran population needed a place of worship. At first, the congregation met ...

St. Luke’s Lutheran Church

c. 1828   c.1970

From this congregation

ten men fell during WWII

(In memory of

Marion Berntson)

Marker is at the intersection of Church Street and Luther Street, on the left when traveling north on Church Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Ralph Roy Smith

R. R. "Railroad" Smith (1880-1944) was born in Gonzales County to Alexander Frohock and Mary McGill (Mathews) Smith. Around 1907, Smith moved to Atascosa County where he opened up a law practice and entered into the newspaper business with a ...

Martin Abstract Company

By the early 20th century the ranching industry that spurred the growth of Atascosa County had begun to wane, with many large ranches split into smaller ranches, farms and town lots. George M. Martin realized the importance of a company ...

Jourdanton United Methodist Church

The Methodist church in Jourdanton formally organized in 1909, the same year that the City of Jourdanton was founded. The church began as the Jourdanton Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and was a member of the Uvalde District in the West ...