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Music in Seguin

Songs About Seguin

Viva Seguin
Santiago Jiménez Sr.
60%
Seguin
Sir Douglas Quintet
60%
"In Seguin, in Seguin, where things they are so mellow"
The Wedding Song
Charlie Robison
54%
"For our wedding in suburban Seguin"
The Wedding Song (Duet with Natalie Maines)
Charlie Robison
50%
"I said I love you in suburban Seguin"
Texas Queen
Rich O'Toole
10%
gadalupe days
gary p. nunn
10%
Drowning
Hootie & the Blowfish
7%
"Nanci singing, "It's a hard life wherever you go""

Artists From Seguin

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Nanci Griffith
americana
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Madelyn Abrameit
country

Rivers & Roads in Song near Seguin

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Seguin.

Guadalupe River 18 songs US Route 90 9 songs Interstate 10 36 songs Interstate 35 45 songs Blanco River 4 songs San Antonio River 2 songs

Musical Heritage

The Grammy-Winning Songwriter Born in Seguin RoadyGoat

The Grammy-winning folk and country singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith was born in Seguin on July 6, 1953, before her family moved to Austin, where she came of age in the Texas music scene. Griffith built a devoted following with a clear, almost girlish voice and literate songwriting that bridged folk and country — she called her own blend 'folkabilly.' She wrote 'Love at the Five and Dime' and recorded the definitive early version of Julie Gold's 'From a Distance' before Bette Midler made it a hit, and in 1994 she won a Grammy for her album 'Other Voices, Other Rooms,' a collection of songs by the writers who inspired her. Admired by peers from Emmylou Harris to the Indigo Girls, she influenced a generation of Americana artists before her death in 2021 at 68. Every Texas town likes to claim its famous children, and Seguin can rightly point to the riverside Guadalupe County town where one of the most respected songwriters of her era first drew breath. (Source: NPR; Wikipedia.)

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History of Seguin

Juan Seguín - The Man Behind the Name RoadyGoat

This city is named for Juan Seguín, and his story is one of the most complicated in Texas history. Born in San Antonio in 1806 to a prominent Tejano family, Seguín became a political leader by his twenties — alderman at 22, mayor of San Antonio in 1840. When the Texas Revolution broke out, Seguín was inside the Alamo. But he was dispatched with a letter to Sam Houston requesting reinforcements, which is the only reason he survived the massacre of March 6, 1836. The following month, Seguín and his Tejano cavalry fought at the Battle of San Jacinto, helping win Texas its independence. He became the first Tejano to serve in the Republic of Texas Senate. But the story turns dark. Anglo settlers grew suspicious of any Mexican Texan with power. By 1842, Seguín was accused of secretly aiding Mexico and was forced to flee with his family across the border. The Mexican government considered him a traitor too — for fighting against them at San Jacinto — and gave him a choice: prison or military service. He chose the army and was forced to fight against the United States in the Mexican-American War. He eventually returned to Texas and died in Nuevo Laredo in 1890. Today statues honor him near the Alamo and here in the city that bears his name — a man claimed by two countries and fully trusted by neither.

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The Mother of Concrete Cities RoadyGoat

Long before modern concrete poured across America, this town was quietly pioneering it. In 1846 a physician and chemist named John Park settled in Seguin, found the local caliche and gravel ideal, and patented a building method he called limecrete: gravel, sand, water, and lime burned from nearby limestone, slurried together and poured into continuous wooden forms about a foot thick and 15 inches tall, raised course by course as each layer hardened. Sometimes straw or horsehair was mixed in for strength. The technique caught on so completely that by 1875 Seguin held more than 90 limecrete buildings — houses, churches, schools, cisterns, even the courthouse — the largest concentration of early concrete structures anywhere in the United States, which earned it the nickname the Mother of Concrete Cities. Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, riding through Texas in 1853 and 1854, was so taken with the gleaming poured walls that he called Seguin the prettiest town in Texas in the book he published about that trip in 1857. Fewer than 25 of those original limecrete buildings survive today, making each one a rare piece of American engineering history.

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The Magnolia Hotel - Seguin's Most Haunted RoadyGoat

The Magnolia Hotel started as a two-room log cabin in 1840, built by James Campbell. By 1850 it had grown into a ten-room frontier hotel, stagecoach stop, and saloon with a restaurant. Over the next century and a half, it passed through the hands of dentists, Confederate colonels, and countless travelers moving through the Texas Hill Country. The building's wild past left an impression — or maybe more than one. At least seventeen spirits have been reported haunting nearly every room. Disconnected telephones ring. Coins roll in circles on the floor as if held by a magnet. Shadowy figures appear in hallways. The place has become one of the most documented haunted locations in Texas, drawing ghost-hunting TV shows and paranormal investigators from around the country. By 2012, the hotel had fallen into such disrepair that it landed on a list of Texas' most endangered historic places. Then Erin Ghedi and Jim took ownership in 2013 and began a major restoration. Erin wrote a book about the experience — the history, the ghosts, and the painstaking work of bringing the building back to life. Today you can book a stay or a private ghost tour.

Guadalupe County, C.S.A.

1861

Star and Wreath Two local companies of volunteers were with Ben McCulloch in San Antonio, Feb. 16, 1861 when U.S. Arsenal was surrounded by Texans and surrender demanded. An encounter in a charged atmosphere which could have become the first armed conflict of Civil War but ended without a shot being fired and U.S. troops leaving state. County voted 314-22 for secession but "both sides" given in newspapers renamed to reflect views; "Mercury" became "The Southern Confederacy"; "Journal", "The Union Democrat". Camp Clark, 17 mi. NE, site of training for many of 350 men serving south. Co. D, 4th Tex. Inf. fought thru war in Hood's famed brigade. Plants made wagons, flour, tinware, ox yokes for army. Tannery made leather by exclusive process of Mesquite as tannin source. BACK: Gen. Ben McCulloch (1811-62) Gen. Henry E. McCulloch (1816-95) Tennessee gave Texas these illustrious brothers. Ben: fought in 1836 Battle of San Jacinto, was noted surveyor, lawman, Indian fighter; served General Zachary Taylor as scout in Mexican War; led state forces at San Antonio, Feb. 1861; as Brig. Gen., C.S.A. commanded troops in Arkansas, Indian Territory; in Wilson's Creek, Mo. victory 1861; killed at Battle Pea Ridge, Ark. Buried in State Cemetery in Austin. Henry: Texas lawman, Indian fighter, and legislator; Civil War service performed in Texas as Col., Brig. Gen. of state and Confederate forces protecting frontier against Indians, renegades, threat of Federal invasion from 1861-65. Out of state action in Vicksburg Campaign 1863. Buried in San Geronimo Cemetery in Seguin. Erected by the State of Texas 1963

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Ireland, Colonel John

1861

Home Town of Texas Confederate Colonel John Ireland. Delegate to Secession Convention 1861. Joined army as private. Won laurels in that most brilliant wartime effort - the defense of the 800-mile Texas coast in September 1862, repulse of Federals at Corpus Christi. Ireland captured fleet Captain Kittredge, his flag and arms. Though Ireland was an infantry officer he once plunged waist-deep to capture a Federal vessel off Padre Island. At war's end he was in command of the 8th Texas Regiment defending Galveston. A memorial to Texans who served the Confederacy. Erected by the State of Texas 1964. (Reverse) Governor John Ireland 1827-1896 Kentucky-born, came to Texas 1853. Mayor of Seguin 1858. Member Constitutional Conventions 1866, 1875. District judge 1866-67, removed by Reconstruction authorities. Legislator 1872-75. Called "Oxcart John" for opposing land grants subsidies to railroads. Supervised plans to oust Governor E. J. Davis in bloodless conflict marking political end of Texas reconstruction. Judge state supreme court 1875-76. Governor of Texas 1882-86. Fence-cutting wars brought on when certain landowners began fencing the open range prompted him to call special Legislature which made fence-cutting a felony. He ruled that state capitol be of Texas stone. Urged stricter enforcement of criminal laws, economy in government, reducing public land sales. Term was marked by opening of University of Texas and first labor disturbances Texas had known. Buried State Cemetery, Austin. Delegate to Secession Convention 1861. Joined army as private. Won laurels in that most brilliant wartime effort - the defense of the 800-mile Texas Coast. In September, 1862, repulse of Federals at Corpus Christi, Ireland captured Fleet Captain Kittredge, his flag and arms. Though Ireland was an infantry officer he once plunged waist-deep to capture a Federal vessel off Padre Island. At war's end he was in command of the 8th Texas Regiment defending Galveston. BACK: Kentucky-born. Came to Texas 1853. Mayor of Seguin 1858. Member Consititutional Conventions 1866, 1875. District Judge 1866-67, removed by Reconstruction authorities. Legislator 1872-75. Called "Ox-cart John" for opposing land grants, subsidies to railroads. Supervised plans to oust Governor E. J. Davis in bloodless conflict marking political end of Texas' Reconstruction. Judge State Supreme Court 1875-76. Governor of Texas 1882-86. Fence-cutting wars, brought on when certain landowners began fencing the open range prompted him to call special Legislature which made fence-cutting a felony. He ruled that State Capitol be of Texas stone. Urged strict enforcement of criminal laws, economy in government, reducing public land sales. Term was marked by opening of University of Texas and first labor disturbances Texas had known. Buried State Cemetery, Austin.

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Seguin, Juan Nepomuceno

1834

(1806-1890) Born in San Fernando de Bexar (San Antonio), son of Erasmo Seguin, whose ancestors came to America about 1700. Juan N. Seguin and his father in 1834 rallied fellow Texans against dictator Santa Anna. Young Juan Seguin raised Mexican-Texan troops, and fought in Siege of Bexar, 1835. He provided horses for soldiers of Col. W. B. Travis, further aiding as a courier during the Siege of the Alamo. Between fall of the Alamo and the Battle of San Jacinto, he led his Co. A, 2nd Regiment, Texas Cavalry, as rear guard for Gen. Sam Houston, protecting the civilians fleeing in front of army of Santa Anna. His men and Moseley Baker's troops held San Felipe, preventing Mexican Army from crossing the Brazos there. Then Seguin's unit joined Gen. Sam Houston's army and fought in the Battle of San Jacinto. In May 1836, Seguin gave military burial to the ashes of the heroes of the Alamo. From 1837 to 1840 he served the Republic of Texas as a Senator. Town of Walnut Springs, on the Guadalupe, changed its name, Feb. 25, 1839, to "Seguin", to honor this hero. Juan N. Seguin married Maria Gertrudis Flores. At his death he was buried in Nuevo Laredo, where his grave is cared for by citizens of City of Seguin. (1970)

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Rogers, John Harris

1887

John Harris Rogers, captain in the Texas Rangers , was born outside of Kingsbury in Guadalupe County, Texas, on October 19, 1863, to Pleasant William Miles Rogers and Mary Amanda (Harris) Rogers. He served in a number of positions in law enforcement during four decades of service, including as a U. S. marshal, chief of police in Austin, and a Texas Ranger. Because Rogers served at the same time as captains James A. Brooks , William McDonald , and John R. Hughes , he is considered one of the four "Great Captains" in Texas Ranger history. The 1870 census listed the family in Guadalupe County, where Rogers's father was a stock raiser. Young Rogers initially planned to go into farming but found a different calling in law enforcement. He headed to West Texas and in 1882 joined the Rangers as a private, serving in Company B. He later reenlisted in Company F under Capt. Joe Shely. He was promoted to sergeant in 1889 and to captain on January 1, 1893. Rogers lived through several important moments in Ranger history. For example, he took part in the manhunt for fugitive Fred Conner and other members of the Conner family who had broken Fred out of jail in March 1887. As the Rangers neared the Conner hideout, shots rang out and Rogers was hit twice; both were flesh wounds and he recovered. Rogers also participated in ending the "Fence Cutting Wars" in Brown County ( see FENCE CUTTING ). He was again involved in a shootout with suspected fence cutters. He was also wounded while enforcing a quarantine during a smallpox epidemic in Laredo in 1898-99 ( see LAREDO SMALLPOX RIOT ). The quarantine mainly affected Laredo's Mexican-origin population, as racist assumptions of the time erroneously equated Mexican-origin people with poor hygiene. Sheriff L. R. Ortiz assisted the Rangers in a search for smallpox patients, while former Laredo police officer Agapito Herrera, who in part led the quarantine resistance, opposed the search. After a tense confrontation between these men, shots rang out. Herrera died in this shootout. Rogers was wounded in the shoulder, which left him with a lifelong injury. As a result of his wound in Laredo his arm was shortened, after which he used a specially constructed Winchester rifle. Perhaps Rogers's greatest claim to fame was in the search and ultimate apprehension of Gregorio Cortéz in 1901. He led Texas law enforcement and a posse of about 300 men on a lengthy manhunt after Cortez killed three law officers in two different shootouts. Rogers was sent in to take charge of the posse. Cortéz eluded the posse for ten days and rode hundreds of miles. Rogers doggedly and carefully tracked Cortéz to a ranch near the border. He and Customs Inspector Bill Merriman found Cortéz asleep and took him into custody on June 22, 1901, without incident. Ranger Rogers, described as a "man of principle" whose demeanor was modest and understated, was heralded as an effective law officer. The Gregorio Cortéz example exemplifies his commitment to law enforcement and restraint from extralegal activities that happened with regularity in the Southwest. A large number of Texans, including some in the posse, wanted to lynch Cortéz. The fact that Rogers took Cortéz into custody remains noteworthy. Capt. John H. Rogers resigned his commission from the Rangers on January 31, 1911, in protest to Governor Oscar Colquitt 's opposition to prohibition . After his resignation he was appointed as a deputy U. S. marshal in El Paso. On April 1, 1913, President Woodrow Wilson appointed him United States marshal for the Western District of Texas. He held this position for eight years. He served as Austin's chief of police in 1923-24. On May 15, 1927, he returned to the Texas Rangers and was commissioned captain of Company C. He served in this position until his death. Deeply religious, Rogers joined the Presbyterian Church , was a church elder, and contributed 10 percent of his income to the church organization. About 1892 he married Harriett Burwell Roge

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Wilson Potteries

1857

The vessels made at the Wilson potteries of Guadalupe County represent both the westward extension of Old South cotton culture and the interaction of different cultural groups in mid-nineteenth-century Texas. During the last half of the nineteenth century the three potteries in the community of Capote, near Seguin, supplied a wide area of Central Texas with locally made stoneware necessary for both food storage and preparation. In 1857 John McKamey Wilson , a Presbyterian minister and educator, established the first Wilson pottery, which produced utilitarian alkaline-glazed and salt-glazed stoneware through the Civil War years. Rev. Wilson was not a potter, so the initial pottery operations were probably conducted by his slave potters, Hiram, James, George, and Andrew Wilson. Between 1860 and 1866 a White potter, Marion J. Durham, from Edgefield, South Carolina, and a Black potter named John Chandler came to work at the site. Chandler might have been a free man of color or may have belonged to Durham. Durham and Chandler may have influenced the other potters, because most of the pottery found at the earliest Wilson pottery resembles that of the celebrated Edgefield District of South Carolina. The Edgefield District was a center of pottery-making in the South in the early nineteenth century. Many scholars attribute the creation of the southern alkaline-glazed pottery tradition to this period and place. This complex of technologies included the use of an alkaline-based slip glaze, long-tunnel kilns known as "groundhog kilns," and ovoid utilitarian forms sometimes decorated with slip trailing. This southern pottery tradition spread westward with migrating potters, both free and slave, who were largely trained in Edgefield. The pottery contrasted sharply with the salt-glazed stoneware tradition that dominated the border South states northward into the Ohio valley. The site of the first Wilson pottery near Seguin has most of the characteristics of this southern pottery complex, including green, alkaline-glazed potsherds in a large waste pile and the long, narrow surface indications of a groundhog kiln. However, salt-glazed potsherds also littered the site. The presence of the salt glaze, which was the preferred stoneware glaze from the Mid-Atlantic southern states and states farther north, suggests the presence of a potter from that area. This potter could have been one of the slaves or perhaps Isaac Suttles, an Ohioan who worked with M. J. Durham and Thomas Chandler in 1870, and who could have been present at the first pottery. The wide variety of vessel forms made at this first Wilson site attests to the isolated frontier conditions in Central Texas. Forms such as chamber pots, churns, bowls, pitchers and storage jars were made to satisfy local needs. The Civil War disrupted the lives of all the potters in Capote. After the troops went home and the slaves were freed, the potters at the Wilson potteries relocated to two separate shops in 1869. One was run by M. J. Durham, with John Chandler and Isaac Suttles, and the other was run by the former slaves, Hiram, James, and Andrew Wilson. H. Wilson and Company was one of the rare examples of a pottery owned and operated by a Black man in the nineteenth-century South. Its product combined attributes that can be traced to the earlier Wilson pottery, such as vessel shape and the use of a groundhog kiln, along with some idiosyncratic additions, such as a new type of rim and handle. Hiram and Company only made salt-glazed ware and always marked the vessels with the company's name, a practice not followed by most contemporaries. Hiram Wilson assumed a role in Capote similar to that of his former master in Seguin. He started a church and a school, as well as a pottery. The separation of the Black Wilsons into a freedman's community may have been a response to postwar violence and general hard feelings evident in reports of Freedmen's Bureau officers in Seguin. Two instances of violence again

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Benton, Nathaniel

1835

Nathaniel Benton, Texas Ranger, Confederate cavalry officer, county judge, and teacher, was born in 1811 in Tennessee, son of Nathaniel and Dorothy M. (Branch) Benton. He attended two years of training at West Point, but after his father's death, he joined his mother and her family en route to Texas in October 1835. They settled near Waco on the Brazos River. During the Texas Revolution , Benton and his brother Alfred fought in Sam Houston 's army. Benton's career with Houston's army was cut short when he accidentally shot himself in the foot and almost died. His brother Alfred went on to fight at San Jacinto . In 1837 Benton traveled back to Tennessee to marry Harriet McCulloch, the sister of Texas revolutionary Ben McCulloch . They settled in Dyersburg, Tennessee. They had one son, Benjamin Eustace. His wife died in 1845, and he and his son moved to Guadalupe County, Texas. In 1849 he moved to California seeking fortune in gold but was disappointed by that state's prospects and returned to Texas. In 1855, while Benton and his son were Texas Rangers under the command of Capt. James Hughes Callahan , they engaged in a battle with Lipan Apaches and Kickapoos . Benjamin was severely wounded in the eye but later recovered. Sometime in the 1850s Benton married for a second time to Jane Harris, a native of Tennessee, and they lived near Seguin in Guadalupe County. She died in 1861. Once the Civil War erupted, Benton raised a company of Texas mounted riflemen. Two days later, this company was mustered into service in the Confederate Army as Company B of the Thirty-Sixth Texas Cavalry . Shortly after being mustered, Benton was promoted to lieutenant colonel of the regiment on June 1, 1862. His company was assigned to the Trans-Mississippi Department. He was severely wounded at the April 12–13, 1864, battle of Blair's Landing and as a result lost his right arm. Other sources claim that his wound was a result of the siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana, during the summer of 1863. Despite the discrepancy, Benton's military career ended when he surrendered along with his unit in June 1865. He was subsequently paroled on August 13, 1865. He returned to Seguin where he was elected county judge and taught school. He was a Methodist and a Democrat. He died April 13, 1872, at the home of his brother-in-law General Henry McCulloch in Seguin and is buried in Vaughan Cemetery, Seguin.

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Things to Do in Seguin

historical 15.6 mi away
Gruene Hall

Gruene Hall opened in 1878 and has never closed its doors making it the oldest continuously operating dance hall in Texas. The wooden floor is scuffed smooth…
historical 14.3 mi away
Where George Strait Got His Start

Before George Strait was the King of Country he was a young singer playing regular gigs at Gruene Hall in the 1970s and 80s. The tiny dance hall with no air…
quirky 14.3 mi away
The Kayaker Who Saved a Ghost Town

In 1974 developers had plans to bulldoze what was left of Gruene and build suburban homes. Then a University of Texas architecture student named Chip Kaufman…
nature 14.4 mi away
Comal Springs

Comal Springs in New Braunfels is the largest spring system in Texas -- more than two hundred and fifty individual vents pouring out three hundred million…
historical 14.4 mi away
Gruene Hall

Texas' oldest dance hall (1878). Still hosts live music every night.
historical 14.4 mi away
The Oldest Dance Hall in Texas

Gruene Hall was built in 1878 by a German cotton farmer named Henry D. Gruene and it has never stopped hosting dances. That makes it the oldest continuously…
food 20.5 mi away
City Market Luling

In Luling they dont fuss with menus. You walk through the dining room back to a little smoke-filled pit room where the butcher hands you brisket sausage and…
nature 22.6 mi away
San Marcos Springs

San Marcos Springs is the second-largest spring system in Texas and the longest continuously inhabited site in North America. Archaeologists found evidence of…
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Everything Near Seguin

426 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the nearest 200 are listed here — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

  • Juan Seguín - The Man Behind the Name

    This city is named for Juan Seguín, and his story is one of the most complicated in Texas history. Born in San Antonio in 1806 to a prominent Tejano family, Seguín became a political leader by his twenties — alderman at…

  • The Mother of Concrete Cities

    Long before modern concrete poured across America, this town was quietly pioneering it. In 1846 a physician and chemist named John Park settled in Seguin, found the local caliche and gravel ideal, and patented a…

  • The Magnolia Hotel - Seguin's Most Haunted

    The Magnolia Hotel started as a two-room log cabin in 1840, built by James Campbell. By 1850 it had grown into a ten-room frontier hotel, stagecoach stop, and saloon with a restaurant. Over the next century and a half,…

  • Seguin's Hall of Fame Fireballer

    One of the hardest throwers in baseball history was born right here in Seguin on April 6, 1886. 'Smokey' Joe Williams — also called Cyclone Joe — grew into a 6-foot-4 right-hander whose fastball became legend across a…

  • The Grammy-Winning Songwriter Born in Seguin

    The Grammy-winning folk and country singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith was born in Seguin on July 6, 1953, before her family moved to Austin, where she came of age in the Texas music scene. Griffith built a devoted…

  • Sebastopol House: The Concrete Mansion Named for a Siege

    At 704 Zorn Street stands the finest survivor of Seguin's concrete age. Sebastopol House is a Greek Revival mansion built between 1854 and 1856 by Joshua W. Young for his sister, Catherine LeGette, and it is constructed…

  • The World's Largest Pecan and the Nut War With Missouri

    Seguin calls itself the Pecan Capital of Texas, and it has the monument to prove it. In 1962 the city unveiled a five-foot, roughly 1,000-pound concrete pecan on the Guadalupe County Courthouse lawn at 101 East Court…

  • Seguin, TX

    Seguin, Texas, is a city with a rich history deeply rooted in the early days of the Republic of Texas. Founded just 16 months after the Texas Revolution began, Seguin is one of the oldest towns in the state. It played a…

  • The River Walk Architect's Other Masterpiece

    Max Starcke Park hugs a bend of the Guadalupe River, and its centerpiece, Saffold Dam, quietly powered Seguin into the modern age. The dam grew from a natural rock ledge in the riverbed that a mill owner named Henry…

  • Guadalupe County, C.S.A. · Historical Marker

    Star and Wreath Two local companies of volunteers were with Ben McCulloch in San Antonio, Feb. 16, 1861 when U.S. Arsenal was surrounded by Texans and surrender demanded. An encounter in a charged atmosphere which could…

  • The Water Ski Capital of Texas

    Five miles west of downtown, the Guadalupe River widens into Lake McQueeney, a long ribbon of water that locals proudly call the Water Ski Capital of Texas. The lake is entirely man-made: construction of its dam, also…

  • The Headless Walker of Milam Street

    After dark, Milam Street carries one of Seguin's oldest ghost stories — and it has nothing to do with the town's famous haunted hotel. For generations, locals have traded accounts of a headless figure that drifts along…

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  • Switchback: The Record-Breaking Coaster That Ran Both Ways

    For 18 years, a small family amusement park called ZDT's drew thrill-seekers to Seguin. Danny and Sarah Donhauser opened it in 2007 on about 10 acres, naming it for the first initials of their three kids — Zac,…

  • Seguin - Pecan Capital · Historical Marker

    There's a pecan on the courthouse lawn in Seguin that's sixteen feet long and weighs over a thousand pounds. It's the world's largest pecan, and it's been sitting there since 1962, because when you're the Pecan Capital…

  • Ireland, Colonel John · 0.1 mi · Historical Marker

    Home Town of Texas Confederate Colonel John Ireland. Delegate to Secession Convention 1861. Joined army as private. Won laurels in that most brilliant wartime effort - the defense of the 800-mile Texas coast in…

  • Seguin, Juan Nepomuceno · 0.1 mi · Historical Marker

    (1806-1890) Born in San Fernando de Bexar (San Antonio), son of Erasmo Seguin, whose ancestors came to America about 1700. Juan N. Seguin and his father in 1834 rallied fellow Texans against dictator Santa Anna. Young…

  • Seguin, Juan · 0.1 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Seguin, a city that honors a hero of the Texas Revolution. In 1974, citizens brought the remains of Juan Seguin back to this city. Two years later, on July 4th, 1976, he was reinterred here in a…

  • St. Andrew's Episcopal Church · 0.1 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Seguin, and right here is St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, built in 1876. Designed by Stephen White, its original frame building took a hit in an 1886 storm when it lost its bell tower. But this…

  • Women's Club Rooms, The · 0.2 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Seguin, and right here, you're passing the historic Women's Club Rooms. Built between 1902 and 1903, this was the very first building in Texas constructed exclusively for women's clubs. Imagine…

  • Campbell Cabin · 0.2 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the Campbell Cabin, a log structure that's a reminder of early Irish immigration to Texas. John Campbell came to Seguin before 1847, and likely built the first room of this cabin around 1850. He then…

  • Los Nogales · 0.2 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Los Nogales, Spanish for walnuts. Built in 1849 for German immigrant Justus Gombert, this adobe structure started as just one room. It later served as a campground for Freemen's Bureau members after…

  • Guadalupe High School · 0.2 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Seguin, and right here is the site of Guadalupe High School. Chartered on December 3rd, 1849, this wasn't just any school; it was the very first school in Seguin financed by public subscription.…

  • Black Education in Seguin · 0.4 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Seguin, where the fight for Black education began right here in 1871. Thanks to the efforts of Reverend Ilsley and Reverend Ball, the first public school for Black children in Seguin opened on this…

  • Second Baptist Church of Seguin · 0.4 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Seguin, where a beacon of hope was founded just after the Civil War. Look for the site of the Second Baptist Church of Seguin. In November of 1865, Reverend Leonard Ilsley, who had come to Seguin…

  • The Patriot in Exile · 0.5 mi

    The man this town is named for, Juan Nepomuceno Seguin, lived a life fit for a movie. He was a hero of the Texas Revolution — a cavalry captain sent out of the Alamo as a courier, commander of the only Tejano unit at…

  • The Wilson Pottery Legacy · 0.5 mi

    One of the most important stories in Texas Black history began just east of Seguin, out in the Capote Hills. Several men named Wilson learned to throw and fire stoneware there while enslaved by a potter named John M.…

  • Wilson Pottery - America's First Black-Owned Businesses · 0.5 mi

    Inside the Sebastopol House here in Seguin, there's an exhibit that tells one of the most remarkable stories in Texas craft history. The Wilson Pottery was founded by formerly enslaved men who learned the trade while in…

  • Sebastopol House - Texas' Concrete Pioneer · 0.5 mi

    This Greek Revival house has been standing here for over 150 years, and the way it was built is the real story. The builders used limecrete — a mixture of local gravel and lime developed by Seguin chemist John Esten…

  • The Unforgettable Sebastopol House · 0.5 mi

    If you see one building in Seguin, make it the Sebastopol House. Built in 1856, this is not your typical Texas home. It is a masterpiece of nineteenth-century innovation, put up almost entirely from limecrete, an early…

  • Seguin's Concrete Revolution · 0.5 mi

    Seguin is called the Mother of Concrete Cities, and it earned the name honestly. Dr. John E. Park, who died in 1872, faced a plain problem out on the prairie: good lumber was scarce and expensive. So he looked down. The…

  • Sebastopol House Historic Site · 0.5 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Get ready to see something unique: a Greek Revival mansion built entirely of concrete! This is the Sebastopol House, a testament to ingenuity and resourcefulness in 1856. Joshua W. Young built this house for his sister,…

  • Juan Seguin School · 0.5 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Seguin, Texas, where for decades, a story of education and segregation unfolded. Back in 1902, the city decided to create a separate school for its Mexican children, many of whom were immigrants…

  • Sebastopol · 0.5 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Sebastopol, a Greek Revival house built way back in 1854. What makes it special? It was constructed using limecrete, an early form of concrete. This house was home to Seguin mayor Joseph Zorn Jr. for…

  • Joseph Sonka House · 0.5 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the former Joseph Sonka House in Seguin. Sonka, a stonemason and Czechoslovakian immigrant, arrived here in 1878. He quickly established a brickyard and cotton gin right near this spot. In 1881, he…

  • John F. McGuffin · 0.5 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Seguin, and just ahead is the site where John F. McGuffin lived. Born in South Carolina in 1813, McGuffin answered the call to Texas in 1837. He was a soldier in the Army of Texas, fighting for…

  • Hugo and Georgia Gibson House · 0.5 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the former home of Dr. Hugo Gibson and his wife, Georgia. They arrived in Seguin in 1929 to join the staff of Texas Lutheran College, then called Texas Lutheran University. Hugo, a language and choir…

  • Riverside Cemetery · 0.5 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Riverside Cemetery, a final resting place with roots reaching back to the Smith family graveyard. Ezekiel and Susanna Smith arrived from Virginia in 1837, settling this land. Their son, French Smith,…

  • Claiborne West · 0.6 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Seguin, and right here is a marker for Claiborne West. He wasn't born a Texan, but he sure helped make Texas a nation. West was a delegate to key conventions in 1832 and 1835, and even served on…

  • Moore House · 0.6 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the Moore House in Seguin, a home with a fascinating connection to history. John Moore, an Irish immigrant and Seguin newspaperman, built a small frame house here in 1895. Just a year later, he…

  • Millett, Samuel · 0.6 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the resting place of Samuel Millett, a brave soldier who fought for Texas independence. He was part of the fight in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1835</say-as> and <say-as…

  • Jones, Timothy Pickering · 0.6 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the birthplace of Timothy Pickering Jones, born November 22, 1814. Jones arrived in Texas on his birthday in 1835, just in time to serve as an officer in the Texas War for Independence. He later…

  • Smith, Ezekiel · 0.6 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the resting place of Ezekiel Smith, a soldier who fought for Texas. Born in Virginia, Smith joined the Army of Texas and participated in the Mier Expedition back in 1842. That was a disastrous raid…

  • Douglas, Jonathan · 0.6 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the final resting place of Jonathan Douglas, a Georgia native who came to Texas and fought for its independence. He was there at the Battle of San Jacinto, a pivotal moment that secured Texas's…

  • King Family Cemetery · 0.8 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the King Family Cemetery, a resting place for some of Seguin's earliest pioneers. Three King brothers arrived in Texas in the late 1830s, helping to found this very town. Their mother and a younger…

  • Davila's BBQ: Smoke in the Shadow of the Water Tower · 0.9 mi

    If you want barbecue with real Seguin roots, point yourself toward Davila's, which has been smoking meat in this town since 1959. Sitting near the corner of West Kingsbury and Traeger streets, in the shadow of the old…

  • Benton, Col. Nathaniel · 1.0 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Seguin, where Colonel Nathaniel Benton lived a life tied to Texas's military history. Born in Tennessee in 1814, Benton arrived in Texas in 1835, just in time to serve in the army during the Texas…

  • Rogers, John Harris · 1.3 mi · Tsha Handbook

    John Harris Rogers, captain in the Texas Rangers , was born outside of Kingsbury in Guadalupe County, Texas, on October 19, 1863, to Pleasant William Miles Rogers and Mary Amanda (Harris) Rogers. He served in a number…

  • Wilson Potteries · 1.3 mi · Tsha Handbook

    The vessels made at the Wilson potteries of Guadalupe County represent both the westward extension of Old South cotton culture and the interaction of different cultural groups in mid-nineteenth-century Texas. During the…

  • Texas HS Baseball Leaders 2026: Seguin (Seguin) · 1.3 mi

    Seguin (Seguin, TX) placed on the 5A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Ian Moreno (0.457 avg); Brayden Monroe (0.457 avg).

  • The College That Was Rescued by a Cotton Field · 1.3 mi

    Texas Lutheran University, which anchors the north side of Seguin, did not start here at all. Its roots reach to 1891, when the first German Evangelical Lutheran Synod in Texas founded an academy called Evangelical…

  • The Guadalupe River · 1.3 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving along the Guadalupe River, one of the very first rivers explored by Europeans in Texas. In <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1689</say-as>, a Spaniard named Alonso de Leon named it for Our Lady of…

  • Henry Troell · 1.3 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of a remarkable immigrant success story in Seguin. Henry Troell arrived from Germany sometime before 1860. After serving in the Confederate Army, he married Johanna Woehler in 1872. Troell…

  • Biesele, Leopold · 1.3 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Guadalupe County, and right here is where a German revolutionary found a new life. Leopold Biesele fought in the 1849 uprising in Baden, Germany, even elected lieutenant by his own men. But the…

  • Darst Creek Oilfield · 1.3 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through eastern Guadalupe County, right here where the Darst Creek oilfield once flowed. Discovered in July of <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1929</say-as>, this field quickly became a pioneer. It…

  • Saffold Dam · 1.3 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Saffold Dam, a testament to Seguin's industrial past. Originally just a natural rock outcropping, this dam was first improved in the late 1800s by Henry Troell. He added rock to raise the water…

  • Dietz, TX · 1.3 mi · Tsha Handbook

    Dietz was on State Highway 46 eight miles northwest of Seguin in Guadalupe County. The land was part of the 1831 Esnaurizar land grant of eleven leagues. Jacob de Cordova , land agent, author, and entrepreneur, settled…

  • Texas Lutheran College · 1.4 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Seguin, home to a college with a rich, multicultural history. It all started back in 1890 when the first German Evangelical Lutheran Synod in Texas decided to open a school. The Evangelical…

  • Benton, Nathaniel · 1.5 mi · Tsha Handbook

    Nathaniel Benton, Texas Ranger, Confederate cavalry officer, county judge, and teacher, was born in 1811 in Tennessee, son of Nathaniel and Dorothy M. (Branch) Benton. He attended two years of training at West Point,…

  • King, John Rhodes · 1.5 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Seguin, a town with a founding story tied to a Texas Ranger and civic leader. John Rhodes King arrived in Texas in 1837 and, finding prejudice in Gonzales, helped form a company to buy and survey…

  • Sowell, Andrew Jackson · 1.5 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Seguin, Texas, home of Andrew Jackson Sowell. He was a farmer who, with his brothers, were the first White men to raise corn in what is now Guadalupe County back in 1833. Sowell was at the Alamo,…

  • Williams, Joe · 1.5 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Seguin, Texas, the birthplace of baseball legend Joe Williams, also known as Smokey Joe. Born around 1876, Williams became one of the fastest pitchers in the Negro leagues. He played for…

  • Erskine, Andrew Nelson · 1.5 mi · Tsha Handbook

    Andrew Nelson Erskine, Texas Ranger, surveyor, and Confederate soldier, was born in Sweet Springs, Monroe County, Virginia, on March 12, 1826, the fifth of ten children born to Agnes D. (Haynes) and Michael H. Erskine .…

  • Seguin, Juan Nepomuceno · 1.5 mi · Tsha Handbook

    Juan Seguín, political and military figure of the Texas Revolution and Republic of Texas , was born in San Antonio on October 27, 1806, the elder of two sons of Juan José María Erasmo Seguín and María Josefa Becerra .…

  • Anderson, William T. · 1.5 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving past Seguin, Texas, the birthplace of William T. Anderson. Born a slave in 1859, Anderson's life took him far from here, to the front lines of the Spanish-American War and beyond. In 1897, he was…

  • Babel, A. O. · 1.5 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Guadalupe County, maybe near Seguin, where the legend of the "Cowboy Pianist" began. A. O. Babel, born Oscar, was billed as a musical phenomenon in the late 1800s. A sensationalized dime novel…

  • Bane, John Pierson · 1.5 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Seguin, the heart of Guadalupe County, where John Pierson Bane raised cattle before the Civil War. In early 1861, Bane wasn't just a rancher; he was forming the Guadalupe Rangers, becoming their…

  • Flores, Manuel [1801–1868] · 1.5 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through South Texas, perhaps near Seguin or Atascosa County, and you might be passing by land once owned by Manuel Flores. Born around 1801 in San Antonio, Flores was a rancher who also answered the call…

  • Guadalupe College · 1.5 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Seguin, Texas, a town with a rich educational past. Right here, in 1884, members of the Guadalupe Baptist Association founded Guadalupe College. This institution was a beacon for African Americans…

  • Hunter, Robert Hancock · 1.5 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through what is now Guadalupe County, not far from Seguin. Right here, Robert Hancock Hunter was guarding the baggage train during the Battle of San Jacinto. His rifle wasn't exactly top-of-the-line – the…

  • Ireland, Anna Maria Penn · 1.5 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Seguin, Texas, and right here, Anna Maria Penn Ireland made a remarkable choice during the Civil War. While her husband, Governor John Ireland, raised troops, Anna didn't just stay home. She…

  • McCulloch, Henry Eustace · 1.5 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Guadalupe County, and right here in Seguin is where Henry Eustace McCulloch spent much of his life. He was a pioneer, a Texas Ranger, and a Confederate officer, but he also had a reputation for…

  • Swift, Arthur · 1.5 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving near Seguin, a town that owes its very existence to pioneers like Arthur Swift. Back in 1838, Swift was a Texas Ranger, patrolling this very area. He was among the first to see the potential of the land…

  • Tom, William · 1.5 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Guadalupe County, near Seguin, where William Tom settled after fighting in major battles like Horseshoe Bend and New Orleans during the War of 1812. He moved his family to Stephen F. Austin's…

  • Weinert, Hilda Blumberg · 1.5 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Seguin, Texas, the hometown of Hilda Blumberg Weinert, a woman so deeply involved in Texas politics, she earned the nickname "Mrs. Democrat." From 1936 to 1968, Weinert was a delegate to *every*…

  • Wilson, John McKamey, Jr. · 1.5 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Guadalupe County, not far from Seguin, where Reverend John McKamey Wilson arrived in 1856. He was a Presbyterian minister, but his scientific curiosity led him to pottery. He started making…

  • Banks, John Willard · 1.5 mi · Tsha Handbook

    John Willard Banks, black self-taught artist, the son of Charlie and Cora Lee (McIntyre) Banks, was born on November 7, 1912, near Seguin, Texas. At the age of five his parents took him to San Antonio, where he attended…

  • Seguin, TX · 1.5 mi · Tsha Handbook

    Seguin, the county seat of Guadalupe County, is on Interstate Highway 10 and the Guadalupe River, thirty-five miles northeast of San Antonio in the central part of the county. The land is suited for agriculture and…

  • Erskine, Michael H. · 1.5 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Guadalupe County, not far from Seguin. Right here, in 1839, Michael Erskine arrived in Texas, settling first near Port Lavaca. He and his family survived the Linnville Raid and defended their…

  • Guadalupe County · 1.5 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Guadalupe County, a place named for the river that flows through it, a river named by Alonso de Leon back in 1689. This land was a frontier, caught between Spanish land grants and the wildness of…

  • Schmidt, Jacob · 1.5 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Seguin, Texas, a town that played a role in the story of Jacob Schmidt. Born in Hungary in 1889, Schmidt immigrated to the U.S. in 1907. He eventually made his way to Seguin, where he began a new…

  • Texas Lutheran University · 1.5 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Seguin right now, home to Texas Lutheran University. But did you know this school started over a hundred miles north in Brenham back in 1891? It was founded as the Evangelical Lutheran College by…

  • Weinert, Hilmar Herman · 1.5 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Seguin, the town where H.H. Weinert got his start. He was born here in 1887, served as the youngest mayor ever elected, and then took over the Seguin State Bank and Trust. But Weinert wasn't just…

  • Yager, William Overall · 1.5 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Seguin, Texas, where William Overall Yager made his home. Yager wasn't just any resident; he was a VMI graduate and a banker before the Civil War called him to duty. He joined the Confederate…

  • Burges, Lizzie Margaret · 1.5 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Seguin, and right here is a place named for Lizzie Margaret Burges. She was a dedicated teacher who spent her entire life in this town. After graduating from Guadalupe College in 1904, she…

  • Goodrich, Washington Edmund · 1.5 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Seguin, Texas, a town that owes a lot to Washington Edmund Goodrich. He arrived here in 1854 and quickly became a pillar of the community. Goodrich served as mayor of Seguin in 1858, then…

  • Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority · 1.5 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through South Texas, maybe near Seguin, where the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority has its main offices. Back on October 17, 1935, the Texas Legislature created this public water conservation district.…

  • Lee, John Robert Edward · 1.5 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Seguin, Texas, the birthplace of John Robert Edward Lee. Born a slave right here in 1864, Lee went on to become a towering figure in education. He taught math and Latin, served as dean of men, and…

  • Terrell, Ben Stockton · 1.5 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Guadalupe County, not far from where Ben Stockton Terrell lived. Born in Colorado County in 1842, Terrell was a farmer, a lawyer, and a soldier in Hood's Brigade, even fighting at Sharpsburg. But…

  • San Geronimo Cemetery · 1.7 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past San Geronimo Cemetery, a resting place that began as a family farm. In 1846, William and Margaret Beard were buried here, just one day apart, on land William received from the Republic of Texas. But…

  • Seguin's Senator John Traeger · 1.7 mi

    State Highway One Twenty Three through Seguin, between Interstate Ten and U.S. Highway Ninety A, is the Senator John Traeger Memorial Highway. John Andrew Traeger was born in nineteen twenty one and became a resident of…

  • Sowell, Andrew Jackson · 1.8 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of Andrew Jackson Sowell's final resting place. Born in Tennessee in 1815, Sowell arrived in Texas around 1829, just in time to serve in the Army of Texas. His most dramatic moment came when…

  • McCulloch, Henry Eustace · 1.8 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Seguin, and right here in this lot lies Henry Eustace McCulloch. He was a true Texas legend. McCulloch served in the Texas Ranger service way back in <say-as interpret-as="date"…

  • Dale, Elija Valentine · 1.8 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the resting place of Elija Valentine Dale, a veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto. Born in Georgia in 1807, Elija fought for Texas independence before settling here. He lived a long life, passing…

  • Lonis, George Washington · 1.8 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site where George Washington Lonis lived out his final years. He arrived in Texas way back in 1830, before it was even Texas. Lonis fought in the campaign against Bexar and was wounded at the…

  • McAnelly, Robert D. · 1.8 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the Seguin area, where Robert D. McAnelly made his home. Born in Kentucky in 1806, McAnelly arrived in Texas in 1835, just in time to join the Texas Army on its march to San Antonio. He was part of…

  • Sowell, John N. · 1.8 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the resting place of John N. Sowell, a veteran of the Texas Revolution. Born in Tennessee, Sowell arrived in Texas around 1829. He served in the Army of Texas in 1836, fighting for the independence…

  • Guadalupe County · 2.1 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Guadalupe County right now, formed from Gonzales and Bexar counties back in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1846</say-as>. It’s named for the Guadalupe River, a name given by Spanish…

  • The Revolution Captain Who Fled, Then Was Buried in Seguin · 2.3 mi

    A stretch of Interstate Ten carries a local designation, the Juan N Seguin Memorial Highway, and the town of Seguin is named in honor of the same man. Juan Seguin was born in San Antonio in eighteen oh six. He fought in…

  • Tiemann School · 3.2 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of Tiemann School, a place that served this community for over forty years. It started in 1903 as a simple one-room schoolhouse, thanks to Theodore Tiemann, who sold an acre of land for just…

  • The Seguin Warden Who Saved His Partner · 3.9 mi

    Business State Highway One Twenty Three through Seguin is the Texas Game Warden Teyran Ty Patterson Memorial Highway. Ty Patterson was a Seguin native, born in nineteen seventy eight. He graduated from the local high…

  • McQueeney, TX · 4.4 mi

    Lake McQueeney, a reservoir on the Guadalupe River in Texas, was formed in 1928 by damming the river to provide hydroelectric power. Dams work by blocking the flow of water, creating a reservoir that can store energy.…

  • Battleground Prairie · 4.6 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Battleground Prairie, the site of a decisive clash in the early days of the Texas Republic. On March 29, 1839, 80 Texas volunteers under General Edward Burleson met Vicente Cordova and his mixed…

  • Dugger Cemetery · 4.7 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the Dugger Cemetery, originally called Cottonwood Cemetery. It's the final resting place for many early pioneers, but the earliest burials tell a grim story. In 1872, Lee Dora Southern and her uncle…

  • Jose Antonio Navarro Ranch · 4.9 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the land that was once part of Jose Antonio Navarro's ranch. Born in San Antonio in 1795, Navarro was a key player in the Texas Revolution, even signing the Declaration of Independence. He bought…

  • Mcqueeney, TX · 5.1 mi

    McQueeney sits nestled in the heart of the Texas coastal plain, a landscape sculpted by ancient seas. Imagine the Gulf of Mexico reaching far inland millions of years ago, leaving behind layers of sediment that slowly…

  • Boecker Cemetery · 5.8 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of Boecker Cemetery, established in 1896. It began as a family burial ground on Friedrich Boecker's farm when he died in 1880, with eleven more neighbors buried here over the next fourteen…

  • Hardscramble · 5.9 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Hardscramble, the home of three legendary Texas Rangers. From 1841 to 1853, this was the residence of brothers Henry and Ben McCulloch. Later, Nathaniel Benton lived here in 1858, followed by Elijah…

  • Navarro School · 6.0 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of Navarro School, a landmark that's served Geronimo students for over a century. It started way back in 1889 as a simple one-room schoolhouse, just a half-mile northeast of here. By the…

  • Texas HS Baseball Leaders 2026: Navarro (Geronimo) · 6.5 mi

    Navarro (Geronimo, TX) placed on the 4A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Tyler Riske (3 HR).

  • Geronimo, TX · 6.5 mi

    In the mid-1800s, Geronimo, Texas, became a social center for German settlers who moved into the area from Schumansville in 1860. They formed a community and by 1891, Geronimo had grown into a small town with a general…

  • Woman Hollering Creek · 6.8 mi · Things to Do

    Named for the screaming heard along its banks at night. A Texas variant of La Llorona the weeping woman who drowned her children and wanders waterways crying…

  • The German Cotton Empire · 7.1 mi · Things to Do

    Ernst Gruene and his bride Antoinette arrived in Texas from Germany in 1845 chasing the promise of cheap land. By 1872 the family had purchased 6000 acres…

  • Friedens Church · 7.3 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Friedens Church, a beautiful example of Modified Gothic architecture. Its story begins in 1896, when it was organized near Barbarossa. But the building you see was designed by Jacob Kiefer and…

  • Lone Oak Cemetery · 7.4 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Lone Oak Cemetery, a final resting place with roots stretching back to 1897. German immigrants in the Geronimo area gathered that January, realizing they needed a dedicated spot for their community.…

  • Site of Dietz Community · 7.7 mi · Historical Marker

    Keep your eyes peeled as you drive through Seguin, because you're passing the site of a community that started with a Jamaican immigrant and ended with a singing group. In 1851, Jacob De Cordova, a land agent who sold…

  • Altwein Family · 7.8 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of the Altwein family farm, just outside McQueeney. Johann Gotthülf Altwein, a mill builder, brought his family here from Prussia in 1851. They settled on this land along the Guadalupe River…

  • Sweet Home Vocational and Agricultural School · 8.7 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through southwest Guadalupe County, passing the site of the Sweet Home Vocational and Agricultural School. From 1924 to 1962, this school served Negro students, a testament to educational progress. It was…

  • Freedmen's Fraternal Order Founded Sweet Home · 8.9 mi

    South of Seguin, in Guadalupe County, free Black Texans founded the community of Sweet Home in 1864, organized in part through the United Brothers of Friendship, a Black mutual-aid order founded in Louisville, Kentucky,…

  • Schumannsville Cemetery · 9.1 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of Schumannsville Cemetery, a final resting place for German immigrants who settled here in the mid-1800s. August Wilhelm Schumann arrived from Germany in 1846, buying a large tract of land.…

  • Clear Spring Hall and Storage · 9.4 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through the former Clear Spring Community, just outside Seguin. This area was settled by German immigrants back in the 1840s and 50s. The community itself never quite became a town, but this spot was the…

  • Lake Dunlap, TX · 9.8 mi

    Lake Dunlap Dam, located in Guadalupe County, Texas, is a critical structure that once failed in 2019, draining the lake. The dam's function is to create a reservoir by holding back water, which is essential for water…

  • Wilson Potteries · 9.8 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of Wilson Potteries, a business that started with a Presbyterian minister and his slaves. In 1860, Reverend John M. Wilson set up a pottery kiln right here to make much-needed earthen…

  • Manuel Flores: Patriot and Pariah · 10.2 mi

    Local tradition ties the name Santa Clara to a Tejano rancher whose life ran straight through the Texas Revolution: Manuel Flores. Born in San Antonio around 1801, he joined the volunteer company raised by his…

  • The Flash Flood Engine of Cibolo Creek · 10.2 mi

    Cibolo Creek has a dangerous dual personality, and the reason is geology. It rises at Turkey Knob near Boerne, up in Kendall County, and runs about ninety-six miles southeast to meet the San Antonio River in Karnes…

  • The Town That Woke Up · 10.2 mi

    For most of its life Santa Clara was perfectly happy not being a town. It was a place, not a city - farms strung out along the county road, a church, a cemetery, and a one-teacher school that in 1904 had thirty-two…

  • Kingsbury, William Gilliam · 10.4 mi · Tsha Handbook

    William Gilliam Kingsbury, dentist, agriculturalist, and immigration agent, was born at Booncillo, Oneida County, New York, on November 6, 1823. He attended the district school and a seminary at Cazenovia and studied…

  • Stamps, Thomas Dodson · 10.4 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving near Kingsbury, Texas, the birthplace of Thomas Dodson Stamps. Born in 1893, Stamps wasn't just a local kid; he became a decorated brigadier general in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He served with…

  • Kingsbury, TX · 10.4 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Kingsbury, a town born from the railroad. <break time="400ms"/> Back in 1875, the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway pushed through this part of Guadalupe County. <break time="400ms"/>…

  • Two Marions, One Town Name · 10.6 mi

    The little railroad town you're rolling through carries a name with two competing origin stories, and the honest answer is that both have been told here for over a century. The official version, carried by the Handbook…

  • From a Railroad Camp to a German Farm Town · 10.6 mi

    Before there was a town here, there was a camp. When the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway pushed its line across western Guadalupe County in the mid-1870s, the work crews threw up a temporary settlement…

  • Two Gins, Two Mills, and a Cotton Economy · 10.6 mi

    For its first 70 years, Marion ran on cotton and corn. By the mid-1880s the young town already had steam, grist, and saw mills, two cotton gins, four general stores, a church, a district school, and about 250 residents,…

  • A Town Engineered Around a Railroad · 10.6 mi

    Marion is one of the cleanest examples in Texas of a town designed by an engineer rather than grown by accident. When Colonel Thomas W. Peirce platted the site in 1876, he did not just scatter lots; he laid the town out…

  • Real German Sausage on the Old Main Street · 10.6 mi

    If you want to taste the German farm-town that Marion has always been, pull in at Penshorn's Meat Market at 113 West San Antonio Street. It is exactly the kind of old-line country butcher shop that the town's German…

  • From Cotton Wagons to Commuter Traffic · 10.6 mi

    For most of its life Marion barely grew. It had around 250 people in the 1880s, 373 by 1940, and was still under 700 in 1980, a sleepy farm town on FM 78 between Seguin and San Antonio. Then the metro caught up to it.…

  • Marion, TX · 10.6 mi

    Marion, Texas, sits nestled in Guadalupe County, a place where the echoes of the past still whisper on the breeze. The town sprang up alongside the railroad in the late 19th century, a vital artery that connected the…

  • Marion Public Schools · 10.6 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Marion, a town with German roots, founded back in 1877 as a railroad hub. Right here, a man named T. W. Peirce believed in education, donating three thousand dollars and land for free public…

  • Jauer Family Cemetery · 10.6 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Guadalupe County, passing the Jauer Family Cemetery. This burial ground was likely set aside around 1853, with the death of an unnamed infant daughter. It holds the remains of Johann Carl Ludwig…

  • Founding of Town of Marion, 1877 · 10.7 mi · Historical Marker

    You're cruising through Marion, Texas, a town born from a railroad boom. Back in 1870, the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway was pushing west, aiming to connect interior Texas to the coast. Colonel Thomas W.…

  • Herrington, Joseph · 10.7 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Angelina County, and right here, in what was once the Republic of Texas, you're passing through the birthplace of its county government. Joseph Herrington, just twenty-two years old, was appointed…

  • Marion, TX (Angelina County) · 10.7 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Angelina County, and right near here was Marion, once known as McNeill's Landing. Back in 1828, this was the northernmost steamboat stop on the Angelina River, a vital link bringing cotton down to…

  • Graded by mules, shovels and black powder · 10.8 mi

    The town of Kingsbury is a direct result of a massive 19th-century engineering project. When you drive along Highway 90 here, you’re roughly paralleling the route chosen by the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio…

  • The Bank That Opened Behind a Saloon · 10.8 mi

    The Marion State Bank at 301 West San Antonio Street is one of the oldest community-chartered banks in Texas, and its first home was about as small-town as it gets. The bank received its state charter on October 26,…

  • From Stagecoach to Steam Engine · 10.8 mi

    Before Kingsbury was a railroad town, this was stage country. Coaches worked the rough overland gap between Seguin and Luling, and an English settlers' agent named Sam Neel had built a home near here in the early 1870s.…

  • Marion State Bank · 10.8 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of the Marion State Bank, a financial institution that's been a cornerstone of this community for over a century. Chartered on October 26, 1906, it was one of the first state-chartered banks…

  • The Town That Drew a Line · 10.9 mi

    As you drive the roads around New Berlin, you're crossing lines that were drawn more recently than you'd guess. German immigrants settled this corner of southwestern Guadalupe County in the 1870s, eleven miles out from…

  • Engineering a Border to Stop a City · 10.9 mi

    The existence of New Berlin as a city today comes down to a piece of civic paperwork. For most of its life this was a small German farming community in Guadalupe County -- a couple of gristmills, cotton gins, a store, a…

  • New Berlin, TX · 10.9 mi

    New Berlin was founded in 1868 by German immigrants who came to the area, making it a German-Texan town with a rich history. Carl August Edward 'Ed' Tewes is considered the founding father of the town. A notable event…

  • Tewes House · 10.9 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the Tewes House, built in the 1870s by a German immigrant who served in the Civil War. Carl August Edward Tewes arrived in Texas in 1854, became a successful merchant, and served as postmaster for 26…

  • Site of Muelder Store · 11.0 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through New Berlin, a community built by German settlers back in the 1840s. Now, look for the spot where the Muelder Store once stood. In 1898, a partnership formed, running a general store, saloon, and…

  • An Engineered Town · 11.2 mi

    The town of Marion owes its shape to 19th-century civil engineering, but not its name. When the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway ran its line west in 1877, the engineers were solving for grade and for…

  • The German Cornerstone · 11.2 mi

    If you want the historical anchor of Marion, look for a steeple, but start with the name. The town dates to 1877, when the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway ran its line through a plantation owned by Joshua…

  • The Heartbeat of a Small Town: Bulldog Football · 11.2 mi

    In a town like Marion, some of the biggest stories aren't in the distant past; they're happening right now, under the Friday night lights. The Marion Bulldogs are the heartbeat of this community. When you drive past the…

  • Former Site of Dowdy School · 11.2 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the former site of Dowdy School, a place that served Seguin students for decades. It started in 1916 as the Wolters-Nixon School after two districts merged. An oil boom in the early 1930s brought new…

  • Christ Lutheran Church of Elm Creek · 11.2 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of Christ Lutheran Church of Elm Creek. German immigrants settled this area in the late 1800s, gathering for worship in homes and the local schoolhouse. They officially organized their…

  • Warncke Cemetery · 11.6 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the Warncke Cemetery, a resting place for German immigrants who settled in New Berlin. Heinrich and Elisabeth Warncke set aside this land for burials between 1876 and 1882. The earliest marked grave…

  • Comal County · 12.2 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Comal County, a place named for its unique river, shaped like a pancake where its springs bubble up. This county was officially created on March 24th, 1846, and organized just a few months later…

  • Near River Crossing Used by New Braunfels' First Settlers · 12.3 mi

    You're driving past a spot that marked the end of a long, hard journey for some of Texas' earliest German settlers. Imagine, six months after leaving Europe, about 200 colonists arrive here at the Guadalupe River…

  • New Braunfels · 12.3 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through New Braunfels, a town founded in 1845 by Prince Karl of Solms-Braunfels. This was the main destination for German immigrants heading into Central and West Texas. During the Civil War, the town…

  • Faust Street Bridge · 12.4 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the Faust Street Bridge, a survivor of Texas's early infrastructure boom. For centuries, travelers crossed the Guadalupe River right here on El Camino Real, often waiting weeks for floodwaters to…

  • Post Oak Community Cemetery · 12.4 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the Post Oak Community Cemetery, a final resting place for many of this area's German immigrant families. The Post Oak Zion Evangelical Church, founded in 1885, served this community. In 1894, two…

  • Gruene: The Town That Came Back to Life · 12.5 mi

    Just a few miles from downtown New Braunfels, you'll find what looks like a separate, perfectly preserved 19th-century town. This is Gruene. It was founded in the 1870s by Ernst Gruene's son, Henry D. Gruene, as a…

  • Taming the Guadalupe with Canyon Dam · 12.5 mi

    The Guadalupe River flowing through New Braunfels is beautiful, but it has a history of destructive power. Major floods in 1936 and 1938 pushed state and community leaders to demand federal help, and the answer was a…

  • Gruene Hall's hidden air-cooling system · 12.5 mi

    Gruene Hall has been open since 1878, and for almost a hundred and fifty years, staying cool inside meant ceiling fans, a couple of swamp coolers, and whatever breeze came through the open windows. Joe Ely tells it that…

  • Wurstfest: A Ten-Day Salute to Sausage · 12.5 mi

    Every November, New Braunfels transforms. The air fills with the sounds of polka music and the smell of sizzling sausage. This is Wurstfest. What you see today—a massive, ten-day festival drawing over 100,000…

  • Schlitterbahn: The World's First Waterpark Resort · 12.5 mi

    Right here on the banks of the Comal River is one of the most inventive waterparks ever built. In the 1960s and 70s, Bob and Billye Henry ran a small resort here -- a few simple cabins and river inner tubes. In 1979,…

  • The Cotton Gin That Became a Restaurant · 12.5 mi · Things to Do

    Henry Gruene built a cotton gin next to the Guadalupe River in the 1870s powered by the rivers current. For decades it processed cotton from surrounding farms.…

  • The Father of Texas Botany · 12.5 mi

    On Comal Avenue, you can pass a small, unassuming half-timbered house that was home to a scientific giant. This was the home of Ferdinand Lindheimer. A German political refugee, Lindheimer came to New Braunfels in 1844…

  • New Braunfels, TX · 12.5 mi

    In 1845, Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels, Commissioner General of the Mainzer Adelsverein, established New Braunfels, a city with a rich German Texan heritage. The first settlers forded the Guadalupe River on Good…

  • Breustedt House · 12.5 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past a piece of German-Texan history! This is the Breustedt House, a beautiful example of "fachwerk" construction. Imagine cedar timbers framing the walls, then packed solid with sun-baked adobe brick.…

  • Breustedt Kitchen · 12.5 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the Breustedt Kitchen, a hand-hewn limestone building right here in New Braunfels. Built in the 1860s, this was the detached kitchen for Johann Andreas Breustedt's home. Imagine this: nine sons and…

  • Church Hill School Building · 12.5 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of the old Church Hill School Building. For years, pastors at St. Martin's Evangelical Lutheran Church held day school right in the church. But in 1870, this dedicated schoolhouse was built…

  • Schlitterbahn · 12.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through New Braunfels, the original home of Schlitterbahn, which means 'slippery road' in German. <break time="400ms"/> It all started in 1979 when Bob and Billye Henry opened a family waterpark next to…

  • New Braunfels, TX · 12.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through New Braunfels, a town with a story that begins way back on March 21st, 1845. <break time="400ms"/> A group of German immigrants, led by Nicolaus Zink and under the guidance of Prince Carl of…

  • Gebhardt, William F. · 12.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through New Braunfels, Texas, where a German immigrant's passion for Mexican food sparked a culinary revolution. William Gebhardt, arriving from Germany in 1885, opened a small café in 1892. He loved the…

  • Henry, Robert Ray · 12.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through New Braunfels, and right here is the original Schlitterbahn! What started as a simple campground called Camp Landa in 1966, purchased by Bob and Billye Henry, transformed into a unique waterpark.…

  • Holekamp, Betty Wilhelmine Abbenthern · 12.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through the beautiful Texas Hill Country, and right here, you're passing through an area deeply connected to German heritage. Back in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1844</say-as>, Betty Wilhelmine…

  • Cardona, Gregorio José María · 12.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through New Braunfels, a town that owes much of its early 20th-century Mexican American heritage to Gregorio José María Cardona. Arriving in Texas in 1904, Cardona, an educator, quickly set out to serve…

  • Comal County · 12.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Comal County, the heart of Texas Hill Country. Right here, in 1845, German Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels secured title to land around the beautiful Comal Springs. This was the start of New…

  • Comal River · 12.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through New Braunfels, and right here is the Comal River, famous for being the shortest river in the United States. It starts from a series of large springs right in town and flows for just three miles…

  • Comal Springs · 12.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through New Braunfels right now, and just to your northwest are the Comal Springs, the biggest natural springs in all of Texas! For centuries, Native Americans camped here. Spanish explorer Damián…

  • Confederate Bat Guano Kiln, New Braunfels · 12.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through New Braunfels, and right here in Landa Park, you're passing by the remnants of a Confederate gunpowder factory. During the Civil War, with Union blockades cutting off supplies, the Confederacy…

  • DeRyee, William · 12.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through what is now Polk County, but back in 1856, William DeRyee arrived in New Braunfels, Texas. A chemist and inventor from Germany, he was looking for new opportunities. While living with an inventor,…

  • Dreissiger · 12.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Texas, and right here, you're passing through the legacy of the Dreissiger. These were intellectual refugees, German liberals who fled repression in the 1830s after failed uprisings. They…

  • Giesecke, Bertram Ernest · 12.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Central Texas, a region that's seen its share of innovation. Right here, in New Braunfels, Bertram Giesecke was born in 1892. He followed in his father's footsteps, becoming an architect and the…

  • Hernández, Ignacio [Nash] · 12.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through New Braunfels, the birthplace of Nash Hernández, a trumpet player and bandleader who shaped Texas music for decades. Born Ignacio Hernández in 1922, he started out playing German polka music…

  • Hi-Toppers · 12.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Central Texas, maybe not too far from McQueeney, where a popular German polka band got its start. It was the fall of 1948 when three high school friends, practicing just for fun, decided to form a…

  • Iwonski, Carl G. Von · 12.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through the heart of Texas German culture, and right here in New Braunfels is where Carl von Iwonski began his artistic journey. Arriving with the Adelsverein colonists in 1845, Iwonski became a…

  • Jahn, Johann Michael · 12.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through New Braunfels, a town with roots stretching back to German pioneers. One of those pioneers was Johann Michael Jahn, a cabinetmaker who arrived in Texas in 1844. He wasn't just a craftsman; he was…

  • Saengerhalle · 12.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through New Braunfels, a town steeped in German heritage. Right here, on the outskirts, is the Saengerhalle. Established in 1959, it was built from old army barracks moved from Fort Sam Houston. This hall…

  • Spiess, Lena · 12.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Comal County, near New Braunfels, on land that was once the wild Texas frontier. Right here, a young girl's life was a mystery. Born in Mexico or Texas, she was orphaned and possibly captured by…

  • Torrey, John Frink · 12.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Central Texas, and right here in what is now New Braunfels, John Frink Torrey was building an industrial empire. Arriving in Texas around 1838, Torrey quickly established himself, first in…

  • Zinkenburg · 12.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving near New Braunfels, in Comal County. Right here, in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1845</say-as>, settlers arrived and immediately built a temporary fortress called Zinkenburg. It was named for…

  • Ervendberg, Louis Cachand · 12.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    Louis Cachand (christened Christian Friedrich Ludwig Cachand) Ervendberg, minister, local official, naturalist, and teacher, was born on May 3, 1809, at Rhoden in the former principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont. He was…

  • Texas Germans in the Civil War · 12.8 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Comal County, Texas, a place with a complicated history during the Civil War. Back in 1861, ten heavily German counties actually voted against secession. Comal County, though, was an exception.…

  • Dorow, Friedrich Wilhelm · 12.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Bandera County, perhaps near Pipe Creek, where Friedrich Wilhelm Dorow once farmed and served the community. He was a German immigrant who came to Texas as a boy, fought for the Confederacy, and…

  • Groos, Johann Jacob · 12.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Comal County, and right here in New Braunfels, you're passing through the heart of German Texas. Johann Jacob Groos arrived from Germany in 1845, drawn by tales of opportunity. He settled in New…

  • Kessler, Alexander Louis · 12.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Comal County, near New Braunfels, the hometown of Alexander Kessler. He wasn't just a businessman, but a key player in early Texas politics. Kessler served in the Texas Legislature from 1874 to…

  • Weinert, Ferdinand C. · 12.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Guadalupe County, not far from where Ferdinand Weinert spent his life. Born in New Braunfels in 1853, Weinert was a merchant and a public servant for over sixty years. He served as county…

  • New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung · 12.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    The New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung, first known as the Neu-Braunfelser Zeitung , was one of the earliest German-language newspapers in Texas. The paper developed from efforts of local citizens to raise money by…

  • Denman, Leroy Gilbert · 12.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Guadalupe County, and right here is the area where Leroy Gilbert Denman got his start. Born in 1855, Denman taught school and then graduated from the University of Virginia's law school in 1880.…

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