Early home of the Karankawa Indians. Landing place of LaSalle in 1685. Settled 1822-1836 by colonists of Stephen F. Austin. The municipality of Matagorda organized under the Mexican Government on March 6, 1834. Became on March 17, 1836, Matagorda County, which was organized in July 1837. Matagorda, was the county seat, 1837-1894, Bay City since 1894. In Memory Of James Cummins, Hosea H. League, Elias R. Weightman, Seth Ingram, Horatio Chriesman, William Selkirk, early settlers. Mary S. Wrightman Helms, the first woman teacher in Texas. Ira Ingram, Silas Densmore, members of the Convention of 1832. R.R. Royals, Ira L. Lewis, Charles Wilson, Delegates to the Consultation. Bailey Hardeman, Samuel Rhodes Fisher, signers of the Declaration of Independence. George M. Collingsworth and the men who served under him during thr struggle for Texas Independence. A.C. Horton, Lieutenant Govenor of Texas. The citizens of early Matagorda County who contributed to the economic, cultural, and spiritual development. Matagorda County has contributed to the development of Texas culture. The pioneer woman teacher Mary S. Wrightman Helms,1829; an early newspaper The Matagorda Bulletin, 1837; First Episcopal Church, 1839; first request for promotion of free school, that of Ira Ingram, 1837. Erected by the State of Texas 1936
Matagorda County (Bay City)
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Matagorda County is a historical marker in Bay City, Matagorda County, dedicated in 1936. It is one of 88 historical markers documented in Matagorda County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 114 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 28.9828, -95.9696 near Bay City. The nearest cataloged historic site is Matagorda Co. Museum (museum), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Ingram, Ira, First Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, Matagorda, C.S.A., and St. Mark's Episcopal Church.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507018864. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
“Matagorda County” names 2 distinct records in Matagorda County. This page is the historical marker dedicated in 1936 in Bay City. The others:
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