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Following Mexico's independence from Spain, Anglo-Americans from the United States settled in Texas in 1821, and claimed Mexican citizenship. In 1825, Guadalupe County was part of Green DeWitt's petition for a land grant to establish a colony in Texas, which was approved by the Mexican government. From 1827 to 1835, 22 families settled the area ...
The town of Seguin was founded August 12, 1838, 16 months after Texas won its independence at the Battle of San Jacinto, making it one of the oldest towns in Texas. Members of Mathew Caldwell 's Gonzales Rangers acquired land originally granted to Umphries Branch, who had departed during the Runaway Scrape and sold his land to Joseph S. Martin.
The first Seguin Post Office was located on the same property as the Los Nogales museum. Senator Juan Seguin helped establish a mail route to Seguin and Los Nogales, hence the building was previously referred to as the "Juan Seguin Post Office". [5] The tree-top mail office was quite unique as it was operated from an old tree-house. [6]
Today Sebastopol is one of some 20 surviving buildings that give Seguin the largest concentration of early 19th century structures in the U.S. [3] As a result of its unusual concrete construction, Sebastopol House was included in the Historic American Buildings Survey (H.A.B.S.) in 1936, made a Registered Texas Historical Landmark in 1964, and ...
The people listed below were all born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Seguin, Texas. Pages in category "People from Seguin, Texas" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total.
Mayors of Seguin, Texas; Years of service Mayor Image 1838–1846 Established - Unincorporated - Part of Gonzales County [1] - Asa J. L. Sowell [2] 1846–53 Michael H. Erskine - Chief Justice - 1st City Charter - Part of Guadalupe County [3] 1853 John R. King - 1st Mayor - Incorporated [4] 1853–57 John D. Anderson [5] - Elected ...
It also provides an alternate route (versus I-10 and Loop 1604) between Seguin and portions of the northeastern San Antonio metropolitan area. Between San Antonio and Cibolo, FM 78 is a four-lane road, dropping to a two-lane road until McQueeney, before becoming a four-lane divided route to I-10/SH 46.
From August 1822 to April 1823 Trespalacios served as governor of Texas. From 1831 to 1833 he served as a member of the Mexican Senate from Chihuahua. On January 10, 1833, he was appointed inspector general and commander of Chihuahua, before leaving the army on December 15, 1834. He died on August 4, 1835, in Allende, Chihuahua. [2]