Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
John Austin Wharton (April 1806 – December 17, 1838) was distinguished Texian statesman, lawyer, and soldier. He served as Adjutant General at the Battle of San Jacinto.In a eulogy at his grave, Republic of Texas President David G. Burnet said of him, "The keenest blade on the field of San Jacinto is broken."
They began publishing the Wharton Spectator on Nov. 2, 1889, beginning one branch of the modern-day Journal-Spectator family tree. The Shannon family — brothers F.W., Hal and Emmett — bought it in 1910. In March 1935, Harvey and Hildred Evans launched a rival, the Wharton Journal, which was bought in 1958
This page was last edited on 6 February 2010, at 13:00 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
Location of Wharton County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Wharton County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Wharton County, Texas. There are three districts and 29 individual properties listed on the ...
Wharton is a city in and the county seat of Wharton County, Texas, United States. [4] This city is 60 mi (97 km) southwest of Houston . Its population was 8,832 at the 2010 census and 8,627 at the 2020 census .
Veterans Memorial with eternal flame (not visible in photo) at Wharton County Courthouse Memorial to Sheriff Hamilton B. Dickson of Wharton County who served during the 1880s and was killed in an ambush in the line of duty. Wharton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 41,570. [1]
John Austin Wharton (July 3, 1828 – April 6, 1865) was a lawyer, plantation owner, and Confederate general during the American Civil War. He was one of the Confederacy 's best tactical cavalry commanders.
The Wharton County Courthouse Historic Commercial District is a 21-acre (8.5 ha) historic district in Wharton, Texas that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. It includes works by architects Jules Leffland and Wyatt C. Hedrick and others.