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Did You Know? |
| Woodsboro
was incorporated in 1928. Source: Refugio Timely Remarks Centennial Edition, 1934 |
| The
Woman's Civic Club of Woodsboro was organized on September 29, 1928. Source: Refugio Timely Remarks Centennial Edition, 1934 |
| Dr.
W.M. Dodson was the first mayor of Woodsboro and served until 1931, when
he did not run for re-election. Source: Refugio Timely Remarks Centennial Edition, 1934 |
| Mrs.
Mabel Dischinger of Refugio was, in 1965 at the time of the
groundbreaking for the new sanctuary, the only living member of the 1908
congregation of the First Presbyterian Church of Refugio. [1908
was the year the church was established.] Source: Refugio County Press, June 23, 1965, p. 1 |
| Mrs. W.W. Harkins of Refugio had a
"quaint accent" from her New Orleans hometown. Source: Mack Cole |
| The parish of Our Lady of Refuge in Refugio
is one of the oldest parishes in the Diocese of Corpus Christi. Source: Oberste |
| In 1917 the Refugio Hotel stood at the
corner of South Alamo and West Purisima Streets. Source: Refugio County records |
| Edward
Lewis and A.J. Lott of Refugio worked as pressers at the
Hi-Way Cleaners in the 1950's. Source: Rena McWilliams |
| Lloyd "Pete" Hughes was a hero during World War II. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously |
| A number of
killings occurred at the Bull's Head Saloon in Refugio. Perhaps the most noted of them
was the gun fight between John McGrew and Luke Porter. Source: Memoirs of Judge William L. Rea |
| Miss Evelyn Tidwell taught penmanship in
Refugio. Source: Mack Cole |
| Kaleta Lyon was the first home
demonstration agent for Refugio County (1920). Source: John Bourglund, Refugio |
|
"Red" Kelley's real name was Amos and that
he was named for Amos Barber? |
| Mr.
and Mrs. Martin of Refugio had a fruit stand on Alamo Street next
to the First Presbyterian Church during the 1950's. They kept
their watermelons underneath a layer of straw in the back. Source: Mrs. Maxine Reilly, Refugio Co. Museum |
| Mr. "Long" Tom Heard
of Refugio had a
bucking horse named "Old Sad Sam". Source: Mack Cole |
| John
Jacob Thomas (Thommens) brought his family from Switzerland to
Texas in 1844. Family tradition is that he walked from Galveston to
Corpus Christi with his family following in a sailboat. He first moved
the family to St. Joseph's Island and then to Salt Creek. While
living on the ranch at Salt Creek his daughters Eve and Sarah were
kidnapped by the Comanche Indians. Eve was stabbed several times with
spears and left for dead. She hid in a tree until found by her brother,
John, and Jim Fox, a friend of the Fagan family. Sarah was held
captive until the government arranged to have her traded for an Indian
boy and some blankets and other articles. Source: The Sunday Enterprise, February 19, 1946 provided by Roger Taylor. taylor31@tstar.net |
| George Fulton, who built the Fulton Mansion in Rockport-Fulton, was a resident of Refugio County in 1870. He and his wife, Harriett, and three daughters were enumerated in Refugio County because Aransas County had not yet been formed. |
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John Hynes as the local agent for the Texian Advocate (newspaper) in 1850. [Source: The Texian Advocate, January 11, 1850] |
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