Co-Founders of Yorktown:
Captain John York
(1800 - 1848) 
Charles Eckhardt
​(1813 - 1852) 

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Marker Text: Soldiers and builders of Texas 
  York, Born in Kentucky came to  1821; was a captain in siege which expelled Mexican Army from Bexar, 1835. Gave site for Yorktown, 1847. Died in an Indian fight won by his men.
    Eckhart came from Germany fought in War for Independence and Mexican War. His mercantile and freighting interests led to founding of Yorktown on trail he had surveyed from Indianola to New Braunfels, he built the first house in Yorktown, 1848. (1966) 

Marker No: 924

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 28.981609,-97.504448

Location: corner of Main and Eckhardt Streets, Yorktown (Yorktown City Park)