​​City of
Matagorda

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Marker Text: ​Projected site of a town in 1826. Founded in 1829 with Stephen F. Austin, Elias R. Wightman, Hosea H. League and Ira Ingram as proprietors. Third largest town in Texas in 1834. Incorporated January 28, 1839, county seat of Matagorda County, 1837-1894. Badly wrecked by storms in 1854 and 1875. An early cultural center of Texas as evidenced by schools, churches and press. (1936) 

Marker No: 889) 

Gray Granite 1936 Centennial Marker

Geographic: 28.692390, -95.967613

Location: southeast corner of Cypress and Lewis Streets,  Matagorda