Historical Markers in George West, Texas

Fort Ramirez · 1936

Live Oak County · 1936

Created by legislature Feb. 2, 1856, and organized August 4 with Oakville as county seat. Formed from San Patricio and Nueces Counties. Named for its Live Oak trees. County seat moved, 1919, to George West on railroad.…

Charter Oak · 1966

In 1856, Live Oak County organized, first officers elected, at this site. Scene of picnics, horse races, school programs.

City of George West · 1967

Founded 1913 by George Washington West, rancher and civic leader, who secured railroad route through Live Oak County and provided several municipal buildings and plots for others. Became county seat in 1919. Market and…

Crossing of Old Ox-Cart Roads · 1968

From the early days of spanish colonial Texas well into statehood, the only "Highways" in the area were primitive dirt roads. Although many had names, others were simply called "ox-cart roads" for the sturdy mexican…

Early Schools in Live Oak County · 1975

Until the 1870's, Live Oak county had private schools taught by clergymen and ranch employees in cabins, brush arbors, dugouts. County Judge G.W. Jones initiated (1876) community schools with tuition set at 71/2 cents a…

Charles and Emma Tullis · 2014

CHARLES AND EMMA (LEWIS) TULLIS Charles (Charlie) and Emma Tullis, native live oak county residents, shared roots preceding the republic of Texas and Live Oak County. Charles’ (b. Oct. 10, 1873) forebears, James and…

Chauncy and Minnie Canfield House · 2014

CHAUNCY AND MINNIE CANFIELD HOUSE George Washington West invited Chauncy Canfield to build a business in his new town of George West in 1914. Canfield preceded his family and established a store. His wife, Minnie…

George West First United Methodist Church · 2016

In 1914, combined Protestant Christian services began in George West. Methodist Circuit Riders Alonso Brown and Roswell Gillett were among the ministers. Later in June 1916, Methodists organized as a branch of Oakville…

Thelma Laura Pugh-Lindholm · 2017

A fourth-generation Texan, Thelma Pugh-Lindholm descended from Irish emigrants Thomas and Margaret (McCann) Pugh, who purchased from Empresarios McMullen and McGloin in 1835 a Mexican league and labor of land across the…

Saint George Catholic Church · 2018

Don Victoriano Chapa_Don Prisciliano Chapa · 2019

Live Oak County Courthouse grounds

First Baptist Church George West · 2019

By 1912, when George W. West began developing his namesake town in Live Oak County, Oakville Baptist Church, located in the county seat of Oakville, had an active ministry locally and throughout the county. Six other…

George West Cemetery · 2020

The George West Cemetery was originally part of the George West Ranch. The ranch dates to the 1880s, when George Washington West (1851-1926) and his wife, Kitty Searcy West (1858-1939), purchased 140,000 acres in Live…

Live Oak County Courthouse · 2020

The Texas Legislature created Live Oak County in 1852 and the first county seat was in Oakville. A native stone and lumber building constructed on the public square and modified through the years served as the county…