Calhoun County, Indianola
For many German families, Indianola was where they took their first step on Texas soil.
This marker is the nearest point to the original courthouse. Due to erosion, most of what was the city of Indianola is now under water. From this point, the original courthouse was around 300 feet in the Matagorda Bay.
This is a picture of Indianola around 1875.
Here is what is referred to as a fishing colony in 2008.
A monument to Rene Robert Cavelier Sieur De La Salle. An older monument is located outside the Indianola cemetery, but all that is left of it is the base up to just below the statue's knees.
We visited the Indianola Cemetery. While many of the makers were gone or destroyed, several still stood and many were for children. The cemetery had an errie feeling about it, not only for the living but also for the guy who used to occupy this above-ground grave. It would appear he felt so uncomfortable here he broke free.
On historical marker:
Many of the graves in this cemetery reflect the hardships encourntered by residents of Indianola, one of Texas' leading 19th-Century ports. The earliest marked grave is that of a child, William Woodward. His death occurred in 1852, a year when cholera and yellow fever epidemics swept through Indianola. During the Civil War, the town was occupied by Confederate and Union soldiers, and men from both sides are buried here. Victims of the 1875 and 1886 hurricanes, which devastated the town, are also interred in this cemetery.
Indianola and Me
