Casa Blanca
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N 29° 09.646 W 098° 11.039
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This gravestone-style granite marker stands next to a gate, facing 181-Loop, at the intersection with County Road 130 in Floresville.
Waymark Code: WM16EAW
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/13/2022
Views: 4
Marker erected by the State of Texas.
Texas Historical Commission Atlas data:
Index Entry Casa Blanca
Address Loop 181
City Floresville
County Wilson
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 579578
UTM Northing 3225654
Subject Codes houses, residential buildings; Texas Revolution, Republic of Texas
Marker Year 1936
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Private Property No
Marker Location From Floresville take Loop 181 three miles northwest. Marker near Seguin Branch Bridge.
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 1936 Centennial Marker (gray granite)
Marker Number: 742
Marker Text:
Home of Don Erasmo Seguin
who died here in 1857
by appointment of
the Spanish governor he inducted
Stephen F. Austin into Texas, 1821
Texas Deputy
to the Mexican Congress, 1824
on October 13, 1834
in a convention in Bexar
he made the first effort
to organize a provisional
government in Texas
Erected by the State of Texas
1936
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