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From: "Rena McWilliams" <>
Subject: Refugio Courthouse - 1914
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 07:31:43 -0600

The following appears in today's Corpus Christi Caller-Times as "this
day in Local History":



"1914: A fire caused by an overheated woodstove ignited in the
two-story wooden Refugio County courthouse. The building burned to the
ground. The current courthouse was built during Judge Eugene Low's
term, 1916-18."



"1835: The first Declaration of Texas Independence was signed at
Presidio La Bahia, a Spanish fort about one-half mile south of Goliad,
or about 65 miles north of Corpus Christi. The once-frontier fort is
listed as a National Historic Monument."



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Rena McWilliams < >
Refugio Co. Coordinator, TXGenWeb

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