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  Handbook of Texas Online:
Seguin, the county seat of Guadalupe County, is on Interstate Highway 10 and the Guadalupe River, thirty-five miles northeast of San Antonio in the central part of the county.
Seguin became the county seat of Guadalupe County and was governed by the county until it was incorporated on February 7, 1853, by a charter.
Seguin was on the trail taken by German emigrants from Indianola to the Hill Country.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/SS/hes3.html   (1140 words)

  
 True Women Virtual Tour - Seguin, Texas
Most of Seguin's secrets are told and much of its history come to life in the book, TRUE WOMEN (1994), by native Janice Woods Windle.
He was a hermit with long, unkempt hair and terrible secrets." The south side of the cemetery, facing the river, is marked with a lime-crete stone wall, erected in the mid 19th century as one of the town's pioneer defenses.
Because Seguin sits on a thick foundation of coarse gravels ideal for concrete construction, it was one of the first places in the country to use concrete.
www.seguin.net /truwomen.html   (2369 words)

  
 Seguin Texas; Historic Seguin.
The Seguin Garden Club is one of the few in the State of Texas to have a Texas Brands Inspector buried on their grounds.
When the railroad was the primary economic force in Seguin, a rail line one mile long was extended to downtown to convey people and parcels downtown.
The beautiful Seguin Railroad Station was demolished in the late 1980s when the railroad determined that vacant stations along their line were liabilities.
www.texasescapes.com /TOWNS/Seguin_Texas/Seguin_Texas.htm   (827 words)

  
 Under the Live Oak Tree - Chapter 5
Seguin pulsed with activity in every aspect of community development: county government, mercantilism, the War with Mexico's drain on Seguin's young men, defense against marauding Indians, German immigration, organized religion, education, laying of roads, beginnings of organized transportation, and fairs and recreational activities.
According to Max Moellering's Thesis, a petition of at least one hundred free male inhabitants of the Seguin region was sent to the Congress of the Republic requesting a county be established in accordance with Article IV, section 11, of the Constitution of the Republic of Texas.
Seguin, at times, must have been a leader in education in the state for there was and continues to be so much time, effort, and money devoted to education in Seguin.
www.seguin.net /heritage/gesicktree/gesicktreech5.html   (7659 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online:
Seguin, the county seat and largest town, is on Interstate Highway 10 and U.S. Highway 90, twenty-five miles southwest of Austin and eighteen miles northeast of San Antonio.
Hostilities with Indians who camped along the Guadalupe River in the mid-1830s caused many of the early settlers to retreat from their land to Gonzales until more protection could be provided.
The Guadalupe River was developed in the late 1920s and early 1930s as a source of hydroelectric power.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/GG/hcg12.html   (3296 words)

  
 Tadao Ando will build his "vessel" on the Ile Seguin | Floornature
In the fall of 2000, 32,000 m2 of the Ile Seguin were purchased by François Pinault, a prominent French businessman and major shareholder in such well-known French companies as Printemps, La Redoute and FNAC as well as in Gucci, the Rennes football team, and Christie's.
Seguin island is right in the centre of the old Renault factory site, and Pinault's project is the first in a series of operations aimed at revitalisation of large stretches of the banks of the Seine in Boulogne-Billancourt.
The initiative was inspired by projects in other European cities, such as Bilbao's construction of the Guggenheim in October 1997, and aims to promote revitalisation of a large area beginning with an attention-grabbing building which will act as the architectural and cultural starting point and a guiding light for renewal of the entire area.
www.floornature.com /worldaround/articolo.php/art116/3/en/arch   (507 words)

  
 Stolen car dumped in Seguin - Beacon Star
A crowd of onlookers peer over the Seguin Bridge, at Seguin and River Streets Sunday as emergency crews search the water for the driver of the stolen car that was dumped in the Seguin River.
Parry Sound firefighters entered the river with rescue equipment, but were only able to read the licence plate number of the car.
According to police, the white Ford Taurus that was hauled out of the Seguin River Sunday night was reportedly stolen Friday from behind the Bell building on Gibson Street.
www.parrysoundbeaconstar.com /1126721924   (476 words)

  
 Archived conservation news articles on Guadalupe River   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Before that she was executive secretary to the general manager of the Upper Guadalupe River Authority and to the UGRA board of directors.
He currently serves as President of the Friends of Guadalupe River Park and Gardens, Vice Chairman of O'Connor Hospital and is on the boards of VIA and Kelly...
Adjacent to New Braunfels on the Guadalupe River, Gruene is a treasure of a village, wonderful for whiling away a weekend tubing on the river, prowling the...
conservation.mongabay.com /files/Guadalupe_River.htm   (4295 words)

  
 Guadalupe-Blanco River Trust
The mission of the Guadalupe-Blanco River Trust is to promote and encourage the conservation, stewardship and enjoyment of the land and water resources of the Guadalupe River Watershed, while maintaining its unique and irreplaceable natural heritage.
The Guadalupe River is one of the most biologically diverse rivers in the United States, stretching from the springs and canyons of the Texas Hill Country to the marine environment of the Gulf Coast wetlands and San Antonio Bay.
The Guadalupe-Blanco River Trust is a nonprofit land trust organization that was developed to conserve land in the Guadalupe River Watershed for its natural, recreational, scenic, historic and productive value.
www.gbrtrust.org   (440 words)

  
 Visit the Seguin Island Lighthouse
Seguin Island maybe be seen from a number of locations along the coast.
At the end of Southport Island, Seguin may be seen at the Town Landing at Newagen at a distance of 6 nautical miles.
Seguin is at a distance of 2 nautical miles.
www.seguinisland.org /seguin_visit_us_page.htm   (848 words)

  
 tom stockie - Search Parry Sound
While there appears to be some suggestion of concern as reported in the North Star regarding his previous position as CAO of Waterloo, there are some items in the article in the Kitchener-Waterloo Record announcing this appointment that were not included in your articles,...
In the story Seguin Reeve David Conn is quoted as saying, “I was aware that he was encouraged to resign, by council.” In a front page story reporting him being hired by Seguin’ Township in the Kitchener-Waterloo Record it says he quit under public...
Seguin is analyzing the fire department along with the roads and building departments.
www.parrysound.com /search.php?q=tom+stockie&zone=0&dc=1   (1543 words)

  
 Fort Tours | Guadalupe County Historical Markers
Organized July 13,1846; named for the Guadalupe River, to which this name was given by Alonso De Leon in 1689; Seguin, the county seat named in honor of Juan Nepomuceno Seguin 1806-1890.
Near the mouth of the river, historic Victoria was founded, and 60 miles above was Gonzales, where the first shot for Texas freedom was fired, Oct. 2, 1835.
In May 1836, Seguin gave military burial to the ashes of the heroes of the Alamo.
www.forttours.com /pages/hmguadalupe.asp   (2072 words)

  
 Bridgemeister - Inventory of Suspension Bridges
Garlton [sic] and Jackman, all of whom were precipitated, forty feet, into the river beneath.
The teamsters preserved themselves by means of swimming, and the support of fragments of the bridge; the team were all of them except one of the horses, swept beneath the ice a few rods below, and drowned.
This 1818 bridge was a replacement for the 1817 Dryburgh Abbey suspension bridge which appears to have been primarily a cable-stayed structure and is not included in the inventory.
www.bridgemeister.com /list.php?type=full   (2835 words)

  
 Seguin Vacation Rentals in Texas - Lake Front Home Seguin New Braunfels Area from Vacation Homes.com
Lake Placid located on the Guadalupe river near Seguin, New Braunfels, Lake Mcqueeney, San Antonio, Austin, and a 2 1/2 hour drive from Houston.
All questions about "Lake Front Home Seguin New Braunfels Area", the vacation rental in Seguin featured on this page, must be answered by the manager.
If you are interested in "Lake Front Home Seguin New Braunfels Area", a Seguin Villa / Home, click here to send them an email.
www.vacationhomes.com /20621   (457 words)

  
 Seguin River Cottages
Repeat customers tell us that Seguin River Cottages is a great place to get away from it all.
Seguin River Cottages is a very secluded and picturesque area situated on the banks of the Seguin River just one hour west of Parry Sound in Ontario, Canada.
With frontage on the beautiful Seguin River and a lake right at your doorstep, you can canoe for miles and explore the wilderness to your hearts content.
www.seguinrivercottages.ca   (539 words)

  
 Seguin Island Light   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Six miles out to sea, marking the mouth of the Kennebeck River, Seguin was Maine's first island lighthouse.
The first tower was built in 1797, a second tower in 1820, and the present granite tower in 1857.
Seguin has the distinction of being one of the most foggy locales in the US, with over 2700 hours of fog in one year.
lighthousegetaway.com /lights/seguin.html   (151 words)

  
 Bearwood Canoe Company - classes
An old barn, renovated for its new life as a canoe shop, lies right alongside the Seguin River near Orrville, and is the site of all this activity.
Besides working in the canoe shop, participants may take advantage of the meandering Seguin River for evening paddles or a quick mid-day swim.
The Seguin Trail is close by for hiking and bicycling, as are hundreds of acres of adjacent crown land for wilderness exploring.
users.vianet.ca /~bearwood/pages/classes.html   (621 words)

  
 Parry Sound Public Library: Local History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The area of Parry Sound, at the mouth of the Seguin River, on Georgian Bay, was well-known long before it became a town.
Fur trappers had a trade stand near here, and Jesuit priests on their missions used rivers in the area, including the Seguin, as sheltered canoe routes into the interior of the land from the Great Lakes.
The river provided a means of power to the mill and a way to transport sawlogs cut inland to the mill.
www.pspl.on.ca /localhistory.htm   (854 words)

  
 Residents-Gonzales Town A-G 2
According to land records, Moses Baker arrived on 20 Feb 1831 married with a family of five (two daughters and a son) and received a league of land on the west bank of the Guadalupe River between Seguin and New Braunfels in current GuadalupeCo.
Guadalupe River in what was later Guadalupe County and known in 1984 as the Darst Creek oil field [Darst received 23 labors (23/24 sitio) at this location, he was granted an additional labor of farmland to complete the sitio for which he was eligible as a married settler which was in
They moved down the river, crossed over and entered Mier, three miles west of it, on the Arroyo Alcantra, leaving forty of their number as a guard on the east bank of the river.
www.tamu.edu /ccbn/dewitt/innerresidentsa-g2.htm   (5249 words)

  
 DeWitt Colony Biographies
Lavaca River minuteman and joined in the pursuit of the Comanches at Linnville and possibly Plum Creek as well as participated in the Battle of Salado.
The sitio grant in colony records on the Guadalupe River and Cuero Creek was clearly that to G.W. Davis of Cuero indicated by marital status, the size of his family and where he settled longer term.
In 1837 the Egglestons returned to the William Ponton league on the Lavaca River and began to improve it receiving title to 1107 acres of it in 1839.
www.tamu.edu /ccbn/ccbn/dewitt/residentsindex.htm   (11426 words)

  
 Seguin
River Frontage with 5 Bedroom House on 16 Acres.
Seguin, Southern, Texas, USA (30 minutes to San Antonio, 20 minutes to New Braunfels)
This great place is 8 miles East of the city of Seguin.
www.affordablevacationhomes.com /Seguin/seguin.html   (453 words)

  
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For the Guadalupe River, the river stage forecasts prepared by the WGRFC during the flood were generally too low and the crests occurred sooner than was forecast.
The river warning messages, based on WGRFC forecasts and issued to the public by NWSFO Austin/San Antonio and NWSO Corpus Christi, all stressed a major, disastrous flood was heading down the Guadalupe.
The problems experienced by those on the Guadalupe River responding to this massive flood were due to river forecast or external infrastructure (e.g., telephone service) problems resulting from the unprecedented magnitude of this flood.
www.nws.noaa.gov /om/assessments/txflood1.htm   (6019 words)

  
 River Shade RV Park, Texas
Can’t wait to pitch that tent, River Shade RV Park in Texas is a really good place to spend some time.
Central Park is a great place and a round of golf at nearby Seguin City Golf Course is a great way to kill some time.
Be the first to submit input for River Shade RV Park.
www.hikercentral.com /campgrounds/111683.html   (724 words)

  
 "Catastrophic" flooding developing on San Antonio area rivers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Catastrophic Flooding Is Developing On The Medina River And The San Antonio River From Elmendorf Downstream.
The Blanco, San Marcos and Guadalupe rivers are on the rise and expected to cause more flooding in downstream areas today and tonight, San Marcos being one of them.
The rivers and creeks could not keep up with the run off from the already saturated ground.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/711227/posts   (3501 words)

  
 Seguin, Texas
Later Seguin served as a Texas senator and mayor of San Antonio.
Guadalupe County is noted for its pecan harvest with produce shipped across the nations.
The Seguin Conservation society and the Chamber of Commerce have developed tours taking readers to sites mentioned in the book.
www.lone-star.net /mall/txtrails/seguin.htm   (478 words)

  
 Texas (TX) Seguin Additional Business Listing
705 North Highway 123 Bypass, Seguin, TX 78155
747 North Highway 123 Bypass, Seguin, TX 78155
664 North Highway 123 Bypass, Seguin, TX 78155
www.tx-dir.com /seguin-0.htm   (476 words)

  
 Guadalupe River Land Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
One of the prettiest tracts of land on the Guadalupe River.
Comal County law enforcement officials are ready for the onslaught of tourists preparing to congregate on the Comal and Guadalupe rivers this weekend for one last summer hurrah.
For decades, San Jose has turned its back on the Guadalupe River, largely ignoring the sleepy waterway unless it was overflowing its banks in winters with heavy rainfall.
www.rivers-guide.info /guadalupe-river-land   (1280 words)

  
 MLCA (Manitouwabing Lake Community Association) News Letters 2004 Fall & Winter
In the Manitouwabing (North Seguin) River near the farm on Hardie’s Road
The Manitouwabing (North Seguin) River between Maplewood and Smith Pines tends to have higher readings.
The Robinson Lake area shows lower counts, but Middle River from the bridge to where it enters Lake Manitouwabing near the Inn always shows higher count.
www.mlca.ca /newsletter_2004fall.html   (1121 words)

  
 The American Fish and Game Club
The River Ranch has private access to the Guadalupe River.
Below the dam is exclusive with a waterfall flowing into a large pool.
The river splits with an island in the middle.
www.gtbc.com /fishingsites.asp?ID=88   (127 words)

  
 Bed & Breakfast Seguin TX Texas Hotels Vacation Rentals Cabins
Rentalo.com Vacation Rentals, Hotels, Bed & Breakfasts, Seguin, TX, Save time finding the best deals on vacation properties that meet your needs.
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River Shade RV Park 3995 South Highway 123, Seguin, TX 78155,
www.discoverourtown.com /TownPage.php?Town=3600&Cat=Attractions   (595 words)

  
 Speedy canoes on the Seguin River twice a week all summer long - North Star
Speedy canoes on the Seguin River twice a week all summer long - North Star
Speedy canoes on the Seguin River twice a week all summer long
Gord Coles, organizer of the Parry Sound Canoe Club, back, paddles with Jacqueline Minezes on the Seguin River, May 27.
www.parrysoundnorthstar.com /1086201670   (293 words)

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