2012 Cemetery Tour

Tales Told at the River's Edge

An Evening Tour of Evergreen Cemetery

George Hermann Hauschild - Clarence St. Elmo Holland

 Thomas Newton Fleming - Margaret Wright - Gilbert Onderdonk

 Hiram G. Austin - Ella Viola North Jordan - James A. McFaddin

Anna Arnold Lenz - Mary A. Cunningham Vandenberge

Friday, October 26 & Saturday, October 27, 2012 - 7:00 pm

Tickets - All Ages: $12        Pre-Sale Only 

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History of Victoria

History of Victoria, Texas

             That favored bit of Texas known today as Victoria County, is the very place where the history of Texas began.  Our first history is Spanish Colonial.  It began in the early 1500’s.  We get the first detailed accounts of the flora and fauna, as well as geographical features once the French explorer, René Robert Cavalier, Sieur de La Salle arrives in 1685 and establishes a colony near the southern tip of present day Victoria County. 

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