St Anne's Catholic Church---Kosciusko, TX

The town is named for the Polish General Thaddeus Kosciusko when it was established March 12, 1880 by sixty five polish families.
In 1892 a polish catholic school was built. Over time, the town consisted of a General Store, with a post office inside that opened in 1896.
    The catholic church was run by the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word,closed in 1969.
     The first church was built in 1897. The people gathered together and with $2000 built the first church and named it St Anne. The current church was built in 1951.

Plaque in front of St Anne's

St Anne's Catholic Church

Runge, Texas

Open country in beautiful Runge, Texas. I have mentioned before that the terrain down here is fairly flat with the exception of occasional rolling hills.

Rest Stop

I love this beautiful white rose. I have to see if there is a way to get good close up shot of this. I am still learning how my camera works.

Yorktown, Texas

Top picture is city hall in Yorktown, Texas. The middle picture I have no idea but I loved the architecture of the building. The bottom picture is the water tower in town. I loved the picture of the covered wagon so I snapped a picture of it.

Victoria County Texas

My dispatch number when I worked for Alameda County Sheriff's Office my dispatch number was 236. I am proud of my time there so when I saw Farm Road 236 I had to have a picture of me standing in front of it.

Country Roads

A beautiful days ride through a country road in Texas

Weeping Willow at Varner Hogg Plantation

Beautiful flowers in bloom

I love these flowers that were beautifully in bloom at the Varner Hogg Plantation

Varner Hogg Plantation

Front porch pictures

Varner Hogg Plantation

The property was originally the home of Martin Varner. He built the first house, a log cabin, on the property in 1824. Varner raised corn, cattle, and sugar cane on the land.

Varner-Hogg Plantation

Bay City Texas

Many of these towns have a volunteer fire dept. The photo on top is the Matagorda County Museum.

Palacios Police Vehicles

I may be retired but I always want pictures of other police department vehicles.

City of Palacios in Matagorda County

First bungalow

This is one of the first bungalow type of homes built.

The Gulf

More pictures of the gulf in Palacios