Indianola Key Attractions
Indian Point
Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 5 | Group 6A formal agreement was signed by Samuel A. White and Theodore Miller on Jan. 20, 1848. The latter acting as agent of the German Emigration Co. It was the successor of the bankrupt Adelsverein. In January 1848, John B. Brown of Victoria established a weekly stagecoach service to Indian Point. Harrison & McCulloch extended their stage service to Indian Point. Edward Clegg was the first agent at Lavaca.
(19)Harris & Morgan's steamship yacht was on a weekly schedule between Galveston and Matagorda Bay ports. Indian Point received another boost, this one from the widely read book by the author Viktor Bracht. His book compared Matagorda Bay favorably with Galveston Bay, as to navigation. Indian Point developed into a center from which merchants of inland towns could be supplied.
(20)Indian Point had developed with a port of four wharves. This was achieved in three years from the ports beginning. In 1848 a steady movement of European immigrants continued through Indian Point, destined for the inland. The Adelsverein went bankrupt in 1847, but the flow of immigrants continued into the port from Europe, and western Texas was the goal of the thousands of refugees who entered the port.
(21)An adequate supply of potable water was to remain a constant problem at Indianola. There were no fresh streams nearby which could be used for households and the boilers of steamships. Green Lake and its abundance of fresh water was 20 miles away. Rain water was collected in above-ground cisterns and huge concrete reservoirs underground. Rainfall was usually sufficient to maintain the cisterns.
(22)Charles Eckhardt and Theo. Miller, representing the merchants of Indian Point and the German Emigration Company arranged a survey by John A. King, of Dewitt County, of a new and shorter route from New Braunfels to Victoria. The purpose was to save time for the wagoners, stages, immigrants, and the general public. The new route reduced the distance from Indian Point to New Braunfels by 25 miles.
(23)The trade routes from here went far beyond the central Texas towns. Much of the U.S. Government trafic moved thru matagorda Bay as a result of the war with mexico in 1846. It was soon followed by shipments of commercial military goods as far West as El Paso. Dr. Levi Jones in1848 boosted a road from Indian Point to the Pacific. Dr. Jones treated Stephen F. Austin just prior to his death.
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