Indianola Key Attractions
Indian Point
Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | Group 5James D. Cochran, H.H. Rogers, and S.A. White, in December 1848, opened a beef canning plant. It had only moderate success. Live cattle on foot continued to be shipped to the distant beef markets. It would be twenty years before mechanically refigerated beef began to be shipped out of Indianola. Harris & Morgan, after a tiff with Lavaca, built a landing below Indianola as the terminus for the Harris & Morgan line.
(31)Indianola businesses were delighted with Morgan's move, and an addition tothe established town was commenced. The addition included a part of the German immigrant camp, Karlshafen. The addition became known as Brown's Addition to Indianola. The planners envisioned that the Main Street of Indianola would continue down the beach and be designated by the same name in the addition The waterfront street of the addition was named "Water."
(32)The Plan included a cemetery, a church, a school, a market square, four public squares, a military, square, and a courthouse square. A space for a courthouse was set aside in both the Indianola and Brown's Additions. Most of the streets were named after Texas leaders and heroes. The City of Indianola, as Brown's Addition later became to be known, covered 834 building blocks, 64 wharf lots, 142 farm lots, ten acres in size.
(33)In the early 1850's Old Indian Point, known as Indianola and Brown's Addition, was referred to as Powder Horn. With the passage of a few years the Powder Horn portion of the community, the former Indian Point would be known as Old Town and the Powder Horn area would be Indianola proper. Some would call them Upper and Lower Indianola. (34) In 1850 the U.S. Army selected Indianola as a depot through which supplies would be brought in for the military outposts. Ships were placed in regular service to bring in horses, mules, wagons, and teamsters. These and other supplies were landed at what was known as the government wharf. It had a length of 250 feet reaching into 6-1/2 feet of water. A narrow gauge railroad laid on the wharf, extended to the warehouse on shore.
(35)In 1850 Angelina Eberly, a hotel owner, became the principal property holder in Indianola. Her assets being valued at fifty thousand. Mrs. Eberly's hotel catered to families, and her rooms being in constant demand. Her principal competitor was the Alhambra, operated by Casimir & Matilda Villenueve. Their bar furnished wines, ale, Porter, cider, brandies, and other liquours. The Oyster Saloon served up every variety and the Billiard Room was very comfortable.
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