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About Seguin,
Texas (pronounced /səˈgiːn/) is a city in Guadalupe County, Texas,
in the United States. It is the county seat of Guadalupe County.
Seguin was founded in 1838 by members of Mathew Caldwell's Gonzales
Rangers, but was not incorporated until 1853. Its original name was
Walnut Springs but was changed just six months later to honor Juan
Seguín, a great hero of the Texas Revolution. Since 1912, Seguin has
been the home of Texas Lutheran University. Seguin is the location
of the historic Wilson Pottery site; the first freed slave business
in Texas. Another place of interest is the Texas Agricultural
Education and Heritage Center, where visitors may learn the
mechanics and history of farming in the state of Texas. Seguin is a
large producer of pecans and is often attributed the nickname "Pecan
Capital of Texas." The main offices of the Guadalupe-Blanco River
Authority are located in Seguin.
Seguin, Texas - Our Home
Town - Serving the Seguin Community
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. The land is suited for agriculture and ranching and
is rich in oil and minerals.
The
Guadalupe River, the San Marcos River, and two major creeks,
Cibolo and Geronimo, flow through the region. Archeological
finds in the vicinity include the remains of mammoths east
of Seguin and numerous Indian campsites along the Guadalupe
River and various creeks in Guadalupe County.
The
first recorded evidence of exploration in the Seguin region
was in 1718, when Martín de Alarcón, governor of the
province of Texas, founded San Antonio de Béxar Presidio and
San Antonio de Valero Missionqv in San Antonio and conducted
several explorations north and east of San Antonio.
Eventually Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo settlements were
founded in the area that would become Seguin, where Tonkawa
Indians had lived, and by 1833 there were forty land titles
in the region.
One of
the most notable settlements was the ranch of José Antonio
Navarro, three miles north of Seguin at a site now on State
Highway 123. The next record of settlement in the Seguin
region dates from 1831, when Umphries (or Humphries) Branch
was awarded a league of land on the northeast bank of the
Guadalupe, thirty-eight miles above Gonzales.
In
1833 Branch and his family built a cabin, said to be the
first Anglo residence on the site of what is now Seguin. The
location chosen was in the western part of what had been
Green Dewitt'sqv colony, where Gonzales was the main town.
Branch was assisted by his father-in-law, John Sowell. On
August 12, 1838, thirty-three of the Gonzales Rangers, a
volunteer group, joined Joseph S. Martin in laying out a
townsite near Walnut Branch; they named the site Walnut
Springs. The name was changed in February 1839 to Seguin for
Juan N. Seguín.
The Seguin
Business Video
Seguin is strategically located in South
Central Texas on Interstate Highway 10. Thirty minutes east
of San Antonio, the tenth largest city in the United States.
Austin, the state capital, is conveniently accessible 50
miles to the north by State Highway 123 and Interstate
Highway 35. The ports of Houston and Corpus Christi are
nearly equal distance from
Seguin.
Seguin is home
to Texas Lutheran University and several industries,
including Alamo Industrial, SMI Steel, Hexcel and
Motorola.
The average
annual temperature is 67 degrees and the annual average
precipitation is 31.9 inches.
Courtesy - Seguin
Economic Development Corp.
SEGUIN
CONTINUED...From Handbook of Texas
History
During
the Republic of Texas era, Seguin citizens petitioned to
have the area made a county, and the Congress of the
Republic of Texas responded by establishing Guadalupe County
in 1842. This county was apparently never organized,
however, because in March 1846, after the annexationqv of
Texas, the new state legislature demarked a new Guadalupe
County from Gonzales and Bexar counties. A post office was
opened in Seguin in 1846. The first county judge was Michael
H. Erskine.
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. The first acting mayor was John R. King, and
the first elected mayor was John D. Anderson. Early on
Seguin had Methodist, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, Catholic,
and Baptist congregations. It chartered its first school in
1849, and the first schoolhouse was built in 1850 by John E.
Park, inventor of Park's concrete. The schoolhouse, formerly
known as Guadalupe High School and in the 1980s still used
by St. James Catholic Church, was recognized by the state in
1962 as the oldest continuously used school building in
Texas.
The
foundation for black education in Seguin and throughout
Guadalupe County was largely the work of black Baptists,
aided by Rev. Leonard Ilsley and Rev. William Baton Ball.
The first schools for blacks were held in Methodist and
Baptist churches. When the state adopted a community-based
system of public education in 1876, black residents
organized the Abraham Lincoln School, which was renamed Ball
High School in 1925.
Guadalupe
College, a school for blacks, opened in 1887 and continued
until 1936, when it was destroyed by fire. In 1912 Texas
Lutheran College (now Texas Lutheran University) moved from
Brenham to the Louis Fritz Farm near Seguin. Throughout the
twentieth century the college remained an accredited,
private, four-year liberal-arts institution that enjoyed
distinction in sports and academics, and in 1996 the school
became Texas Lutheran University.
The
economy of Seguin has generally been agricultural, though in
its early years the town was a trading partner of Gonzales,
New Braunfels, and San Antonio. Seguin was on the trail
taken by German emigrants from Indianola to the Hill
Country. With the influx of the German population, farming
methods improved and trade increased. By the time of the
Civil War Seguin residents were growing cotton, corn, and
peanuts and raising hogs and cattle.
While
the men fought in the Civil War the women, children, and
older men tended to the farms and businesses. After the war
Seguin was occupied by Union soldiers. One of its leading
citizens, John Ireland,qv became governor of Texas and
served from 1883 to 1887.
The
Seguin economy improved dramatically in the late 1920s, when
oil was discovered in the Darst Creek fields fifteen miles
east of town. The community continued to be well-represented
in the state government. State Senator Ferdinand C.
Weinertqv of Seguin was responsible for long-lasting prison
reforms and also worked to establish the Pasteur Institute
of Texas, which saved many lives in the treatment of rabies.
Hilda
Blumberg Weinert's contributions to education and politics
in Texas were also important. As the twentieth century
progressed Seguin attracted manufacturing and
service-oriented industries to diversify its agricultural
and oil-based economy. In 1986 the Seguin city government
changed from the mayor-council form of city governmentqv to
the council-manager form of city government.qv By 1988 the
town had an estimated population of 22,000 and more than
thirty businesses that employed more than fifteen full-time
workers each. By that year also the county hospital had
expanded to seventy-five beds. The Seguin-Guadalupe County
Library continued its expansion to more than 50,000 volumes,
and the Seguin Gazette-Enterprise celebrated its centenary
year in 1988.
On
August 12, 1988, Seguin celebrated its sesquicentennial
year. Tourists were attracted to Max Starcke Park, the
Guadalupe County Coliseum, and the County Fairgrounds, where
the Texas State High School Rodeo has been held since 1984.
The town boasted a number of antebellum homes, including the
Sebastopol House State Historic Structure, and the greater
Seguin area was the setting for author Janice Woods Windle's
successful novel True Women (1993), featured in a television
miniseries in 1997. In 2000 Seguin had a population of
22,011 and 1,338 businesses.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Anne Brawner, Guadalupe College: A Case History in Negro
Higher Education, 1884-1936 (M.A. thesis, Southwest Texas
State University, 1980). Lawrence J. Fitzsimon, History of
Seguin (San Antonio: Jackson Directory Company, 1938?; rpt.,
Seguin: South Texas Printing, 1988). Vincent Paul Hauser, A
Survey of the Technologies Contributing to the Concrete Era
of Seguin, Texas, in the Mid-Nineteenth Century (M.A.
thesis, University of Texas at Austin, 1980). Arwerd Max
Moellering, A History of Guadalupe County, Texas (M.A.
thesis, University of Texas, 1938). Vertical Files, Barker
Texas History Center, University of Texas at
Austin.
John
Gesick
More Early
History of Seguin
Seguin was
built on land granted by the Mexican Government to Sir Humphrey
Branch, under the Emprassario Grant of Green DeWitt. This land
grant, recorded in the State Land Office at Austin, bears the date
of May, 1830. Branch perfected his grant by actually settling on
the present townsite in November, 1831. Around 1834, the settlers
here moved to Gonzales for protection from the constant attacks by
band of Indians.
Prior to
1838, Seguin was know as Walnut Springs. When it was found that
another locality in Texas has previously recorded the name of
Walnut Springs, Texas, the shareholders voted to adopt a new name.
The choice was between Tuscumbia and Seguin, and Seguin won by
eleven voted (the name of Seguin was in honor of Juan N. Seguin,
who had been a colonel in the Texas Calvary at San
Jacinto).
On March 24,
1846, an act by the First Legislature read as follow: "…be it
enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas that the town of
Seguin be declared the Seat of Justice in the County of
Guadalupe." Then on March 30, 1846, Guadalupe County was created
from parts of Bexar and Gonzales counties. By this Act, Guadalupe
County became one of the first ten counties created by the
Legislature of Texas and Seguin actually became a county seat
before there was a county!
The City
of Seguin was incorporated in 1853, with John R. King as its
first Mayor. A copy of the "Incorporation of Seguin" is printed in
the Seguin Mercury, on of Seguin's first newspapers. The Galveston
and Harrisburg Railroad was built through Seguin in 1875. The
first public school building was erected in 1889, but the first
school was taught by Reverent David Thompson in 1842.
Guadalupe
County has always been famous for its stock raising. One of the
most famous race horses of Seguin, in the days after the Civil
War, was named Seguin, and it carried our colors to win in the
State Races in Austin in those days. "Texas", the horse ridden by
Theodore Roosevelt in the charge of San Juan Hill in the Spanish
American Way, was given to Roosevelt by his cousin, Colonel Moore
of Seguin.
Seguin's Oak
Trees
Seguin is
also famous for its Oak Trees. The many beautiful oaks of Seguin
have names of historical background. Many are estimated to be 500
years old or more; some even as much as 1,000 year old. Many
generations have loved and protected these trees. They may be seen
at the following locations:
Civil War
Oak - Seventh block of West Baker Street
Coffin Oak - Corner
of South Camp and West Donegan Streets
*John Ireland Oak -
Middle of North Travis (officially named after Texas Governor
Ireland of Seguin)
Ranger Oak -
Gonzales and Camp Streets
The Goodrich Oak -
South end of Goodrich Street
The Sam Houston -
Sixth block of East Nolte Street
Whipping Oak -
North side of Central Park
*Hanging Oak -
Corner of South River and East Nolte Streets
* No longer
standing
In the early
days, there were many beautiful rock fences marking the property
lines of the early settlers. Remnants of these can be seen at the
east end of Nolte Street and at the corner of East Ireland and
North Travis Streets.
Seguin's
Strategic Location
Strategic
Location - Seguin is strategically located in South Central Texas
on Interstate Highway 10. San Antonio, the tenth largest
city in the United States, is twenty-five to thirty minutes west
of Seguin via IH 10. Austin, the State capitol, is conveniently
accessible forty to fifty minutes to the north by State Highway
123 and Interstate Highway 35. The ports of Houston and Corpus
Christi are nearly equal distance from
Seguin.
Seguin
Newspaper: Seguin Daily News 609 E.
Court St. Seguin, Texas 78155 (830) 379-2234
Seguin
Radio Station: KWED-AM
1580 609 E. Court St. Seguin, Texas 78155 (830)
379-2234
Seguin
Cable Television: Time Warner
Cable 1239 E. College St. Seguin, Texas
78155 1-800-255-0501
Seguin
Tax Structure
Ad Valorem
Property Tax ($100 of Value): County
0.3654 City
0.3976 School
1.6854
Bonded
Indebtedness: $14,625,000.00 General Obligation:
$6,400,000.00 Bond Revenue: $8,225,000.00 Bonding
Rating: "A" on the Fitch IBCA scale Retail Sales Tax:
State-6.25%, City-1.50%, County- 0.50%
Seguin
Transportation
Highways: Federal:
US 90, US 90A State: TX 123, TX 46, FM
78 Interstate: IH 10
Bus: Greyhound Bus Lines 1009 W. Court
St. Seguin, Texas 78155 (830)
372-0272 1-800-231-2222
Service
Distance Solid Waste
Disposal
Local Heavy
Hardware
Local Heat
Treating
Local Electric Motor Repair
Local Materials
Recycling
Local Tool & Die
Maker
Local Welding
Supplies
Local
Seguin
Climate and Weather
Seguin
Annual Average Temperature: 67°
Seguin
Monthly Average High Temperature January 77°
July 99°
Seguin
Monthly Average Low
Temperature January 23°
July 67°
Tourism:
Antique Shops, Boating, Fishing, Golf Courses, Historic
District, Historical Homes, Los Nogales Museum, Max Starcke
Park, Municipal Wavepool, Sebastopol State Historical Park,
Seguin-Guadalupe County Coliseum, Swimming, Texas Independence
Trail
Things
to See and Do in Seguin
Col.
Juan Seguin Statue
In 1838, during the early days of the Republic
of Texas, a group of Rangers established this town under
live oaks beside springs on the Guadalupe
River.
They soon
named it in honor of Juan Seguin, a Tejano patriot who
had fought against the brutal Mexican dictator, Santa
Anna.
The next
year, Col. Juan N. Seguin visited this town newly named
for him, and he paraded through the streets, in uniform
and on horseback, with his sword raised, to accept this
honor. A statue here now portrays him on that
visit.
Downtown
Historic District
Texas
Agricultural Education and Heritage Center
A center to
educate the public and especially young people about the
importance of agriculture in our society. 390 Cordova
Road - (located two and one-half miles north of Seguin on
Hwy.123 and 35 miles east of San Antonio) (830)
379-0933 or (830) 379-1122
Young people and others who have grown up in the
last several decades know little about farming and
ranching. The Texas Agricultural Education and Heritage
Center was founded to do something about this. The purpose
of the Center is to educate the importance of agriculture
in our society and to promote the heritage of farming and
ranching in Texas.
The Center will have displays and events to carry
our its purposes. Agricultural products grown and produced
in Texas will be available for sale. There is a museum
display area that depicts the history of farming and
ranching in the South Central Texas area. Various aspects
of a working farm are on display. Farm and ranch
equipment, old and new, are a part of the Center. Displays
show how important Texas and American farming is to the
production of the world's food supply.
The Center has events for classes from schools.
The education of children in the heritage and importance
of agriculture is a prime objective. It is important that
young people see the value of farming and ranching and be
attracted to agriculture as a career.
The Center has also been developed as a tourist
attraction. An area dealing with Texas History will be
located in a dome-type structure tying the wings of the
complex together. A map of Texas showing its regions will
be in the floor of this section.
Over the years, a typical old farming village will
be developed that will possibly include a blacksmith shop,
old school house, church, general store and service
station. The complex includes a bed and breakfast.
Texas-Size
Pecan
The huge nut
on the Courthouse lawn is a popular place for taking
photos. Made of concrete but looking quite realistic, it
honors a major local industry. Crops can reach up to 3
million pounds of pecans, making this county one of the
nation's leading producers. Guadalupe County growers
helped to pioneer the now-popular nut, which Spanish
explorers encountered in this area hundreds of years ago.
Some of the earliest pecan orchards were planted in nearby
river bottoms, and local specimens were used in upgrading
cultivated varieties. The Guadalupe Valley Pecan Growers
Association, founded here, is one of the oldest such
groups in the state.
True
Women Tours
830-379-6382
History comes
to life in True Women , the historical novel by native
Janice Woods Windle, and the CBS mini-series that first
aired in 1997. What began as a cookbook to give a son and
his bride grew into "epic tales of war and adventure, love
and murder, violence and redemption." For group tours and
maps, contact the Chamber of
Commerce.
Starcke
Park
830-401-2480
A showplace
park with a scenic River Drive that meanders beneath
towering cypress, elm and pecan trees along the beautiful
Guadalupe, giving a view of a historic curving dam and its
captivating waterfall.
Starcke Park
boasts an 18-hole golf course, driving range and putting
greens, a Wave Pool ($3 for kids and $4 for teens and
adults) and a Kids' Kingdom playscape. Shaded picnic areas
along the riverfront include both open-air and covered
tables, and some have attached barbeque pits. Other
facilities include volleyball, basketball and tennis
courts, a walking-jogging path, and pavilions, as well as
a fine baseball softball complex.
The
Golf Club of Seguin
830-379-6313
Championship
18-hole golf course open for non-member play by
reservation.
Seguin Historic &
Visitor Attractions
Central
Park Square 91 Historic Monuments on site Central Park
Fountain Juan Seguin Statue
City Hall
29 205 N. River Street Juan Seguin Historic Marker
Public Bathrooms
WWII
Liberty Ship Bell SS Juan Seguin (inside)
Convention
and Visitors Bureau 4 Seguin Area Chamber of Commerce
427 N. Austin Street 379-6382
Visitor
information available here!
Moving
soon to 116 N. Camp 117
Congressman Henry
Cuellar 68
100 S.
Austin Street 830-401-0457
Guadalupe
County Courthouse Square 75 Public Bathrooms Historic
Markers on site “The World's Largest Pecan”
Texas
Theatre 6 425 N. Austin Street 830-305-2482
Restoration under
way for performance center
The
Heritage Museum & Strictly Seguin Gift Shop 51 114 N.
River Street 372-0965 Monday – Friday 11:00 am –
4:00 pm
Women's
Federated Club Rooms 5 432 N. River Street Used for
meetings and special events
American Bank
Public Parking A Palace Theatre Public Parking B Juror
Parking East, Two Blocks C Walnut Branch Memorial Rose
Garden & Juror Parking, One Block D
W. Donegan
Street at Travis Behind the Guadalupe County Annex
CCC-era rose-lined walkway at Walnut Branch
Seguin
Conservation Society Property E S. River Street at Live Oak
Open by pre-appointment. Call 379-6382 for information.
Oldest
Protestant Church in Texas, Doll House, Calaboose, Campbell Log
Cabin, Los Nogales Museum
The Seguin
Green Team
The Seguin
Green Team is looking for volunteers to help with downtown
beautification projects. The Green Team meets the first and
third Thursday of each month, from 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. An
additional day and time for volunteering can be organized with
sufficient interest. Green Team volunteers attend one or both
days, depending on their schedule and interest. Here are the
types of projects the Green Team assists with:
----Planting,
watering and caring for the flower pots downtown
----Maintaining flowerbeds in Central Park
----Maintaining the Memorial Rose Garden ----General
downtown weed control and clean up
You do not
have to have gardening skills to participate. Supplies and a
Green Team t-shirt are provided.
Please call
Christy Hopper, Seguin Main Street Program at 401-2475 for more
information.
Seguin Main Street
Program
Seguin is a Charter
Member of the Texas Main Street program, of the Texas Historical
Commission, a program dedicated to the economic revitalization
of downtown' through historic preservation. Seguin's Main Street
Program is also recognized as an Accredited National Main Street
City by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
The City of Seguin
Main Street Program overees activity in the downtown historic
district. A nine-member Advisory Board is appointed by the Mayor
and City Council and includes representatives who are downtown
business and property owners and those who represent various
clubs and organizations with an interest in revitalizing the
downtown historic district.
About Downtown Seguin
Downtown
Seguin is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and
includes 26 square blocks. Seguin is one of the oldest towns in
the state. Many of the buildings in the downtown date back to
the early 1900s and some date as far back as the days of the
Republic of Texas. Downtown has a sprawling collection of
commercial and public buildings, including two four-story hotel
buildings and enjoyed the influence of prominent architects like
J. Riely Gordon, Atlee B. Ayers, and Alfred Giles. A list of
what downtown Seguin has to offer is available in the the Seguin
Shopping & Entertainment Brochure.
Seguin Main Street
Program - Trade Days
Four times
a year, 90 to 100 vendors selling arts, crafts, food, clothing,
plants, collectibles, antiques and other items of interest
gather in downtown Seguin for Trade Days. Vendors set up in the
street around Central Park. Entertainment, a free walking tour
of historic sites and fun for the kids is also available. For
more information check out the vendor application and map or
call 830-401-5000.
Seguin 4th of July -
Independance Day in Seguin
Crowds of
flag-waving people, estimated at over 10,000, line the streets
of historic downtown Seguin every year for the annual 4th of
July celebration. No one knows for sure how long this event has
been held…perhaps since 1838 when Seguin was founded on the
banks of Walnut Creek! But no matter how old, each year this
celebration gets bigger and better! A solemn ceremony kicks off
the day with the annual Flag Raising Ceremony in Central Park.
Music, speakers, pomp and circumstance remind citizens that this
is a day of significance for our
country.
Seguin 4th of July
Parade - Friday, July 4th,
2008
8:45 a.m. - Flag
Raising Ceremony in Central Park 10:00 a.m. - Biggest
Small-Town 4th of July Parade in Texas 11:30 a.m. - Mayor's
Luncheon at the Coliseum 9:30 p.m. - Fireworks Fiesta in
Starcke Park
The Biggest Small-Town 4th of July Parade in Texas
begins in Seguin, with bands, military units, and many local and
regional entries creating a continuous parade that runs for
about two hours!
Following the
parade, many opt for the cooler temperatures at the
air-conditioned Coliseum where the Mayor's Luncheon is held.
Entertainment and a traditional BBQ are the order of the day at
the luncheon. Tickets are required and the event usually sells
out.
At dusk, the City
of Seguin and HEB sponsor a spectacular fire works display over
the golf course at Starcke Park. This is Seguin's biggest party
of the year and friends, neighbors and visitors to the area are
welcome to join in the fun.
The 4th of July
activities cap off a weekend of fun including a Fiesta Swim at
the Wave Pool, golf tournament and carnival, live music, food
and fun during Freedom Fiesta sponsored by the Seguin Area
Chamber of Commerce. For more information call the City of
Seguin Special Event Phone Line at 830-401-5000 or the Seguin
Area Chamber of Commerce at 830-379-6382 or go to http://www.freedomfiesta.com/
or http://www.visitseguin.com/
One of the Most Important
Heroes of Texas History
JUAN
NEPOMUCENO SEGUÍN (1806-1890)
Juan
Seguín, political and military figure of the Texas Revolution
and Republic of Texas, was born in San Antonio on October 27,
1806, the elder son of two children of Juan José María Erasmo
Seguínqv and María Josefa Becerra. Although he had little
formal schooling, Juan was encouraged by his father to read
and write, and he appears to have taken some interest in
music. At age nineteen he married María Gertrudis Flores de
Abrego, a member of one of San Antonio's most important
ranching families.
They had
ten children, among whom Santiago was a mayor of Nuevo Laredo
and Juan, Jr., was an officer in the Mexican military in the
1860s and 1870s. Seguín began his long career of public
service at an early age. He helped his mother run his father's
post office while the latter served in Congress in 1823-24.
Seguín's election as alderman in December 1828 demonstrated
his great potential. He subsequently served on various
electoral boards before being elected alcaldeqv in December
1833. He acted for most of 1834 as political chief of the
Department of Bexar, after the previous chief became ill and
retired.
Seguín's
military career began in 1835. In the spring he responded to
the Federalist state governor's call for support against the
Centralist opposition by leading a militia company to
Monclova. After the battle of Gonzalesqv in October 1835,
Stephen F. Austinqv granted a captain's commission to Seguín,
who raised a company of thirty-seven. His company was involved
in the fall of 1835 in scouting and supply operations for the
revolutionary army,qv and on December 5 it participated in the
assault on Gen. Martín Perfecto de Cos's army at San Antonio.
Seguín
entered the Alamoqv with the other Texan military when Antonio
López de Santa Anna'sqv army arrived, but was sent out as a
courier. Upon reaching Gonzales he organized a company that
functioned as the rear guard of Sam Houston'sqv army, was the
only Tejanoqv unit to fight at the battle of San Jacinto,qv
and afterward observed the Mexican army's retreat. Seguín
accepted the Mexican surrender of San Antonio on June 4, 1836,
and served as the city's military commander through the fall
of 1837; during this time he directed burial services for the
remains of the Alamo dead. He resigned his commission upon
election to the Texas Senate at the end of the
year.
Seguín,
the only Mexican Texan in the Senate of the republic, served
in the Second, Third, and Fourth Congress. He served on the
Committee of Claims and Accounts and, despite his lack of
English, was chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs.
Among his legislative initiatives were efforts to have the
laws of the new republic printed in Spanish. In the spring of
1840 he resigned his Senate seat to assist Gen. Antonio
Canales, a Federalist, in an abortive campaign against the
Centralists, but upon his return to San Antonio at the end of
the year he found himself selected mayor.
In this
office Seguín became embroiled in growing hostilities between
Anglos and Mexican Texans. He faced personal problems as well.
He had gained the enmity of some residents by speculating in
land. He financed his expedition in support of Canales by
mortgaging property and undertook a smuggling venture in order
to pay off the debt. Although upon his return from Mexico he
came under suspicion of having betrayed the failed Texan Santa
Fe expedition,qv he still managed to be reelected mayor at the
end of 1841. His continuing conflicts with Anglo squatters on
city property, combined with his business correspondence with
Mexico, incriminated him in Gen. Rafael Vásquez'sqv invasion
of San Antonio in March 1842. In fear for his safety, Seguín
resigned as mayor on April 18, 1842, and shortly thereafter
fled to Mexico with his family.
He spent
six years in Mexico and then attempted to reestablish himself
in Texas. While living in Mexico he participated, according to
him under duress, in Gen. Adrián Woll'sqv invasion of Texas in
September 1842. Afterward his company served as a frontier
defense unit, protecting the Rio Grande crossings and fighting
Indians. During the Mexican War his company saw action against
United States forces. At the end of the war he decided to
return to Texas despite the consequences.
He
settled on land adjacent to his father's ranch in what is now
Wilson County. During the 1850s he became involved in local
politics and served as a Bexar County constable and an
election-precinct chairman. His business dealings took him
back to Mexico on occasion, and at the end of the 1860s, after
a brief tenure as Wilson county judge, Seguín retired to Nuevo
Laredo, where his son Santiago had established himself. He
died there on August 27, 1890. His remains were returned to
Texas in 1974 and buried at Seguin, the town named in his
honor, during ceremonies on July 4, 1976.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Jesús F. de la Teja, ed., A Revolution Remembered: The Memoirs
and Selected Correspondence of Juan N. Seguín (Austin: State
House Press, 1991).
Power is
supplied by the Lower Colorado River Authority, while the
Guadalupe River is the main source of water. The natural
gas supplier is CenterPoint Energy Entex. Seguin also
maintains its own water supply.
City of
Seguin Utilities
(830)
401-2460
Crystal
Clear Water Supply
(830)
372-1031
Green
Valley Water Special Utility District
(830)
914-2330
Guadalupe
Valley Electric Cooperative Inc.
(830)
379-2114
Guadalupe-Blanco
River Authority
(830)
379-5822
Lower
Colorado River Authority
(830)
372-3850
CenterPoint
Energy Entex
(830)
379-5207
Springs
Hill Water Supply
(830)
379-7683
Telephone-
SBC
1-800-464-7928
Major
Employers of Seguin
Employers
Number of
Employees
Union
Motorola Electronics
1,500
No
Seguin
Independent School District School
District
1,259
No
Structural
Metals Inc. (SMI) Steel
Products
840
No
Guadalupe
Valley Hospital Health Care
867
No
Tyson
Foods Poultry Processing
650
No
Wal-Mart
Supercenter Retail
408
No
Guadalupe
County Government
471
No
Alamo
Industrial Roadside Maintenance
Equipment
192
No
City of
Seguin Government
330
No
Texas Lutheran
University Higher Education
300
No
Hexcel
Schwebel Composite Fabrics
205
No
H-E-B Food
Store Retail Grocery
220
No
Frequently Used Phone
Numbers - The area code for
Seguin is 830
Area
Chambersof
Commerce
Austin
512-478-9383
Luling
830-875-3214
New
Braunfels
830-606-0441
New Braunfels
CVB
830-572-2626
San
Antonio
210-229-2100
San
Marcos
512-393-5900
Seguin/Guadalupe
County Hispanic
830-372-3151
Wimberley
512-847-2201
City of
Seguin Departments
Animal Control
401-2335
SARA
401-0280
City
Hall
379-3212
Economic
Development
401-2475
Main
Street
401-2448
Trade
Days
401-5000
Mayor
401-2308
Parks &
Recreation
401-2480
Seguin
ISD
372-5771
Fire &
EMS
401-2310
Police
379-2123
Guadalupe
County Departments
Appraisal
372-2871
Community
Council
372-3750
Courthouse
303-4188
Extension
Office
379-1972
Fair
Association
303-6477
Family
Violence
372-2780
Fire
Marshal
379-0660
GBRA
379-5822
GVEC
379-2114
GVH
379-2411
Habitat for
Humanity
401-0422
Library
401-2422
MHMR
303-6467
Post
Office
303-5141
Salvation
Army
401-4872
Sebastopol
379-4833
Sheriff
379-2315
Social
Security
379-8802
Tax
Office
379-2315
United
Way
303-3263
Voter
Registration
379-0267
Youth
Basketball
379-9650
State of Texas
Departments
Better Business
Bureau
210-828-9441
DPS/Driver's
License
379-6802
FBI - San
Antonio
210-225-6741
Highway
Patrol
379-4210
TXDOT
379-5362
Texas Workforce
Center
379-4244
Texas Dept.
Human Services
379-6525
Miscellaneous
Seguin Phone Numbers
Activity
Center
379-7842
Aumont
372-4747
Auction Cattle
Company
379-9955
Buffalo
Roam
303-0190
Building
Association
303-9397
Childrens'
Advocacy Center
303-4760
Christian
Clinic
379-0500
Coliseum
401-2486
Women's
Building (@ Fairgrounds)
379-0612
Conservation
Society Tours - Jack
Linden Moore House
reservations
303-4451 379-5509
CCTC
830-609-2100
D & D Farm
& Ranch Supermarket
303-1926
Dump (FM 467
& Hwy. 46)
372-3984
Goodwill
372-3722
Green
Gate
401-4986
Gypsy
Taxi Toll Free
379-5576 866-884-7693
Heritage
Museum
372-0965
King Ranger
Theater
379-8425
League of Arts
and Crafts
303-3513
Meadow
Lake Place
303-1230
Millenium
Teleservices
800-929-5753
Outdoor
Learning Center
379-7652
Rio Nogales
Power Project
303-5267
Silver
Center
303-6612 or
372-9857
Seguin
Taxi
305-1183
Texas
Agricultural Education & Heritage Center
379-0933 or
379-1122
Texas
Independent Energy
609-0588
Texas Lutheran
University
372-8000
Volleyball
Complex
379-1513
Seguin
Educational Organizations
Texas Lutheran
University 1000 W. Court, Seguin, Texas 78155 (830)
372-8000 http://www.tlu.edu/
Seguin
Independent School District 815 Lamar, Seguin, Texas
78155 (830) 372-5770 www.seguin.k12.tx.us/
Navarro Independent School District PO Drawer 10,
Geronimo, Texas 78115 (830) 372-1930 http://www.navarroisd.net/
Private
Schools
Lifegate Christian Church and
School 395 Lifegate Lane Seguin, Texas 78155 (830)
372-0850 www.lifegatefalcons.org/
First
Baptist Christian Academy Preschool through grade
6 1314 E. Cedar Seguin,Texas 78155 (830)
379-4208 www.myschoolonline.com/tx/fbcs
St.
James Catholic School 507 S. Camp Seguin, Texas
78155 (830) 379-2878
4-H
Guadalupe County Laura Petty 210 E. Live
Oak Seguin, TX
78155 830/379-2153
Guadalupe County 4-H
Adult Leaders Club Jeff Hanselka 210 E. Live
Oak Seguin, TX
78155 830/379-2153
ART
CLUBS
Seguin
League of Arts and Crafts Geraldine Jordan 2351
Lakewood Dr. Seguin, TX
78155 830/303-3513
Seguin Oakwood Art
League Georgette K. Maroldo P.O. Box
2151 Seguin, TX 78156 830/379-8253 Art in
Process, 3rd Monday, 10 am
ASSOCIATIONS
American
Association of Retired Persons Barbara Doll 1746
Rosewood Seguin, TX
78155 830/379-7459
American Cancer Society
Board Earline Jarzombeck 106 Old Campbell
Road Seguin, TX 78155 830/303-8908 Guadalupe
Valley Hospital 2nd Tuesdays, 6
p.m.
American Heart Memorials Joyce
Johnston 200 N. Austin St. Seguin, TX
78155 830/379-5236
American Red
Cross Tara Brinkkoeter 100 Main Plaza,
#100 New Braunfels, TX
78130 830/608-9876
Chaparral Amateur Radio
Club Harold Kraus 196 Middletowne Seguin, TX
78155 830/379-4603 Upstairs 210 E. Live Oak,
Guadalupe Annex, 2nd Tuesday
Daughters of the
Republic of Texas Wanda Farr 106 Hampton
West Seguin, TX 78155 830/303-7338 4th
Tuesday Sept., Nov., Jan., Mar, &
May
Friends of Lake McQueeney Peggy
McKanna 232 Paseo del Rio Seguin, TX
78155 830/560-1855
Guadalupe Agricultural
and Livestock Fair Association Mr. Mike
Wagner P.O. Box 334 Seguin, TX
78156 830/379-6477 Hall of Fame, 2nd Tuesday, 7
pm
Guadalupe County Farm Bureau David
Bruton PO Box 924 Seguin, TX
78156 830/379-4456 Farm Bureau Office, 3rd
Tuesday, 7 pm.
Guadalupe County Genealogical
Society Ed Schramm 1056 E. Ireland
St. Seguin, TX 78155 830/379-5488 Library,
3rd Tuesday, 7 pm.
Guadalupe County Historical
Commission John Gesick 1720 Sagebiel
Road Seguin, TX 78155 Seguin Public Library,
1st Wednesday, 12 noon
Guadalupe County
Humane Society Margaret Svatek P.O.Box
1593 Seguin, TX 78156 830/372-2055 C
Shelter
Guadalupe County Sheriff's Mounted
Posse Mr. Mike Hallmark 410 Miltex
Rd. Seguin, TX 78156 830/303-1560 Guadalupe
County Posse Grounds 2nd Monday Monthly - 8
pm
Guadalupe County Wildlife Association Mr.
Scott Kolbe 210 E. Live Oak Seguin, TX
78155 830/379-2170
Guadalupe Valley Hospital
Auxiliary Kelly Schievelbein 1215 E.
Court Seguin, TX
78155 830/379-2411
Guadalupe Valley Quarter
Horse Breeder's Association Delle Rohmer P.O.
Box 295 Elmendorf, TX
78112 210/635-7819
Hijas de Maria Sonia
Perez P.O.Box 52 Geronimo, TX
78115 830/379-7037
Hospice of Guadalupe
Valley Hospital Kelly Schievelbein 1215 E.
Court Seguin, TX 78155 830/379-2411
LULAC
Council #682 Diana Reyes PO Box 707 Seguin,
TX 78156 830/372-4025 Teatro De Artes 2nd
Thursday Monthly - 7:30 p.m.
Mid-Texas Symphony
Guild Cheryl Fisher P.O. Box 3216 TLU Seguin,
TX 78156 State Bank & Trust, 2nd Tuesday,
5:30 p.m.
Mid-Texas Symphony Society Bill
Dean 551 Capote Oaks Drive Seguin, TX
78155 830/303-2825
National Association of
Retired Federal Employees Ray Reininger 139
Spanish Oak Seguin, TX 78155 830
303-1872 Davila's Bar-B-Que 2nd Thursday, 6
pm.
Pecan Promotion Committee Helen
Hamilton 215 Lange Seguin, TX
78155 Extension Office, 210 Live Oak, 1st
Thursday, 5:15 pm.
Retired Senior Volunteer
Program Stephen Doerr P.O. Box 3530 Seguin,
TX 78156 830/379-0300 210 E. Live Oak Rooms
204 & 205
Seguin Art Center Candi
Andrews P.O. Box 825 Seguin, TX
78156 830/379-1442
Seguin Board of
Realtors Eve Hiner 801 N. 123 Bypass Seguin,
TX 78155 830/372-3670 1st
Wednesday
Seguin Conservation Society Barry
Duncan 620 N. Milam Street Seguin, TX
78155 830/303-2464 Seguin's First Church,
211 E. LiveOak - 4th Monday Monthly - 7
pm.
Seguin Swine Breeders Association Jerry
Wieters Rt. 2, Box 87 Marion, TX
78124 830/914-2421
Seguin Tennis
Association Joe Dibrell 207 S. Camp Seguin,
TX 78155 830/379-2896
Seguin-Guadalupe
County Retired Teachers Association Esther
Beck 98 Hampton West Seguin, TX 78155 Faith
Lutheran Church 2nd Tuesday Sept.-May 9:30
am.
Supporting Other Singles Edith
Griffin 219 Elm St. Seguin, TX
78155 830/379-5479 Johnny Mac's, 3rd Friday,
6:30
Texas Tops #1201 Jarvis
Schramm 1056 E. Ireland St. Seguin, TX
78155 830/379-5488 Silver Center Wednesdays -
8:30 am.
Texas Tops # 464 Jarvis
Schramm 1056 E. Ireland Seguin, TX
78155 830-379-5488 First Baptist
Church Mondays - 5:30 pm.
Texas Tops #
1775 Jarvis Schramm 1056 E. Ireland Seguin,
TX 78155 830-379-5488 St. Andrews Episcopal
Church Wednesdays - 11 am.
Women's Overseas
Service League Carol A. Habgood 4323 Shavano
Woods St. San Antonio, TX
78249 210/493-8689 2nd Saturday except July
& August
Zonta Club of Seguin Pat
Grigg P. O. Box 1994 Seguin, TX 78156 830
401-1141 Davila's Bar-B-Q 2nd and 4th Wednesday
- 12 noon
CHURCH
ORGANIZATIONS
Church
Women United Nancy Rowley 635 Sagewood
Parkway Seguin, TX
78155 830/379-2870
Emanuel's Lutheran Youth
Org. 206 N. Travis Street Seguin, TX
78155 830/379-5046
Cross United Church of
Christ Youth Fellowship Rev. Alan Coe 814 N.
Bauer Seguin, TX 78155 830/379-4312
Faith
Lutheran Youth Group 1326 E. Cedar
Street Seguin, TX
78155 830/379-7036
EE
CLUBS
Bluebonnet
EE Club Mrytle Baker 741 Running
Creek Seguin, TX 78155 Member's Homes, 2nd
Tuesday, 9:30 a.m.
Clear Springs EE
Club Laura Mae Gerdes 420 E.
Martindale Seguin, TX
78155 830/379-5908 Member Homes 3rd Wednesday
- 2 p.m.
Elm Creek EE Club Helen
Hamilton 215 Lange Rd. Seguin, TX
78155 830/303-5646 Ag Building Meeting Room -
210 E. Live Oak St. 2nd Wednesday 1
p.m.
Guadalupe County EE Clubs Helen
Hamilton Seguin, TX 78155 Ag Building Meeting
Room 210 E. Live Oak St.,1:30 p.m. Last
Wednesday Oct., Jan.,Mar.,June., Aug.
Marion
EE Club Irene Wiedner 3240 Gin Road Seguin,
TX 78155 830/420-2485 Marion HS Library, 2nd
Thursday, 7:30 p.m.
FRATERNAL
ORGANIZATIONS
Elks
Ladies Auxiliary Helen L. Gamblin 710 River Oak
Dr. Seguin, TX 78155 830/379-2941 Elks Lodge
# 1229 1st Monday of the Month 7 p.m.
Elks
Lodge # 1229 John Seiler 1331 C. H. Matthies Jr.
Dr. Seguin, TX 78155 830/303-5844
Knights
of Columbus Council #3412 James Lee, M.D. 202
Wedgewood Seguin, TX 78155 830/372-0694 KC
Hall, 2nd Monday
Laubach Sons of Hermann
Lodge Cynthia Berger PO Box 623 Seguin, TX
78155 (830)401-1106 Laubach Bowling
Club Quarterly every 2nd Sunday in March, June,
Sept. and Dec.
Masonic Lodge #109 Leland
Potter 137 Alexander Seguin, TX
78155 Guadalupe Masonic Lodge, 2nd & 4th
Thursday
Seguin Hermann Sons Lodge
#37 Chester Jenke 211 Cottonwood Lane Seguin,
TX 78155 830/303-4316 Lodge Hall Hwy 90 W. @ FM
725 3rd Wednesday, 7 pm.
Woodmen of the
World, Southwest Texas Fraternal Association Doug
Wessels Woodmen Family Activity Center 1832 W
Kingsbury 830/303-7984 Last Tuesday, 6:30
pm.
GARDEN
CLUBS
Seguin
Garden Club Coleena Burnsides 1048 Country Club
Drive Seguin, TX 78155 830/379-4829 Silver
Center 2nd Tuesday Sept. - June 2
pm.
Guadalupe County Master Gardeners George
Ammermann 210 E. Live Oak Seguin, TX
78155 830/379-1972 210 Live Oak St. 3rd
Tuesday - 6:45
Nogales Garden Club Pat
Schultz 919 N. Austin Seguin, TX
78155 830/379-0953 Silver Center, 3rd
Tuesday, 7 pm.
KIWANIS
CLUBS
Kiwanis
Club of Seguin Ann Jernigan 1339 E. Court
St. Seguin, TX 78155 830/401-7281 The Silver
Center Every Wednesday, 12
noon
LION'S
CLUBS
Marion
Lions Club Debra Mauer 7041 FM 1044 Marion,
TX 78124 830/914-4819
McQueeney Lions
Club Don McFarland, President 2006-2007 P.O. Box
146 McQueeney, TX
78123 830/557-6621
Seguin Evening Lions
Club Pete Campbell, President 2006-2007 1307
Canary Lane 830/379-1021 Davila's BBQ, 380
N. 123 Bypass 1st & 3rd Thursday, 6:45
p.m.
Seguin
Noon Lions Club Harry Dietz, Jr., President
2006-2007 409 Elmwood Seguin, TX
78155 830/379-2879 Seguin City Market BBQ, 1103
N. Hwy. 46 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Thursday,
noon
Seguin Sunset Lions Jack Hampton,
President 2006-2007 135 Egelmann Ln. Seguin, TX
78155 830/372-2907 All Occasions
Catering, 2nd & 4th Thursday, 6:15
pm.
Sunrise Lions Club Mel Grones, President
2006-2007 8172 FM 466 Seguin, TX
78155 830/303-8955 Silver Center, 510 E.
Court 1st & 3rd Wednesday, 6:45
a.m.
Seguin Mid-Day Lions Club Jerry Henze,
President 2006-2007 8330 Huber Rd. Seguin, TX
78155-0296 830/303-3074 Silver Center, 510 E.
Court St. 2nd & 4th Tuesday, 12
noon
Texas
Lutheran University Campus Club Carrie Mauldin,
President 2006-2007 1000 W. Court Seguin, TX
78155 TLU Student Center, 1000 W.
Court TBD
Seguin Area
Manufacturers
ACCO
FEEDS
Dr. Darrell
Huck, Branch Manager 2464 Hwy 46 North Seguin, Texas
78155 (830) 379-7280
Products:
Formula Feeds Employees: 40 Distribution Area:
State Company Established: 1972
Products:
Sporting Guns Employees: 5 Distribution Area:
National Company Established: 1970
KEISER
MANUFACTURING
Fred Keiser,
President 3501 N. Hwy 123 Bypass Seguin, Texas
78155 (830) 379-0721
Products:
General Machining, Automotive & Geared Components, Food
Processing Equipment Employees: 9 Distribution Area:
Export Outside USA Company Established: 1994
KLEINGUENTHER
FIREARMS
Robert
Kleinguenther, President 1604 N. Heideke Seguin, Texas
78155 (830) 372-5050
Products:
Patented Ballistic Recoil Brakes Employees:
1 Distribution Area: Export Outside USA Company
Established: 1989
KOEHLER
COMPANY, THE
Steve Koehler,
President 1404 N. Camp Seguin, Texas 78155 (830)
303-6256
Products: Large
Residential and Commercial Construction/Architectural
Millwork and Cabinets Employees: 85 Distribution Area:
Texas Company Established: 1955
MARBLE MASTERS
OF TEXAS
John Haake,
President 12310 FM 725 Seguin, Texas 78155 (830)
379-7744
Products:
Cultured Marble Counter Tops, Bathtubs, Showers, and
Vanities Employees: 50 Distribution Area: National
Company Established:1975
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