Matagorda, TX, United States
City of Matagorda. Projected site of a town in 1826. Founded in 1829 with Stephen F. Austin, Elias R. Wightman, Hosea H. League and Ira Ingram as proprietors. Third largest town in Texas in 1834. Incorporated January 28, 1839, county seat of Matagorda County, 1837-1894. Badly wrecked by storms in 18
54 and 1875. An early cultural center of Texas as evidenced by schools, churches and press. #889
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