Yorktown, TX, United States
Co-Founders of Yorktown: John York, Charles Eckhardt. John York (1800 - 1848) -- Charles Eckhardt (1813 - 1852) Soldiers and builders of Texas. York, born in Kentucky, came to Texas in 1821; was a captain in siege which expelled Mexican Army from Bexar, 1835. Gave site for Yorktown, 1847. Died in an
Indian fight won by his men. Eckhardt came from Germany. Fought in war for Independence and Mexican war. His mercantile and freighting interests led to founding of Yorktown on trail he had surveyed f
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