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El Campo is a city in Wharton County, Texas, United States. The population was 12,350 at the 2020 Census , making it the largest city in Wharton County. Geography
Empire period house, also includes depot museum with ranching heritage and plantation life displays, and Texas history [144] El Campo Museum of Natural History: El Campo: Wharton Started in 1978 by E. A. Weinheimer [145] Wharton County Historical Museum Wharton Wharton History, culture, and traditions of the county [146]
This was the highest proportion of slaves in a single county in the state of Texas. Demand related to development of new areas for cultivation had caused the number of slaves overall in the state to triple between 1850 and 1860, from 58,000 to 182,566.
Take a tour of historic El Campo and discover some road trip worthy hidden gems in the "pearl of the prairie"
This article was split from List of museums in Texas. Replica of Judge Roy Bean office . The list of museums in West Texas encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related ...
The Texas Civil War Museum in White Settlement, which has been open since 2006 and displays Union and Confederate artifacts, is taking back its decision to close its doors at the end of 2023.. The ...
Several family members and employees of Rosenberg-based Hartman Newspapers, L.P. publish a group of 11 small daily and semiweekly newspapers in Texas, including Rosenberg, Rockport, Port Lavaca, Katy and Alvin. In March 2024, the Wharton Journal-Spectator and the El Campo Leader-News were merged to form the Wharton County Leader-Journal. [2]
The El Paso Museum of History is a museum located in downtown El Paso, Texas which presents information about the past 400 years of history in the United States/Mexico border region. The museum has over 16,000 feet of exhibition space. [1] Galleries in the museum feature traveling exhibitions as well as several permanent exhibitions. [1]