Texana, Site of the Old Town of

Marker Location: from Edna, go SE 4.5 miles SH 111, go left at FM Loop 1822,

Lavaca-Navidad River. Authority.

Founded in 1834 by Dr. F. F. Wells, personal friend of Stephen F. Austin County seat of Jackson County from 1835-1883. Old home of Capt. Clark L. Owen of Civil War fame. Here the following were first organized in Jackson County: Methodist Church in 1838, Masonic Lodge in 1852, Presbyterian Church in 1855.