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History in a Pecan
Shell
Originally
known as New Port, it was named after John J. Linn, a merchant who owned
warehouses here. It was an important port of entry during the 1830s. A community
sprang up around the warehouses owned by Linn and others and by 1839 the population
was estimated at 200. At that time the town even had a hotel for the convenience
of arriving immigrants. All that is left of the town is a marker erected in 1936
commemorating the now famous "Last
Raid" of the Comanche Indians.
The raid which began in the Hill Country,
consisted of a seizable group of warriors who swept down to the coast, attacking
settlements along the way, including the seizable town of Victoria.
Linnville was attacked on August 8th 1840. Many residents fled into the waters
of the bay to escape death and after looting the warehouses in a search for guns,
the Comanches returned the way they came. The Texas militia had formed while the
Indians were at the coast and met them at Plum Creek (near present-day downtown
Lockhart). The resulting Battle
of Plum Creek stopped further incursions by the Comanches, who then retreated
far from white settlements.
See Cox's Point.
Only a single building was left standing in Linnville and residents fled
the site to form the town of La Vaca (today the city of Port
Lavaca). As La Vaca grew, Linnville declined and was soon abandoned. |
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