Old Town Cemetery

The town this ridge served began as Indian Point. In 1844 Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels chose the beach nearby as the Adelsverein's landing place, briefly called Karlshafen, and an immigrant named Johann Schwartz built the first house in 1845. Sam Addison White and William M. Cook founded the town in August 1846, and landowners had the site surveyed and began selling lots that year. A post office opened in September 1847, stagecoaches to the interior ran from January 1848, and in February 1849 Indian Point took the name Indianola.

What the plaque says

Old Town Cemetery Located on the elevated ridge at Indianola Beach, this cemetery is one of three that served the port of Indianola during the 19th century. The oldest existing grave marker, that of James Chilton Allan, bears a date of 1851. Also buried here are some of Calhoun County's earliest settlers, who came in the first wave of German immigration to Texas in the 1840s. Many of the original tombstones, including that of Angelina Eberly (d. 1860), heroine of the Texas Archives War, have disappeared over time because of storms and vandalism. Texas Sesquicentennial 1836- 1986.

Where it stands

More markers nearby

• German Immigration Through Karlshafen — steps away
• Mrs. Angelina Bell Peyton Eberly — 0.8 mi
• The Great Camel Experiment — 0.9 mi
• Zimmerman Cemetery — 1.3 mi