At the cotton gin of William Millican, near here, on July 17, 1835, occurred the significant Lavaca-Navidad Meeting, held by
Organized, 1837; named for 7th president of U. S., Andrew Jackson. Early hunting grounds of the cannibalistic Karankawa Indians, this
From 1860 population of 2612 came more than 100 Civil War soldiers, one an infantryman on a crutch: M. K.


