Historical Marker
Co-Founders of Yorktown: John York, Charles Eckhardt
Historical marker location:
W. Main St., Yorktown, Texas
( corner of Main and Eckhardt Streets, Yorktown (Yorktown City Park))
Marker installed: 1936
John York (1800 - 1848) -- Charles Eckhardt (1813 - 1852)
Soldiers and builders of Texas.
York, born in Kentucky, came to Texas in 1821; was a captain in siege which expelled Mexican Army from Bexar, 1835. Gave site for Yorktown, 1847. Died in an Indian fight won by his men.
Eckhardt came from Germany. Fought in war for Independence and Mexican war. His mercantile and freighting interests led to founding of Yorktown on trail he had surveyed from Indianola to New Braunfels. He built the first house in Yorktown, 1848.