Benjamin Dudley Tarlton Dougherty

Historical marker location:

6953 US Hwy 181, Beeville, Texas

( 8.5 miles north of Beeville on Hwy 181)

Marker installed: 2016

The state of Texas was once an independent country known as the Republic of Texas. It gained independence from Mexico in 1836 and was a separate nation until it was annexed by the United States in 1845.