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View on the Guadalupe, Seguin, Texas

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Andrew N. Erskine operated a stage post and inn at Seguin as well as a gristmill, sawmill and ferry on the Guadalupe River, in a part of Guadalupe County, TX still known today as Erskine Ferry. He was also County Clerk and a militia Lieutenant when the war began, and he and brother Alexander almost immediately enlisted in Company D, 4th Texas Infantry. He was killed instantly by a gunshot through his temple at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

This watercolor of the ferry on the road to San Antonio was painted by Sarah Ann Lillie Hardinge in 1853, the year after Erskine took it over from his father-in-law. It’s in the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, TX.

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2 responses to “View on the Guadalupe, Seguin, Texas”

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    Erin Wallace Ghedi

    The stagecoach station was owned by his father-in-law, Joseph F Johnson as was the Inn. The Inn was (and still is) called the Magnolia Hotel in Seguin which was rescued off the Top Ten Most Endangered Places in 2012 by a couple named, Jim Ghedi and Erin Wallace Ghedi. It has been restored (not remodeled) back to it’s 1850 appearance.

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  2. Erin Wallace Ghedi Avatar
    Erin Wallace Ghedi

    The stagecoach station was owned by his father-in-law, Joseph F Johnson as was the Inn. The Inn was (and still is) called the Magnolia Hotel in Seguin which was rescued off the Top Ten Most Endangered Places in 2012 by a couple named, Jim Ghedi and Erin Wallace Ghedi. It has been restored (not remodeled) back to it’s 1850 appearance.

    Reply

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