Beauregard Ranch
Poth, Wilson County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Founded 1852, by Augustin Toutant-Beauregard, of landed Creole gentry who traced lineage to 16th century Spanish nobility. Brother was Confederate General Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard. Stone-mounted iron rings were part of scaffolding used to butcher hogs. (1967)
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Founded in 1852 by Augustin Toutant-Beauregard, of an old Louisiana Creole family, this ranch was among the early landholdings that opened South Texas to stock-raising. Its owner was a brother of the Confederate general P. G. T. Beauregard, and iron rings still mounted in stone here once anchored the scaffolding used to butcher hogs.
Why it matters
The ranch reflects the spread of large-scale ranching that shaped South Texas and the far-flung family ties linking the region to the wider Civil War era.
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Related people
- · Augustin Toutant-Beauregard
- · P. G. T. Beauregard
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