“Old Town” Indianola, Cattle Folks in TexasIndianola, located in Calhoun County, was an important Texas port, second only to Galveston. Muchperhaps mostGerman immigration to Texas came through Indianola. For thirty years, the forts in Western Texas were supplied through Indianola. And The world's first shipment of mechanically refrigerated beef was shipped to New Orleans from Indianola in 1869. Thereafter railroad services began and Indianola soon reached the high point of its posterity in