Schulenburg in Fayette County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Site of Former Town of Lyons

Lyons Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Gregory Walker, October 22, 2016

1. Lyons Marker

Inscription. Early town on land grant of Keziah Cryer. Named for settler James Lyons, killed by 1837 Indian raiders, who kidnapped his son Warren.

In 1860s town had stores, Masonic Lodge, school, post office and was on "Cotton Road" to Mexico, but it died in 1870s when the Southern Pacific Railroad was built.

Erected 1972 by State Historical Survey Committee. (Marker Number 3156.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 29° 39.558′ N, 96° 54.2′ W. Marker is in Schulenburg, Texas, in Fayette County. It is on Kessler Avenue (U.S. 77) south of Vacek Loop, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Schulenburg TX 78956, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South

and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Turner Hall (approx. 1.2 miles away); Bermuda Valley Farm (approx. 1.2 miles away); St. James Missionary Baptist Church (approx. 1.2 miles away); Jacob Wolters Log Cabin (approx. 1.3 miles away); Old Anderson Place (approx. 1.4 miles away); Schulenburg (approx. 1.4 miles away); P. Breymann Building (approx. 1.4 miles away); Navidad Baptist Cemetery (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Schulenburg.

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Lyons, Texas, article in Handbook of Texas Online. (Submitted on October 17, 2017, by Gregory Walker of La Grange, Texas.)

Lyons Marker Location image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Gregory Walker, October 22, 2016

2. Lyons Marker Location

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