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Terry’s Texas Rangers Monument

 
 
Terry’s Texas Rangers Monument Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 6, 1998
1. Terry’s Texas Rangers Monument Marker
Inscription.

In commemoration of the valor of the Eighth Texas Cavalry better known as “Terry’s Texas Rangers” Provisional Army of the Confederate States 1861-1865.
 
Erected 1907 by Surviving Comrades.
 
Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
 
Location. 30° 16.434′ N, 97° 44.448′ W. Monument is in Austin, Texas, in Travis County. It is in Downtown Austin. It is on East 11th Street west of Congress Avenue. This monument is located on the lawn of the Texas State Capitol. Touch for map. Monument is in this post office area: Austin TX 78701, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in Central Texas. It is also in the American South. 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 walking distance of this marker: Terry Rangers Monument (here, next to this marker); The Great Walk (a few steps from this marker); Monuments of the Great Walk (a few steps from this marker); Heroes of the Alamo (within shouting distance of this marker); Cannons and Fountains (within shouting distance of this marker); Capitol of 1852-53 (within shouting distance of this marker); West Drinking Fountain (within shouting distance of this marker); Artesian Well and East Drinking Fountain (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Austin.
 
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Terry’s Texas Rangers Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 6, 1998
2. Terry’s Texas Rangers Monument
Texas State Capitol Building-north side image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 6, 1998
3. Texas State Capitol Building-north side
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 29, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,138 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on July 29, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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Jun. 24, 2026