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Seiders Oaks

 
 
Seiders Oak Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Keith Peterson, August 17, 2007
1. Seiders Oak Marker
Inscription.

Site of 1839 home and 1842 massacre of Gideon White. A daughter, Louisa, wed (1846) Edward Seiders, for whom oaks are named.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1967
 
Erected 1967 by State Historical Survey Committee. (Marker Number 15302.)
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Native AmericansNotable PlacesSettlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1839.
 
Location. 30° 18.361′ N, 97° 44.861′ W. Marker is in Austin, Texas, in Travis County. It is in Old West Austin. Marker can be reached from West 38th Street west of Tonkawa Trail, on the right when traveling west. The marker is on the walking trail between Seton Shoal Creek Hospital and Seton Medical Center. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Austin TX 78701, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Congregation Beth Israel (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Radkey House (approx. 0.3 miles away); Jacob Leser House (approx. 0.4 miles away); Splitrock (approx. half a mile away); Jane Yelvington McCallum (approx. 0.6 miles away); Austin State Hospital (approx. 0.6 miles away); Buddington-Benedict-Sheffield Compound
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(approx. 0.6 miles away); Penn and Nellie Wooldridge House (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Austin.
 
Also see . . .  Famous Trees of Texas. Seiders Oaks (Submitted on January 16, 2010, by Keith Peterson of Cedar Park, Texas.) 
 
Seiders Oaks and Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Keith Peterson, August 17, 2007
2. Seiders Oaks and Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 16, 2010, by Keith Peterson of Cedar Park, Texas. This page has been viewed 1,550 times since then and 27 times this year. Last updated on November 29, 2016, by Richard Denney of Austin, Texas. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on January 16, 2010, by Keith Peterson of Cedar Park, Texas. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.

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