Boerne in Kendall County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Kendall County
Organized February 18, 1862
Named in honor of
George Wilkins Kendall 1809-1867
Poet, journalist, author
and farmer
One of the founders of
the New Orleans Picayune
Member of the
Santa Fe Expedition
Most successful sheep raiser
in the Southwest
Boerne, the County seat
Erected 1936 by State of Texas. (Marker Number 2920.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Arts, Letters, Music • Exploration • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Texas 1936 Centennial Markers and Monuments series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1862.
Location. 29° 47.673′ N, 98° 43.844′ W. Marker is in Boerne, Texas, in Kendall County. Marker is on East San Antonio Avenue west of Saunders Street, on the left when traveling east. Marker is located between the old Kendall County Courthouse (1870) and the old Kendall County Jail (1884). Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 201 East San Antonio Avenue, Boerne TX 78006, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Kendall County Courthouse (here, next to this marker); Joseph Dienger Building (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); German Music in Boerne (about 500 feet away); Early Boerne Schoolhouses (about 600 feet away); Kuhlmann-King House (about 600 feet away); Henry J. Graham Building (about 700 feet away); Ye Kendall Inn (approx. 0.2 miles away); Fabra Smokehouse (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Boerne.
More about this marker. Marker is a bronze tablet mounted on a pink granite pedestal
Also see . . .
1. Kendall County History.
Lipan Apaches, Kiowas, and Comanches became the dominant tribes in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and were present when Germans began arriving in the 1840s. The Meusebach-Comanche Treaty, signed in 1847, was to permit the settlers to enter Indian territory to settle and the Indians to enter the settlements. German immigrants established Sisterdale in 1847, Tusculum (Boerne) in 1849, Curry's Creek in 1850, and Comfort in 1854. (Submitted on December 9, 2017, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
2. George Wilkins Kendall. learned printing at Burlington, Vermont, and practiced his trade first in Washington and then for Horace Greeley in New York. About 1832 he worked for a year on the Mobile Alabama Register, then moved to New Orleans. There, with Francis Lumsden, he founded the city's first cheap daily, the New Orleans Picayune, named after the inconsequential coin then current in Louisiana. The first edition, a four-page folio, appeared in January 1837. A humorist, Kendall filled the paper with light banter that increased its popularity. The Picayune prospered, and in time became a powerful force for the annexation of Texas and westward expansion. In 1841 at Austin Kendall joined the Texan Santa Fe expedition, launched by Texas President Mirabeau B. Lamar. (Submitted on December 9, 2017, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
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