On State Highway 263 Spur, 0.1 miles north of State Highway 31, in the median.
A surveying party of 25 Texans ran into about 300 Kickapoo Indians on a buffalo hunt; failing to heed warning to leave, the Texans were ambushed on Oct. 8, 1838. Only seven survived, and four of these were wounded. After the escape, they came back . . . — — Map (db m214243) HM
On State Highway 236 Spur, 0.1 miles north of State Highway 31, on the right when traveling west.
Sacred To The Memory of The Beloved Dead Killed by Indians Oct. A.D. 1838
Rest in Peace Euclid M. Cox Tom. Barton Sam Allen Ingraham Davis J. Hard Asa T. Mitchell J. Neal Tremier Spikes
Right Side J. Bullock N. Baker . . . — — Map (db m214275) WM
On Farm to Market Road 709, 0.2 miles east of County Highway 3170, on the right when traveling east.
The tragic crash of Braniff International Flight 352 traveling from Houston's Hobby Airport to Dallas' Love Field in 1968 left a lasting influence on Braniff, the citizens of Dawson and the aviation industry. Flight 352 originated at Houston with a . . . — — Map (db m214240) HM
On County Highway 3170, 0.2 miles Farm to Market Road 709, on the right when traveling south.
Granted a bounty of Navarro County land for his participation in the Battle of San Jacinto, April 21,1836, cattleman Britton Dawson (1817-1905) settled here in 1847. He occupied a three-room cabin before erecting this two- and-one-half story Greek . . . — — Map (db m214236) HM
On North 1st Street at South Main Street on North 1st Street.
Youngest son of Harry A. and Sadie Roloff born at Dawson, Texas on the old Blackland Farm where he spent his boyhood days, he learned the discipline of hard work and of frugal endeavor. Equipped with the word of God. The courage of the American . . . — — Map (db m214228) HM
On Farm to Market Road 709, 0.6 miles north of State Highway 31, on the right when traveling north.
A mile west of the 1838 Battle Creek Massacre Site, this cemetery marks the location of Liberty Hill, an Anglo-American community begun during the following decade. Samuel and Prudence (Matthews) Wright, from Maury County, Tenn., settled here in . . . — — Map (db m214268) HM
On North 1st Street at South Main Street, on the right on North 1st Street.
This community grew out of Spring Hill (4mi. NE), the oldest settlement in Navarro County. A Republic of Texas Indian agent, Dr. George Washington Hill, started Spring Hill in 1838 as a trading post to improve relationships with the Indians. . . . — — Map (db m214233) HM