Named for Alexander Somervell (1796-1854), native of Maryland, veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto, Secretary of War under Texas President David G. Burnet; commanded the 1842 Somervell Expedition seeking to end Mexican invasions of Texas Republic. . . . — — Map (db m137836) HM
Captain J.J. Farr, lawyer and Confederate veteran, was the first man and his family, who lived in this 1870's vintage home, one of the earliest permanent dwellings in Glen Rose. The builder is unknown. Unique to the area, this house has a full . . . — — Map (db m248355) HM
Captain J.J. Farr, lawyer and Confederate veteran, was the first man and his family, who lived in this 1870's vintage home, one of the earliest permanent dwellings in Glen Rose. The builder is unknown. Unique to the area, this house has a full . . . — — Map (db m248356) HM
Built in the early twentieth century, little is known about this old structure other than it served as the location for the town's 'Dry Cleaners' for many years. Because of the buildings age and shape, it is speculated that it most likely was the . . . — — Map (db m248361) HM
Built in 1901 by the residents of the Lanham School District, about 5 miles from Glen Rose. Ed and Ollie (Lanham) Martin donated the land upon which it sat for seventy years. It stood on the high bank of the Paluxy River above the popular swimmin' . . . — — Map (db m248360) HM
Built circa 1911 this old family residence became the home of the first telephone switchboard in Somervell County. The operation required an 'operator' to manually connect the calling party to the local phone customer. The old house was moved to its . . . — — Map (db m248362) HM
Donated in 1996 to Somervell County by the Dr. Mike Jones family. Formerly located on their farm on "Shotgun Road" (C.R. 301). The log room was built during the 1860's or 1870's by unknown skilled hands. Logs are oak and cedar, hewn by hand. . . . — — Map (db m248359) HM
The Legend
Author John Graves
"Charles Barnard, who founded Glen Rose on the Paluxy River, was an educated New Englander who came to the Republic of Texas in 1843. There he joined his older brother George in the operation of Indian . . . — — Map (db m248371) HM
In 1939, work began to replace Rhome Field, where Cleburne High played home football games for twenty years. The Works Projects Administration (WPA) provided most of the funding for the new $80,000 stadium built from concrete and rough cut . . . — — Map (db m171475) HM
William and Mary E. Lanham and their family came to Texas from Tennessee about 1870. They purchased land and settled on a farm at the confluence of the Paluxy River and White Bluff Creek in what was at that time Hood County. William Lanham was one . . . — — Map (db m233869) HM
Settled in the years following the Civil War, Post Oak was an agricultural community for most of its history. Its name, derived from trees which are common in Somervell County, was solidified by 1896, when School District No. 2 took the name Post . . . — — Map (db m233871) HM
(East Face)
In
memory
of
those who
gave their
lives for
their
country
In memory of veterans of
all wars from
Somervell County
(North Face)
Veterans of
Iraq and
Afghanistan
Veterans of
World . . . — — Map (db m139289) HM WM
Southwestern Adventist University was founded in 1893 as the Keene Industrial and Missionary Academy. The school was founded with the purpose of training workers to fulfill positions of responsibility within the Seventh-Day Adventist denomination. . . . — — Map (db m294646) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
