Born in Kentucky. Moved to Texas in 1833. In Texas Revolution he fought in Siege of Bexar (1835) and Battle of San Jacinto (1836). In 1842 took part in Somervell expedition against Mexico.
Resided at Washington-on-the-Brazos; present Kendall . . . — — Map (db m194072) HM
On Sisterdale Road (Farm to Market Road 1376) at Siebeneicher Road, on the right when traveling south on Sisterdale Road.
Ottmar von Behr had an influence on German immigration before bringing his family to Texas in 1848. Having toured America in 1846, he published an emigrant's guide, suggesting the life of a Texas farmer. Although Ottmar was a son of nobility in . . . — — Map (db m214273) HM
On Elm Pass Road at San Antonio Road (Farm to Market Road 480), on the left when traveling south on Elm Pass Road.
Lieutenant Nelson Orcelus Reynolds was a noted Texas Lawman, born in 1846 in Pennsylvania, Reynolds served in the Union Army during the Civil War. In 1874, he enlisted as a Texas Ranger in Blanco County. Reynolds captured the Horrell brothers and . . . — — Map (db m201964) HM
On West Main Street (U.S. 290) at South Milam Street, on the left when traveling west on West Main Street.
Between 1844 and 1846, thousands of German immigrants under the auspices of the Society for the Protection of German Immigrants in Texas, better known as Adelsverein, landed at Galveston and Indianola. Their ultimate destination was the 3,878,000 . . . — — Map (db m164039) HM
On Round Mountain Cemetery Road 0.1 miles north of Ranch to Market Road 962.
Gideon Cowan Thorp was born in Tennessee in 1844 and had settled in Texas with his family by 1850. The Thorps later moved to Llano County. Gideon served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War and returned to the area after the war, relocating . . . — — Map (db m244565) HM
On Bird Lane 0.1 miles south of U.S. 281, on the left when traveling south.
For more than 50 years after becoming a pioneer settler of this area, North Carolina native Joseph Bird greatly contributed to the development of Blanco County as a distinguished frontier Baptist minister, postmaster, Civil War soldier, county . . . — — Map (db m248539) HM
Designed by San Antonio architect Henry T. Phelps, the 1916 Blanco County Courthouse was the first permanent courthouse built after the seat of government moved from Blanco to Johnson City in 1890. Serving as contractor for the project was . . . — — Map (db m31499) HM
On North Avenue G south of East Cypress Stret, on the right when traveling north.
James Franklin Barnwell was born on October 23, 1874 in Bowdon, Georgia. His family had a tradition of doctors, including his grandfather and three uncles. Following completion of his medical education at the University of Tennessee in 1896, . . . — — Map (db m126759) HM
On West Pecan Drive east of Avenue L, on the right when traveling west.
A native of Georgia, James Polk Johnson came to Texas with his family and grew up in DeWitt County. Following his service in the Confederate army during the Civil War, he moved to Blanco County to join his uncles in the cattle business. He bought . . . — — Map (db m126760) HM
Near Landa Park Drive at Monument Drive, on the right when traveling north.
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The first German settlements in Texas were Industry in Austin County, founded by Friedrich Ernst in 1831, Biegel in Fayette County, founded by Joseph Biegel in 1832, Cat Spring in Austin County, founded by the von Roeder, Kleberg, . . . — — Map (db m210312) HM
On Farm to Market Road 473 1 mile east of U.S. 281, on the right when traveling east.
In 1850's when first Catholic families came to Blanco County, worship was in homes and halls. Land was purchased in 1887. By efforts of Father Virgilius Draessel and people of Twin Sisters, this church was built and dedicated in 1889.
Stone for . . . — — Map (db m183635) HM
On Hye-Albert Road (County Road 206) 0.1 miles south of U.S. 290, on the left when traveling south.
The community of Hye, first known as Rocky Creek, was settled by mostly German and Anglo American families in the 1860s. Mississippi native Hiram G. “Hye” Brown became the first postmaster in 1886 and the namesake for the new post office. . . . — — Map (db m307901) HM
On North Avenue G at Pecan Avenue, on the right when traveling south on North Avenue G.
Noting the unhealthy dampness of the basement where prisoners were first kept after the Blanco County seat was moved to Johnson City, the Commissioners Court ordered the construction of this jail facility in 1893. Completed the following year, the . . . — — Map (db m126810) HM
Born in Tennessee in 1836, Thomas C. Felps came to Texas in 1850 and to this area in 1856. He earned a living by freighting and joined the Blanco County Rangers during the Civil War. In 1863 he married Eliza V. White (b. 1846), a native of Ohio. . . . — — Map (db m131395) HM
On North Nugent Avenue (State Highway 356 Spur) at East Cypress Street, on the right when traveling south on North Nugent Avenue.
Prominent pioneer physician, civic leader. Practiced medicine in Illinois and Kentucky before settling in Texas in 1857; moved to Blanco County in 1860. He was Civil War surgeon at Fort Mason, Tex. Served as commissioner and chief justice of . . . — — Map (db m126761) HM
On West Pecan Drive east of Avenue L, on the right when traveling west.
Born in Alabama on August 24, 1845, James Polk Johnson was still a child when his family moved to Texas in search of a better life. As a teenager he served in the Civil War and then joined his uncles Tom and Sam Ealy Johnson in their cattle droving . . . — — Map (db m127310) HM
On Luckenbach Loop Road at Farm to Market Road 1376, on the right when traveling south on Luckenbach Loop Road.
The Rev. August Engel (1818-1904), a circuit riding Methodist preacher and teacher, immigrated to Texas in 1846 from Germany. In 1859 he married Katharina Ernst (1837-1920). They had six children.
August Engel served as postmaster for five . . . — — Map (db m157171) HM
Alabama natives Emory Crawford Barker (1839-1914) and Leah Humphreys (1842-1931) both came to the area with their families in the early 1850s. Emory served in Co. G of Terry’s Texas Rangers during the Civil War. He and Leah married in 1866 and had . . . — — Map (db m205637) HM
On East Pecan Drive at North Nugent Avenue, on the right when traveling west on East Pecan Drive.
On February 11, 1858 the state legislature created Blanco county and mandated that the "county seat thereof shall also be called Blanco and should be within five miles of the center of the county. By 1862, however, boundary changes meant that the . . . — — Map (db m236549) 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.
