On East Pierce Street (U.S. 90) at South Magnolia Street (State Highway 80), on the right when traveling west on East Pierce Street.
Once known as the "toughest town in Texas," Luling was established in 1874. Since it was originally founded as a railroad town as well as a rowdy center for cattle drivers along the paths of Chisholm Trail, Luling was not highly recognized until a . . . — — Map (db m204723) HM
On Farm to Market Road 1322 at McNeil Road (County Highway 332), on the right when traveling south on Highway 1322.
Led by the Rev. B.F. Dixon of the San Marcos Baptist Association, members of the McNeil Creek community met on June 30, 1888, to organize a local congregation. The name chosen was McNeil Creek Baptist Church, and the congregation began to hold . . . — — Map (db m204652) HM
On McNeil Road (County Highway 302) 0.3 miles west of Farm to Market Road 1322, on the left when traveling west.
This cemetery was founded on land deeded to the Soda Springs Methodist Church about 1867 by early settler Margret Hinds. The first recorded burial was that of Henrietta Gant in 1868. The cemetery was first known as Soda Springs Methodist Cemetery . . . — — Map (db m204664) HM
On Verdi Road 1 mile west of Farm to Market Road 3006.
Born in Williamson County, Tennessee, in 1827, Robert E. Neill migrated with his family to what is now Caldwell County, Texas, at the age of four. At age nine, while grinding corn meal for the Texas Army, he suffered a crushing injury that crippled . . . — — Map (db m260132) HM
On Interstate 10 Frontage Road 0.2 miles north of Spanish Pass Road, on the right when traveling north.
Called "The Fighting Parson," Andrew Jackson Potter is a well-known figure in 19th century Texas history. He was born in Chariton County, Missouri on April 3, 1830, to Joshua Potter (1776-1840) and Martha (Johnson) Potter (d. 1840). His mother . . . — — Map (db m292910) HM
On Verdi Road 1 mile west of Farm to Market Road 3006.
Thomas Ransdell Brite was born in 1824 in Callaway County, Missouri. His family moved to Bastrop County when he was 16. In 1842, when Mexican armies invaded Texas, Thomas volunteered to serve in the Vasquez, Woll and Somervell campaigns in the . . . — — Map (db m260134) HM
On U.S. 183 0.1 miles north of Hickory Street, on the right when traveling north.
Tennessee native Andrew Lee Brock (1830-1904) moved to Caldwell County in 1848, and he married Rebecca Montgomery Wayland. Two years later, Rebecca's father gave the couple a parcel of land on Boggy Creek as a wedding gift, and Brock built a log . . . — — Map (db m156052) HM
The harsh anti-Indian policies of President Mirabeau B. Lamar and Mexican efforts to weaken the Republic of Texas stirred Indian hostilities. Hatred increased after the Council House Fight in San Antonio, March 19, 1840, where 12 Comanche chiefs . . . — — Map (db m64063) HM
On S. Main Street north of E. Market Street, on the right when traveling north.
The first Caldwell County courthouse was erected on this site in 1848, when the county was organized and named for Mathew Caldwell, a Texas Ranger and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. It was replaced in 1858 by a 2-story limestone . . . — — Map (db m91553) HM
On North Magnolia Avenue at NW 7th Street, on the left when traveling north on North Magnolia Avenue.
A well drilled near this site in 1894 produced hot mineral water at a depth of 3,100 feet. Hot mineral baths were popular then for treatment of various diseases, and Marlin and Mineral Wells were among Texas towns with successful bath houses. In . . . — — Map (db m208867) HM
On Farm to Market Road 20 1.2 miles west of Old Colony Line Road, on the right when traveling west.
Born in Georgia, Isham Jones Good (1813-1866) came to Texas in 1835 with a group of volunteers to join the Texian forces in their war for independence from Mexico. As a member of the Georgia battalion, Good went to the aid of Col. James W. Fannin, . . . — — Map (db m149162) HM
On Kyle Crossing 0.2 miles Old Bridge Trail, on the left when traveling north.
Bridge No. 44, now known as the Bunton Branch Bridge, is located just north of Kyle on a north-south section of road that parallels Interstate 35, a remnant of the 1915 Austin-Aan Antonio post road. The bridge crosses Bunton Branch, an intermittent . . . — — Map (db m119646) HM
On Madison Street at East Sheridan Street, on the right when traveling north on Madison Street.
Jewish-Russian immigrant Oscar Berman was in Texas by the 1880s. He wed Rachel “Ray” Finklestein c. 1890 and became a businessman in Luling, Caldwell County, partnering with Getzel Zadek. They later opened a wholesale liquor business in San Antonio. . . . — — Map (db m235086) HM
On Avenue D 0.1 miles north of 15th Street, on the left when traveling north.
Lon Moore was born in Caldwell County, Texas in 1844. His father, Daniel Boone Moore, was also an Indian Fighter and cousin to famed frontiersman, Daniel Boone. Lon Moore's mother was related to the family of Jim Bowie.
Moore's family settled . . . — — Map (db m193734) HM
On Peyton Colony Road (County Highway 409) 0.2 miles Farm to Market Road 165, on the left when traveling north.
Born a slave in Virginia, Peyton Roberts became a freedman in Caldwell County, Texas, at the close of the Civil War. He soon moved west to this area and the settlement that developed around his farm became known as Peyton Colony. In 1874, under the . . . — — Map (db m194059) HM
On East Market Street at Brazos Street, on the left when traveling east on East Market Street.
Organized in 1848, Caldwell County lost its original log jail in an 1858 fire, then kept prisoners in the Courthouse basement until 1873, when outlaws' activities called for a strong stone prison. In 1908 Caldwell contains voted 725 to 311 . . . — — Map (db m216865) HM
On South Main Street north of Hickory Street, on the right when traveling south.
John Madison Cardwell (1838-1917) moved to Caldwell County at the age of eighteen. After serving in the Civil War, he returned to Lockhart and opened a mercantile store on the courthouse square. He had this home built in 1917, but died before it's . . . — — Map (db m293481) HM
On West San Antonio Street (State Highway 142) west of Guadalupe Street, on the left when traveling west.
A one-story residence stood on this lot when businessman James G. Blanks (1862-1927) purchased the property in 1896. He added another floor and completed this house in the Classical Revival style popular at the time. In 1908 Blanks sold the . . . — — Map (db m293484) HM
Sidon H. Harris and his family arrived in Texas in 1851, and moved to this vicinity in 1856. Harris and his wife, Amanda, bought two parcels of land, and this family cemetery was begun when Sidon died in 1861. Two Harris children were buried here in . . . — — Map (db m149822) HM
On North Nixon Avenue at E 2nd Street, on the right when traveling north on North Nixon Avenue.
John T. Nixon was born in Randolph County, North Carolina, July 12, 1836. He migrated to Texas around 1852, and settled just south of Luling in Caldwell County.
When the War Between the States erupted in 1861, John enlisted in Terry's Texas . . . — — Map (db m289053) HM
On Rosanky (State Highway 304) 0.4 miles south of Farm to Market Road 713, on the left when traveling south.
The earliest known permanent settlers in this area were Orrin L. and Susannah Winters and their extended family. By 1873, enough of a settlement existed to make application for a U.S. Post office. Postal officials rejected the first name selected . . . — — Map (db m180702) HM
On Hackberry Street at S Blanco Street, on the right when traveling west on Hackberry Street.
Local cotton buyer Julius W. Karbach (1869-1943) had this two-story residence constructed in 1911. Built by Louis Neeb, it features characteristics of the Victorian and Classical Revival styles. In 1924 the house was purchased by Martin Owen Flowers . . . — — Map (db m292889) HM
On Peyton Colony Road 0.2 miles north of Farm to Market Road 165, on the left when traveling north.
In 1865, a group of freed persons, led by Peyton Roberts, established a community they named Peyton Colony. Roberts was born into slavery in Virginia. In the 1820s, he came to Texas with his owner, Jeremiah Roberts, settling in the Bastrop and . . . — — Map (db m194063) HM
On Farm to Market Road 713 at Old McMahan Trail (County Highway 208), on the right when traveling west on Highway 713.
As part of a group of settlers, William A. Clark moved with his wife, Nancy (Copenhaver), and children to Caldwell County from Alabama in 1850. Clark purchased land in this vicinity in 1854. Early community residents met in homes and out of doors . . . — — Map (db m180763) HM
On Spring Road at Gordon Street, on the left when traveling north on Spring Road.
An important element in the development of San Marcos, the Sink Springs are a part of a system of springs in the area which feed the San Marcos river. The flow of the springs is forced by artesian pressure through the San Marcos fault. Since the . . . — — Map (db m208296) HM
On Hospital Drive 0.5 miles south of Newland Highway (North Carolina Highway 181), on the left when traveling south.
Sarah Malinda Blalock and her husband, William McKesson “Keith” Blalock, lived in Coffey’s Gap on the Watauga and Caldwell County line in 1860. Keith Blalock was an avowed Unionist, but with the passage of the first Confederate . . . — — Map (db m77492) HM
On East Davis Street at Pecan Avenue, on the right when traveling east on East Davis Street.
On August 9, 1922 the trajectory of Luling changed forever when oil was discovered 6 miles northwest of town on a 126 acre plot of land named "El Rancho", which was owned by Mexican immigrant Rafael Rios, Sr. The Rafael Rios #1 discovery well opened . . . — — Map (db m204668) HM
On Seneca Loop (County Road 277) 0.2 miles north of San Marcos Hwy (State Highway 80).
French and Della Tiller and F.W. and
Ethel Mercer deeded land for this public
burial ground to the Fentress
International Order of Odd Fellows
(I.O.O.F.) lodge #598 in March 1915. Seven
known graves predate the deed, from as
early as 1888. . . . — — Map (db m293610) HM
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