A peace officer 45 years, Mace joined Texas Rangers at age 21. He became Deputy Sheriff in Lampasas County in 1903; later served 12 years as Sheriff. He was President of the Texas Sheriffs' Association, 1920: Chief of Police in oil boom towns of . . . — — Map (db m159005) HM
On South Live Oak Street at Fourth Street, on the right when traveling north on South Live Oak Street.
The Horrell and Higgins families were among the early settlers of Lampasas County. Tom, Mart, Merritt and Sam Horrell were accused of many crimes, including cattle rustling and murder. Pink Higgins was a cattleman and trail driver who, in 1876, . . . — — Map (db m175400) HM
Near State Highway 16 0.1 miles East Lewis Street.
James “Jim” Louis Baker (1829-1903) and Eleanor “Ellen” Prather Austin Baker (1839-1909) married in Travis County on June 15, 1859. Jim’s family moved to Texas from Tennessee during the time of the Republic, and Ellen’s . . . — — Map (db m155533) HM
On Private Road 3740 south of Farm to Market Road 581.
The first Townsen to arrive in Texas was Oliver Hazard Perry Townsen, known as Uncle Perry, in 1854. He was born in Carroll County, Tennessee, on October 20, 1826. A year after his arrival in Texas, his nephew, Lafayette Jasper, followed as well as . . . — — Map (db m279846) HM
On Fourth Street (County Highway 257) at South Pecan Street, on the right when traveling west on Fourth Street.
On April 20, 1892, thirteen members of the Daughters of the Lone Star Republic met in joint session with the Texas Veterans Association in Lampasas. Having been organized the previous November in Houston, the Daughters had been at work in the . . . — — Map (db m175406) 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 South Live Oak Street at East 3rd Street, on the right when traveling north on South Live Oak Street.
In the early 1870s Lampasas was a wild frontier town. In January 1873 Sheriff S.T. Denson was shot while arresting brothers Wash and Mark Short. The district judge sent men to apprehend the Short brothers, but the posse was stopped by Ben, Tom and . . . — — Map (db m175396) HM
Jacob Wolf (1812-1874) and wife Adeline Faulkner Wolf (1814-1870) came from Tennessee to Texas about 1850. Obtaining land grant in Burnet County, they settled at Dobyville, and were pioneers, supplying their own provisions, buildings, medicines, and . . . — — Map (db m27738) HM
On Fourth Street (County Highway 257) at South Pecan Street on Fourth Street.
After the Texas Legislature created Lampasas County in 1856, official business of the county was conducted from a variety of spaces and buildings. Land for the courthouse square was set aside when the town of Lampasas was platted in the 1850s. In . . . — — Map (db m175430) HM
On American Legion Memorial Highway (U.S. 281) 0.1 miles south of County Route 204, on the left when traveling south.
The first permanent settlers came to this area shortly before Lampasas County organized in 1856. Oliver Hazzard Perry Townsen bought 640 acres from Samuel Horrell, Sr. and his wife Elizabeth in 1868. Townsen grew wheat and established a flour mill, . . . — — Map (db m236152) HM
On Central Texas Expressway (U.S. 190) at South Western Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Central Texas Expressway.
This cemetery, Lampasas' oldest, was established as a pioneer community graveyard in the mid-1850s. The first marked burial here was that of Rebecca Hughes in 1854. The cemetery is named after Arkansas natives William M. and Cynthia Cook who moved . . . — — Map (db m71561) HM
Near Avenue E (State Highway 163) near Quail Run, on the left when traveling south.
A Confederate veteran.
Born in Lamar County. In Civil War, was in Co. G, Col. R.T.P. Allen's Texas Infantry, and was discharged in 1865.
On September 5, 1871, married Miss Matilda Peacock, in Lampasas County. They had 2 sons. Moved to . . . — — Map (db m126679) HM
Near County Road 2664 0.1 miles east of County Road 2659.
Joined Confederate Army, as a private, Aug. 7, 1861; was promoted to 1st Lt., Co. I, 8th infantry, Miss. Regiment, on Aug. 29, 1864.
Came to Texas in 1868, settled in Lampasas County as a rancher and farmer; married Elizabeth Rawson, and had . . . — — Map (db m257122) HM
Near Farm to Market Road 581 0.2 miles south of County Highway 60.
Pioneer Reuben S. Senterfitt came to this area in the 1860s. A town named for him gradually built up and at its peak boasted hotels, mills, stores, saloons, a school, churches, a stage stop, and this cemetery. The town declined after it was . . . — — Map (db m175312) HM
On Main Street at East Clevland Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
Son of a rancher and Texas Ranger, J. Frank Norfleet was born in Lampasas County. With little schooling, he grew up working on ranches. He served as foreman for 20 years on the Spade Ranch.
Norfleet married Mattie Eliza Hudgins . . . — — Map (db m91329) HM
On Farm to Market Road 2657 at Farm to Market Road 3046, on the left when traveling north on Road 2657.
According to oral tradition, this congregation was organized in 1872 as the Clear Creek Missionary Baptist Church by six families who resided in this area of east Lampasas County. The church petitioned for membership in the Leon River Baptist . . . — — Map (db m288754) HM
On College Street at Bridge Street, on the right when traveling south on College Street.
The oldest public school building in Lampasas is also reminder of the era of segregated education. This was the site of a schoolhouse for African American students in 1898. In 1922, citizens voted in favor of a $40,000 bond to remodel the grammar . . . — — Map (db m279839) HM
Near Fisher Street (U.S. 183) at 4th Street, on the right when traveling south.
Formed from Brown, Comanche
Hamilton and Lampasas Counties
Created March 15, 1887
Organized August 30, 1887
Named in honor of
John T. Mills
1817 - 1871
Judge of the Third and Seventh
Judicial Districts in the
Republic of . . . — — Map (db m89810) 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.
