County's first permanent settlement. Founded 1862 by Wm. Guest and Richard Coffey families, and R. K. and Henry Wylie. They built Picket houses and resided here 4 years. They also erected Picket corrals, later used by trail drivers John and Joseph . . . — — Map (db m178502) HM
On Hutchings Avenue (U.S. 67/83) east of 7th Street, on the right when traveling east.
Formed from Bexar and Travis
Counties
Created February 1, 1858
Organized February 16, 1880
Named in honor of
Hiram G. Runnels
1796 - 1857
Lawyer and Governor of Mississippi
Member of the Texas Legislature
County Seat, Runnels . . . — — Map (db m268806) HM
On Hutchings Avenue (U.S. 67/83) east of 7th Street, on the right when traveling west.
Constructed here, 1888-89, after hotly contested battle with Runnels City for county seat. (County had been organized 1880.)
Structure stands on one of largest courthouse squares in Texas – 2 city blocks. Plot set aside prior to townlot . . . — — Map (db m72233) HM
On N. Main Street (U.S. 83) north of E. Dale Street, on the right when traveling north.
Named for Gap in Table Mountain. Established Feb. 14, 1878; post office transferred in 1882 to the town of Content 2 miles north. The one-room structure has hand-hewn cedar rafters, cedar shingle roof, and walls of roughly-hewn oak logs. Also served . . . — — Map (db m77996) HM
Near County Road 297 0.3 miles south of State Highway 158, on the right when traveling south.
Born in Georgia. With his parents came to Texas 1857. He and a brother, John, were Texas Rangers – W.H. “Billy” serving June-December 1874.
Billy Brown was the last man killed by Indians in Runnels County, in a fight to regain . . . — — Map (db m95278) HM
On Poplar Street at N. Heights Street, on the right when traveling east on Poplar Street.
In the fall of 1928, a Future Farmers Club was organized with 30 members of the vocational agriculture class at Winters High School. The same year, a national Future Farmers of America (FFA) Club was started in Kansas City, Mo. On April 10, 1930, . . . — — Map (db m95279) HM
Near State Highway 158, on the right when traveling east.
Born in Illinois. Came to Texas 1856. Joined Confederate Army in New Orleans, 1861; fought in siege of Vicksburg (1863), in Battle of Mansfield (1864), and at Pleasant Hill, LA., where he was captured. Exchanged at Blair's Landing, he served to end . . . — — Map (db m18741) HM
On State Highway 153 at Farm to Market Road 384, on the left when traveling west on State Highway 153.
Named in honor of William Wyatt Poe, who came to Texas from his native Alabama in late 1870. Married Jerusha Evaline Cline in 1885; had ten children. Moved family to Runnels County, 1904. Gave land for school and church buildings. Was school . . . — — Map (db m77945) HM
Near Farm to Market Road 2887 0.6 miles south of County Road 261.
Born in Tennessee, Adams as a youth came to Texas with his father. A firm believer in the Confederate cause, he served at Galveston during the Civil War.
He helped organize Runnels County; was first county judge, 1880-1884; also served . . . — — Map (db m95238) HM
Near Robinson Street (Farm to Market Road 1692) at 2nd Street, on the left when traveling north.
Built 1904 by Joe Thiele (1850-1940), sheep rancher and civic leader. Native stone used here was dug at Willow Creek (2 mi. W).
First floor housed Runnels County National Bank; upstairs was Miles Opera House–social and cultural center of . . . — — Map (db m95951) HM
On Beech Street at N. 7th Street, on the left when traveling north on Beech Street.
Born in Georgia to Rebecca (Norwood) and William W. Parramore, James Harrison Parramore moved with his family to Gonzales County in 1849. James attended Gonzales College before joining the Confederate army. He married Mary Jane Goodson in 1866; they . . . — — Map (db m86513) HM
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* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
