On Farm to Market Road 2502 at Wickel Road, on the right when traveling south on Highway 2502.
Ebenezer German Baptist Church was organized in 1861 following a revival preached by Frank Kiefer (1833-1909), a German immigrant and convert to the Baptist faith. Commonly known as Greenvine Baptist Church, the congregation first met in a log . . . — — Map (db m165383) HM
On Farm to Market Road 2052 at County Road 2, on the right when traveling south on Road 2052.
Apparently the first use in Texas of natural gas for fuel occurred in 1879 near here. William Seidel, a farmer, grist mill and cotton gin owner, and merchant, trying to dig a water well, struck gas at approximate depth of 106 feet. The gas was piped . . . — — Map (db m28321) HM
On Farm to Market Road 2502, 0.1 miles south of Wickel Road, on the right when traveling south.
Public education in the rural community of Greenvine began in 1880, when the Greenvine School was established near this site. The students, predominantly German in descent and Lutheran and Baptist in faith, began attending classes taught in German . . . — — Map (db m165384) HM
On March 18, 1846, twenty-four students began their studies at Baylor University on Academy Hill, just west of here. That site remained the sole campus until 1851, when the men were moved to Windmill Hill. Although students attended classes on . . . — — Map (db m166783) HM
In 1845, Baptist leaders chose to locate the newly chartered Baylor University in Independence, Texas, "because of its centrality, accessibility, health, and beautiful scenery." The University opened on Academy Hill, west of town. As funds . . . — — Map (db m166705) HM
From 1848 to the late 1850s, James Huckins raised thousands of dollars nationwide for erecting buildings making up the male department campus. In 1848, Huckins designed a master plan for the permanent campus on Windmill Hill.
Three stone . . . — — Map (db m166772) HM
On Sam Houston Road (County Road 69) 0.1 miles east of Farm to Market Road 50, on the right when traveling west.
On this site stood one of the early buildings of Baylor University erected for boys in 1851, and torn down in 1934 The institution was incorporated February 1, 1845 under the laws of the Republic of Texas named for Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor who . . . — — Map (db m118673) HM
On Sam Houston Road (County Highway 69) 0.1 miles south of Hood Hotel Road, on the right when traveling north.
In 1845, the Republic of Texas chartered Baylor University at Independence, and it began on the west side of town on Academy Hill. Shortly, work on a second campus began here at Windmill Hill (Allen's Hill). James Huckins developed a site plan and a . . . — — Map (db m118694) HM
On May 18th, 1846, Professor Henry F. Gillett opened Baylor University in temporary quarters on Academy Hill, the former campus of Independence Academy. In the two-story frame Academy Building, Gillett, a devout Episcopalian, conducted every class . . . — — Map (db m166759) HM
Near Hood Hotel Road at Farm to Market Road 50, on the right when traveling east.
The next president, George Washington Baines, former editor of the Texas Baptist, kept the male department open amid tough times. The Confederate Army had taken most of the men from the classroom. Baines' great-grandson was Lyndon Baines Johnson, . . . — — Map (db m166774) HM
The Bell Tower is indicated by a stone platform attached to the wall connecting Houston and Tryon Halls. In 1882, an announcement noted: "Dr. Crane has moved the bell from the place where it has stood so long to a position near Houston Hall so . . . — — Map (db m166793) HM
This 48-foot-deep hand-dug well measures six feet in diameter. The date of, or the persons responsible for the digging of this well are not known. The earliest reference is in March, 1856, when the Baylor Trustees authorized President Burleson to . . . — — Map (db m166794) HM
On Old Baylor College Road at McCrocklin Road, on the left when traveling west on Old Baylor College Road.
Outgrowth of efforts of Judge R.E.B. Baylor and others; chartered by Republic of Texas on Feb.1, 1845; opened 1846 - Baylor is the oldest University in Texas operating under original name. Until moving (1886) to Belton and Waco, Baylor was located . . . — — Map (db m241023) HM
On Old Baylor College Road at McCrocklin Road, on the right when traveling west on Old Baylor College Road.
Born in Massachusetts. Coming to Texas (1850) with wife, Martha Davis Clark, he was principal and second president of Baylor Female College. Mrs. Clark also taught and counseled students. Family operated dormitory on this site 20 years. Dr. . . . — — Map (db m156732) HM
The congress of the Republic of Texas, meeting at Washington-on the-Brazos, chartered Baylor University on February 1st, 1845. The idea of a Baptist university in Texas originated with William Milton Tryon, who with Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor, . . . — — Map (db m166758) HM
On Farm to Market Road 50 at Sam Houston Road (County Road 69), on the right when traveling north on Road 50.
One and one-half miles south General Sam Houston was baptized by Rufus C. Burleson, Baptist minister and president of Baylor University, November 19, 1854 in Rocky Creek — — Map (db m118701) HM
Site of the Grave of Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor was located along the street connecting Independence with the male campus. Judge Baylor was buried on the Baylor University campus following his death on December 10th, 1873. This reflected the . . . — — Map (db m164139) HM
On Hood Hotel Road, 0.1 miles east of Farm to Market Road 50, on the left when traveling east.
A captain in the army of the Republic of Texas 1836 A captain in the Somervell Expedition 1842 Representative and Senator in the Texas Legislature Brigadier General of Hood's Brigade C. S. A. — — Map (db m118705) HM
Baylor University built the "Wing Building" in 1859 to provide immediate relief to overcrowded classrooms. "Male College" was sufficiently finished by 1862 to hold classes and to relocate the library and science laboratories from temporary . . . — — Map (db m166792) HM
On Farm to Market Road 50 at La Bahia Trail East (Farm to Market Road 390), on the right when traveling north on Highway 50.
When the widow of Sam Houston died of yellow fever during the epidemic of 1867, the danger of contagion made it impossible to carry her to Huntsville for burial beside her husband. She lies here, with her mother, Mrs. Nancy Lea, near the sites of . . . — — Map (db m118731) HM
In 1927, Independence farmer Charles Klatte purchased the property on Windmill Hill which had served as campus grounds of Baylor University from 1850 to 1886. For the next 50 years, the Klatte family developed a farm, consisting of crop . . . — — Map (db m166778) HM
On La Bahia Trail (Farm to Market Road 390) at McKnight Road, on the right when traveling west on La Bahia Trail.
Local legend tells of Dr. Asa Hoxey who, celebrating the Texas Declaration of Independence in 1836, moved to change the name of Coles Settlement to Independence. Actual County records show an 1835 origin for the town of Independence with C. Baker, . . . — — Map (db m156749) HM
On La Bahia Trail (Farm to Market Road 390) at McKnight Road, on the right when traveling west on La Bahia Trail.
Until 1840 mail was carried by private conveyance- neighbors paying expenses of young man to travel by horse to Houston and bring mail for all; 1840 brought two stage routes giving weekly service. Postal service authorized in 1843; Moses Johnson . . . — — Map (db m156788) HM
On Old Baylor College Road at Waters Lane on Old Baylor College Road.
The Independence Historical Society moved the Coles Cabin and Independence Log House buildings to this site to ensure their preservation.
"Walking through the house, we can visualize Coles (with his spectacles on his forehead) conducting . . . — — Map (db m157275) HM
On Waters Lane at Old Baylor College Road, on the left when traveling west on Waters Lane.
A native of North Carolina, John Prince Coles brought his family to Texas in 1821 with Stephen F. Austin's "Old Three Hundred" colonists. Arriving in present Washington County on New Year's Day in 1822, Coles received a Mexican land grant . . . — — Map (db m156743) HM
On Farm to Market Road 50 at McKnight Road, on the left when traveling north on Highway 50.
This church has historic ties to Independence Baptist church. In 1871, following Emancipation, former slaves established their own congregation, naming it in honor of their new freedom. The church, which began with 150 members, held services in a . . . — — Map (db m118718) HM
Near Coles Road, 0.5 miles west of McCrocklin Road.
Tradition holds the first burials here were for enslaved Africans before the close of the Civil War in 1865; the first marked graves date to the late 1860s. When J.C. McCrocklin sold this site to the Colored People's Cemetery Association in 1907, . . . — — Map (db m164573) HM
On Farm to Market Road 50 at La Bahia Trail East (Farm to Market Road 390), on the right when traveling north on Highway 50.
Margaret Moffette Lea wife of Gen. Sam Houston April 11, 1819 - Dec. 3, 1867 and her mother Nancy Moffette Lea May 1, 1780 - Feb. 7, 1864 women of character, culture and staunch devotion to their families and church, each in her own way greatly . . . — — Map (db m118733) HM
Near Coles Road (County Road 60) 0.1 miles west of McCrocklin Road.
Grandson of Moses Austin, whose 1821 contract with Mexico opened Texas to Anglo-Americans. Moses Austin Bryan came to Texas in 1831; worked with his uncle, Stephen F. Austin; fought (1836) in Battle of San Jacinto; served as secretary, Republic of . . . — — Map (db m164570) HM
On La Bahia Trail East (Farm to Market Road 390) at Farm to Market Road 50, on the right when traveling west on La Bahia Trail East.
Organized in 1839. Here Sam Houston was converted and baptised in Rocky Creek in 1854. The present building was erected in 1872 — — Map (db m118717) HM
On Old Baylor College Road at Waters Lane, on the right when traveling west on Old Baylor College Road.
Under a charter issued in 1845 by the Republic of Texas, Baylor University was established on this site and operated here until its removal to Waco and Belton in 1886. Afterward the site was bought by John Thomas Hairston (1835-1918), a . . . — — Map (db m156738) HM
On Coles Road (County Road 60) 0.1 miles west of McCrocklin Road, on the right when traveling west.
A very old graveyard of Anglo-Texas. Started about 1823 on league of Judge J.P. Cole, one of the "Old 300" in the Austin Colony. A daughter, Madora Cole McCrocklin, gave the site. Many statesmen, educators, physicians, lawyers, war veterans and . . . — — Map (db m164567) HM
R.E.B. Baylor, for whom Baylor University is named, was a prominent leader in diverse arenas of public service: military, judicial, political, educational, fraternal and religious. A Kentucky native, he served in the War of 1812 and the Creek Indian . . . — — Map (db m118704) HM
On La Bahia Trail (Farm to Market Road 390) at McKnight Road, on the right when traveling west on La Bahia Trail.
Although private schools were in operation in Independence as early as 1835, tax-supported public schools were not established until the 1870s. In September 1870, the County Court ordered that each of the five precincts in the County be divided . . . — — Map (db m156811) HM
On La Bahia Trail (Farm to Market Road 390) at McKnight Road, on the right when traveling west on La Bahia Trail.
Co. I Fifth Texas Infantry Regt., Army of Northern Virginia, was raised here Aug. 1861, as "The Texas Aides" by Capt. J.B. Robertson.
Unit fought in many battles of Civil War - Gaines Mill, Second Manassas, Antietam, Gettysburg, Chickamauga . . . — — Map (db m156792) HM
On La Bahia Trail (Farm to Market Road 390) at Waters Lane, on the left when traveling west on La Bahia Trail.
Site of the home of General Sam Houston and family; Original house built in 1837 by Thomas Barron; first occupied by the Houstons in 1854; torn down and rebuilt in 1897 by James Dallas. — — Map (db m241449) HM
On Old Baylor College Road at McCrocklin Road, on the right when traveling west on Old Baylor College Road.
Renowned educators; family of the Rev. Abner Davis, founder (1827) of Shurtleff College, Alton, Ill.
A daughter, Martha (d. 1896), joined the Baylor Female College staff with her husband, Horace Clark, in 1851. Baylor in a few . . . — — Map (db m156735) HM
On Old Baylor College Road at McCrocklin Road, on the left when traveling west on Old Baylor College Road.
On this site stood the Female Department of Baylor University Incorporated under the laws of the Republic of Texas February 1, 1845 Henry L. Graves, first president, was elected January 12, 1846 Preparatory Department for boys and girls was . . . — — Map (db m241022) HM
The Baylor trustees began construction on Main Building in 1860. Onset of the Civil War and financing problems halted work. A one-story shell of stone remained untouched until sufficient fund were attained to resume construction in 1880. Also . . . — — Map (db m164165) HM
From fall 1886 through 1888, the Union Baptist Association reacquired the two campuses to establish William Carey Crane College. The male department operated on Windmill Hill until 1888, and the land was sold to J. C. Clay, a local citizen.
In . . . — — Map (db m166777) HM
Near Park Road 12, 0.5 miles east of Farm to Market Road 1155.
In 1960, 28-year-old Gus F. Mutscher was elected State Representative from Washington County, Texas. In 1965, he introduced a bill appropriating $800,000 for construction of a "Worthy Museum, at the Birthplace of Texas that would be a Star upon a . . . — — Map (db m217338) HM
First settler of Stephen F. Austin's "Old 300" colonists to arrive in Texas. Came November 1821 with his wife Nancy and 2 children. In 1824 he received title to over 9,000 acres of land and was made a Captain in the colonial militia. The town of . . . — — Map (db m131018) HM
On Whitman Road, 0.7 miles south of Bosse Road, on the right when traveling north.
Anson Jones, the last president of the Republic of Texas, bought 1,107 acres here from M. Austin Bryan in 1844. This site, named "Barrington" for Jones' birthplace in Massachusetts, was the "White House of Texas" from 1844-46. By 1845 Jones had . . . — — Map (db m131016) HM
Near Park Road 12, 1 mile Farm to Market Road 1155.
This is the birthplace of the Independent Republic of Texas. The words written here changed the course of history. The building you're looking at is a replica of the original Texas Independence Hall. It was an unfinished storefront that housed . . . — — Map (db m217148) HM
On Farm to Market Road 1155 at Bosse Road, on the left when traveling south on Highway 1155.
In 1888, a church and school building was erected in a central location at newly divided Brown's Prairie with the Reverend David Buchmueller as pastor and teacher. By 1911, a new wooden six-room school building was used each Sunday with one teacher . . . — — Map (db m217125) HM
On Farm to Market Road 1155 at Bosse Road, on the right when traveling south on Highway 1155.
Organized in 1890, the Friedens Church served the German immigrant community of Washington County. Following the Civil War an influx of German settlers moved to Washington County. In 1888, Rev. Klindworth began to hold services in response to a plea . . . — — Map (db m217123) HM
On Park Road 12, on the right when traveling west.
Born in Nashville, Tennessee, January 8, 1804. Died in Galveston, Texas, October 6, 1841. Before coming to Texas in December 1835, he assisted in raising funds and securing volunteers for the Army of Texas. Delegate from the Municipality of Milam to . . . — — Map (db m131019) HM
Near Park Road 12, 5 miles east of 23400 Park Road 12.
On This Spot
Was Made
The Declaration
of Texas
Independence
March 2, 1836
The Necessity of Self-Preservation Therefore, Now Degrees Our Eternal Political Separation — — Map (db m217168) HM
Near Park Road 12, 0.5 miles east of Farm to Market Road 1155.
When delegates met here in 1836 to declare independence, Washington was a new and tiny town.
In 1836 Washington was a small community built around a ferry landing where the La Bahia Road crossed the Brazos River. It had good water from . . . — — Map (db m217170) HM
On Flat Prairie Road (County Highway 112) 1 mile east of Farm to Market Road 2726, on the right when traveling east.
Reverend J.L. Lawson and community members organized the Mercy Seat Baptist Church in 1894. Located in what was then called Graball, the original church building was built on property south of the current location. In 1953, the membership voted to . . . — — Map (db m217121) HM
Near Park Road 12, 0.5 miles east of Farm to Market Road 1155.
Sticking with ferries meant Washington missed the boat.
The Brazos River was Washington's lifeline during the 1840s and 1850s. The town was as far up the river as boats could reliably travel. Riverboats brought goods from Galveston, New . . . — — Map (db m217263) HM
Near Park Road 12, 0.5 miles east of Farm to Market Road 1155.
An original resident of Washington still survives.
This tree has seen the Texas Revolution, and the birth and decline of Washington. But the towering pecan tree isn't a native Texan. It's a product of the same forces that drove . . . — — Map (db m217275) HM
Near Park Road 12, 0.5 miles east of Farm to Market Road 1155.
Kitchens have changed over time but are still considered the heart of the home.
If You Cant Stand the Heat
Busy work spaces, kitchens were strategically built away from the main living quarters to keep ash, smoke, and heat out of the . . . — — Map (db m217128) HM
On Park Road 12, on the right when traveling west.
To the memory of
those courageous souls,
the delegates to the
Constitutional Convention
held here March 1-17, 1836
who declared Texas free,
organized a Republic, and
framed its constitution
Jessie B. Badgett
Dr. George . . . — — Map (db m131017) HM
On Farm to Market Road 1155 at Park Road 12, on the right when traveling south on Highway 1155.
Methodist preacher Henry Stephenson traveled through Texas in 1826, and reportedly preached at the home of William and Catherine Gates near the future town of Washington, at a time when Mexican authorities did not permit protestant church services. . . . — — Map (db m217289) HM
On Park Road 12, 0.6 miles east of Farm to Market Road 1155, on the left when traveling north.
This village — site of the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence and first capital of the Republic of Texas — began in 1822 as a ferry crossing. Here the historic La Bahia Road (now Ferry Street) spanned the Brazos River.
In 1834 a . . . — — Map (db m72114) HM
Near Park Road 12, 0.5 miles east of Farm to Market Road 1155.
Government and the river brought new life to Washington.
The Republic of Texas made Washington the capital in 1842. Washington became the new home of Texas' Congress, courts and administrative offices. The growth attracted new residents . . . — — Map (db m217254) HM
On Farm to Market Road 2502, 0.1 miles north of Farm to Market Road 332, on the right when traveling south.
Czech immigrants came to this area in 1859 and renamed it Wesley community. Professor Josef Masik tutored children in his home. The Bohemian Slovakian Reading Club of Wesley provided the first area school building about 1863. School was taught in . . . — — Map (db m165385) HM
On Farm to Market Road 1155, 0.6 miles south of Farm to Market Road 2193, on the left when traveling north.
When Texas seceded from the Union on March 2, 1861, and became part of the Confederate States of America, Confederate training grounds and Union prisoner of war camps were established in the area. Camp Felder was established as a cavalry base . . . — — Map (db m217120) HM
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