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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Caldwell County, Texas
Adjacent to Caldwell County, Texas
▶ Bastrop County (30) ▶ Fayette County (48) ▶ Gonzales County (37) ▶ Guadalupe County (31) ▶ Hays County (57) ▶ Travis County (381)
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| 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 |
| On Route 183, on the right when traveling north. |
| | 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 at E. Market Street, on the right when traveling north on S. Main Street. |
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A part of De Witt’s Colony,
1825-1836. A part of Gonzales
County to 1848. First settlements
were on Plum Creek and the
San Marcos River
Created March 6, 1848
Organized August 7, 1848
Named in honor of
Mathew . . . — — Map (db m91552) HM |
| On S. Main Street at E. San Antonio Street, on the right when traveling north on S. Main Street. |
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(Northwest Face of Memorial)
In Memory of
Our Soldiers
(Southeast Face of Memorial)
Tell it as you may
It never can be told,
Sing it as you may
It never can be sung
The story of the glory
Of the men who wore . . . — — Map (db m91554) WM |
| 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 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 m156057) HM |
| On West Prairie Lea Street at South Main Street, on the right when traveling west on West Prairie Lea Street. |
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Built in 1899 and dedicated on July 6, 1900, this library was financed with funds bequeathed by Dr. Clark, who was a prominent physician of Lockhart and San Antonio. A native of New Orleans, he was a graduate of Tulane Medical School and studied . . . — — Map (db m111182) HM |
| On N. Commerce Street south of E. Walnut Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In 1849, Rev. N.P. Charlot appointed D.M. Morris and Col. John T. Storey as elders of First Presbyterian Church, which organized with ten members. Early services were held in members’ homes and the Masonic hall before church elders bought this site . . . — — Map (db m91555) 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 Farm to Market Road 20 1.2 miles west of Old Colony Line Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Garland R. Lincecum, cousin of Alamo hero James Bowie, and his wife Emmaline left Mississippi and settled on land he had purchased here in 1847. Lincecum, who signed a petition with others to create Caldwell County in 1847, died in 1853 and was the . . . — — Map (db m149165) HM |
| On Polonia Road (County Road 233) 0.4 miles west of Rolling Ridge Road (County Road 221), on the left when traveling west. |
| | The three-acre tract of land that was the Polish settlement of Polonia was deeded to Bishop John Neraz of the Catholic Diocese of San Antonio in 1894 by Joseph and Veronica Dzierzanowski. The community was founded one year after the death of Simon . . . — — Map (db m149956) HM |
| On Chamberlin Road (County Road 167) 0.2 miles south of Dale Road (County Road 294), on the right when traveling south. |
| | This community began in the early 1870s when a group of freedmen and their families, led by the Rev. John Henry Winn, relocated here from Webberville (approx. 20 mi. N). The original fourteen families purchased about 2,000 acres of land to establish . . . — — Map (db m149374) HM |
| On North Magnolia Avenue (U.S. 183) at East Austin Street, on the right when traveling north on North Magnolia Avenue. |
| | One of the great benefactors of Texas. Born in Brockton, Mass. Had business careers in shoe manufacture and rubber planting. On retirement, came here and in wildcat operation brought in Luling oil field, 1922. By 1926 had 215 producing wells. Gave . . . — — Map (db m159725) HM |
| On North Magnolia Avenue at East Austin Street, on the right when traveling north on North Magnolia Avenue. |
| | Seventeen Charter Members, with encouragement from the Rev. G.W. Lane, District Missionary, organized this congregation on Dec. 3, 1875. Worship services were held outdoors and in the Masonic Lodge Hall until spring of 1876, when the first church . . . — — Map (db m159727) HM |
| On North Magnolia Avenue (U.S. 183) at East Austin Street, on the right when traveling north on North Magnolia Avenue. |
| | The Rev. William Johnson (1822 - 89), Farmer and Baptist Minister who came to Texas in 1833, built this shotgun style cabin near Tenney Creek (11 Mi NE of Luling) in 1870s. Family included five children. His son W.E. (Billie) became a Physician in . . . — — Map (db m159705) HM |
| Near South Laurel Avenue at South Magnolia Avenue (Texas Highway 80), on the right when traveling south. |
| | John and James Meriwether and Leonidas Hardeman in 1874 built gristmill and sawmill at this site, with a stone dam across the San Marcos River. Bob Innes, John Orchard, J.K. Walker, and Fritz Zedler, as Luling Water Power Co., bought mills in 1884, . . . — — Map (db m76908) HM |
| On Church Street (County Road 239) 0.3 miles west of Farm to Market Road 1966, on the left when traveling west. |
| | In 1885 the Rev. C. Kreuzenstein conducted the first formal German Lutheran worship service in this area. On June 3, 1886, a congregation was organized with 20 charter families. In 1924, during the pastorate of the Rev. Hans Erich Krause . . . — — Map (db m149951) HM |
| Near Humphrey Ct (County Road 66) 0.2 miles west of San Marcos Highway (State Highway 80). |
| | Members of the Jennings and Humphreys families settled in the Martindale area in the 1850s. They established a cemetery on land bought by Joseph Humphreys in 1855. Set aside on this raised area, the burial ground initially served family members who . . . — — Map (db m149944) HM |
| Near Farm to Market Road 1854. |
| | 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 San Marcos Highway (State Highway 8p) at Market Street, on the left when traveling north on San Marcos Highway. |
| | In 1853, five years after the organization of Caldwell County, a Methodist Church was organized in the Prairie Lea community. Heads of the four charter families were George Francis and Pendleton Rector, veterans of the Battle of San Jacinto; early . . . — — Map (db m159730) HM |
| On San Marcos Highway (State Highway 80) at Stairtown Road (County Route 671), on the right when traveling east on San Marcos Highway. |
| | Discovery well of Luling Field, a major Texas oil area. Wildcatter E.B. Davis drilled on land owned by R. Rios. Well came in Aug. 10, 1922, after 3 dry holes had been drilled in same area. Magnolia (now Mobil) Oil Co. bought field 1926. By 1969, . . . — — Map (db m76906) HM |
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