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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Falls County, Texas
Adjacent to Falls County, Texas
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| On Interstate 35 Frontage Road 0.4 miles north of Blevins Road (County Road 459), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Born in Illinois to J. M. and Lucretia (Craven) Bedichek, Roy came to Falls County at the age of six. Educated first in his parents' school at Blevins and later at the Bedichek's Eddy Literary and Scientific Institute, he graduated from the . . . — — Map (db m149434) HM |
| On Golinda Drive (U.S. 77) north of County Road 466A, on the right when traveling north. |
| | On June 8, 1896, the citizens of North Prairie petitioned the Falls County Commissioners Court for a community school district, and North Prairie School District No. 65 was created. In 1910 a 2-room school housed two teachers and about 20 students. . . . — — Map (db m108510) HM |
| On County Route 3000, on the right when traveling north. |
| | German natives who settled originally in Colorado County came here in 1879 looking for better land. Pleased with the soil and location, they brought their families and immediately purchased 100 acres for a church and school. The earliest Mass was . . . — — Map (db m125272) HM |
| On County Highway 3000, on the left when traveling north. |
| | St. Mary's Cemetery was founded in 1883 by German families who had recently settled in the area and named their community "Westphalia," after their German home province. Casper Hoelscher, Frank Wunsch, Theodore Rabroker, J.G. Bockholt and Frank . . . — — Map (db m125442) HM |
| On County Road 3000 0.3 miles north of State Highway 320, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Plans for the establishment of a school to serve the German Catholic community of Westphalia began soon after the earliest settlers arrived here in 1879. Under the direction of the first trustees, Anton Jansing, Joseph Hoelscher,and Stanislaus . . . — — Map (db m125359) HM |
| Near Farm to Market Road 712 west of County Road 301, on the left when traveling west. |
| | When Anglo-Americans began to settle in Texas, the falls of the Brazos were located 2 miles southwest of here. At that time, the water fell about 10 feet over a rocky ledge. The falls served the Indians and early settlers as a trail landmark, . . . — — Map (db m84668) HM |
| On Coleman Street at Heritage Row, on the right when traveling west on Coleman Street. |
| | A well drilled on this site in 1892, in an effort to secure a public water supply, produced 48,000 gallons of hot mineral water daily from an artesian deposit underlying the area. At first believed unfit for human use, analysis proved the water . . . — — Map (db m109028) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 712 0.4 miles east of Old Falls Road (County Route 287), on the right when traveling west. |
| | This area was first settled in 1837 by members of the Marlin and Menefee families. The settlement grew steadily, and for a time was known as Jarett Menefee's Supply Station. By the 1840s the village boasted a school, general store, blacksmith shop, . . . — — Map (db m84669) HM |
| On State Highway 6 at County Route 112, on the right when traveling south on State Highway 6. |
| | At this site, near the pioneer home of George Morgan, a battle took place, January 16, 1839, between settlers in this region and Indians under Chief José María in which the colonists were defeated.
A treaty with these Indians made soon after . . . — — Map (db m84671) HM |
| On State Highway 6 at County Route 112, on the right when traveling south on State Highway 6. |
| | Tennessee native Albert G. Perry (1807-1874) began the study of law at age sixteen in his brother's Alabama law office. He became a successful attorney, but in 1831 left for Texas, settling in Washington, where he opened a law office. The following . . . — — Map (db m84676) HM |
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