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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Kerr County, Texas
Adjacent to Kerr County, Texas
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| On Camp Verde Road at Highway 173, on the left when traveling east on Camp Verde Road. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m155395) HM |
| On Camp Verde Road East (Highway 173) at Bandera Highway (State Highway 173), on the right when traveling east on Camp Verde Road East. |
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Texas frontier regiment post office was established 1862, 11 mi. southeast and near old U.S. Post Camp Verde. Part of Red River-Rio Grande line of posts a day's horseback ride apart. The troops furnished own guns, mounts, but often lacked food, . . . — — Map (db m155442) HM |
| On Verde Creek Road 1 mile west of Bandera Highway (State Highway 173), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Established as a frontier post by the United States Army, July 8, 1855. Headquarters in 1856 for 40 camels, sent by Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, to be used in a system of overland communication with the West, which proved impracticable. . . . — — Map (db m155392) HM |
| On San Antonio Street south of Kelly Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | 1856, Camp Verde was established as a military post to suppress Indian attacks on settlers. As suggested by Jefferson Davis, camels were brought to the camp as an experiment in providing transportation of troops and equipment. The experiment was . . . — — Map (db m111277) HM |
| On San Antonio Street (Farm to Market Road 480) at Elm Pass Road, on the right when traveling south on San Antonio Street. |
| | The earliest known settlers in this area were Mrs. Elizabeth Denton and her children and slaves, who arrived in 1852. They were joined in 1858 by the family of Dr. Charles Ganahl, who named the new community Zanzenberg, after his hometown in . . . — — Map (db m111264) HM |
| On China Street (Farm to Market Road 1350) at Church Street, on the left when traveling east on China Street. |
| | The Center Point Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) has been a part of the community and surrounding area for more than 135 years. The Church was founded by traveling Kentucky Minister Green L. Surber in 1879. His parents, Adam and Jemima . . . — — Map (db m157409) HM |
| On China Street (Farm to Market Road 1350) at Avenue C, on the right when traveling east on China Street. |
| | Prior to the settlement of the community of Zanzenberg and Center Point, school was taught in shacks and homes. From 1873-1875, B.F. Johnson taught classes in the first school held in various buildings in the area. From 1876-1884, the Center Point . . . — — Map (db m157413) HM |
| On Church Street just north of China Street (Farm to Market Road 1350), on the left when traveling east. |
| | In 1852, before there was a town here, Mrs. Henrietta Rees and her children came from Tennessee. Soon, she arranged for Methodist Circuit Riders to come to this area. One acre was bought for a Church in 1872 from W. G. ("Gabe") Cocke and his wife . . . — — Map (db m157398) HM |
| On San Antonio Street south of Kelly Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | 1852, a settlement began along the Guadalupe River half way between Kerryville and Comfort that became known as Center Point. 1856, residents met here to petition the state for a new county, then held the 1st meeting to organize the county . . . — — Map (db m111274) HM |
| On China Street (Farm to Market Road 1350) at Mosty Lane, on the right when traveling east on China Street. |
| | A son of Belgian immigrants, Leander A. Mosty worked as a cattle driver and broker in Kansas before migrating to Kerr County in 1897. Sensing a market for fruit and pecan trees in the sparsely treed area, Mosty and his wife, Elizabeth (Bean), a . . . — — Map (db m157309) HM |
| On Elm Pass Road at San Antonio Road (Farm to Market Road 480), on the left when traveling south on Elm Pass Road. |
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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 m157339) HM |
| On San Antonio Street (Farm to Market Road 480) at Swayze Street, on the right when traveling north on San Antonio Street. |
| | Chartered on June 5, 1875, this lodge was first located in a building which was destroyed by fire in 1900, along with all the lodge records. Meetings were held in the Guadalupe Valley Bank Building from 1902 until the Lodge moved to this site in . . . — — Map (db m157384) HM |
| On Main Highway (State Highway 27) 0.2 miles east of Stoneleigh Road, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Home of Dr. Charles De Ganahl (1824-1883), a signer of the Texas Articles of Secession in 1861 and Army Surgeon for the Confederate States of America. The home was erected in 1856 and named after Dr. Ganahl's ancestral home in the Austrian Tyrol of . . . — — Map (db m157341) HM |
| On Stoneleigh Road at Allen Kaiser Drive, on the left when traveling east on Stoneleigh Road. |
| | Missouri native George L. Leigh (d. 1901) moved to Kerr County in 1878 for health reasons. He opened a mercantile establishment in Center Point (3.5 mi. S) with James Sellers and later served one term as County Tax Assessor. In 1883 he purchased a . . . — — Map (db m157340) HM |
| On San Antonio Street (Farm to Market Road 480) at Skyline Drive, on the left when traveling north on San Antonio Street. |
| | One of Center Point's oldest existing commercial structures, the Woolls Building was constructed in 1873-75 to house the mercantile business of George W. Woolls (d. 1876). Local contractor and stonemason Sam H. Wellborn built it of Limestone with . . . — — Map (db m157342) HM |
| On Hwy 39 just east of Hunt, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Farmers and ranchers settled along the north and south forks of the Guadalupe River in the late 1850s, forming the Japonica and Pebble communities. In 1912 Alva and Lizzie Joy bought land at the confluence and named the central settlement that . . . — — Map (db m38258) HM |
| On Junction Highway (State Highway 27) at Henderson Road, on the right when traveling north on Junction Highway. |
| | Howard Henderson (1842 - 1908) came to Texas in 1857. He was a survivor of the Civil War Battle of the Nueces in 1862, in which he and other Unionists were ambushed by a Confederate Force near the Nueces River. He later served as a Texas Ranger. . . . — — Map (db m159832) HM |
| Near Nichols Cemetery Road 0.2 miles south of State Highway 27. |
| | Early Texas pioneer Mary Ann Kent was born in Missouri (Calloway Co.) in 1827 to Andrew and Elizabeth (Zumwalt) Kent. Their family moved to Texas in 1830, settling in Gonzales. Andrew was a carpenter, farmer and rancher before joining in the fight . . . — — Map (db m156148) HM |
| On State Highway 27 at Nichols Cemetery Road, on the left when traveling west on State Highway 27. |
| | Born about 1805, Rowland Nichols settled in Kerr County where he served as county commissioner. Upon his death at the hands of Indians, Nichols was buried, as he wished, under a live oak tree on his farm on April 11, 1859. This site became a . . . — — Map (db m156146) HM |
| On Old Ingram Loop at Indian Creek Road, on the left when traveling west on Old Ingram Loop. |
| | Settlers began arriving in this vicinity prior to the Civil War. In 1879 the Reverend J.C.W. Ingram, a Church of Christ minister from California, bought the land at this site from pioneer settler Abner McWhorter Morriss. Ingram soon opened a . . . — — Map (db m156149) HM |
| On Paschal Avenue south of West Davis Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This is the oldest African American church in Kerr County. In 1896, Jim and Josephine Barnett were instrumental in organizing the first religious services for African Americans in Kerrville. The congregation was named Barnett Chapel in their honor. . . . — — Map (db m135111) HM |
| On Spur 100, on the left when traveling north. |
| | During the late 1840s, Joshua D. Brown (1816-1876) traveled from Gonzales and established a cypress shingle mill on the site of what is now Kerrville. This cemetery dates from 1872, when Brown's nephew, Thomas Goss was buried here. The graves of . . . — — Map (db m159743) HM |
| On Water Street at Washington Street, on the right when traveling east on Water Street. |
| | German millwright Christian Dietert built mills at Comfort and Fredericksburg before moving here in 1857. With the assistance of a young German miller named Balthasar Lich, he constructed a mill and dam near this site to serve the pioneer settlers . . . — — Map (db m158218) HM |
| On West Barnett Street west of Paschal Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The Doyle School began as an African American school in 1909. The African American community raised $53 to move the frame building of the former school for white students after a new one was built. The land where the building was moved was donated . . . — — Map (db m135123) HM |
| On Main Street (State Highway 27) north of Earl Garrett Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The earliest permanent settler at this point on the Guadalupe was Joshua D. Brown (1816-74), a native of Kentucky who came to Texas in 1830 and settled at Gonzales near a fellow Kentuckian, James Kerr, surveyor and resident manager of Green . . . — — Map (db m111231) HM |
| On Harper Road (Farm to Market Road 783) at Valle Vista Drive, on the right when traveling north on Harper Road. |
| | In 1874, Rancher John T. Lytle founded the Great Wester Cattle Trail, which became the primary route through which cattle came to norther U.S markets. The Route, also known as the Western Trail, the Dodge City Trail and the Fort Griffin Trail, was . . . — — Map (db m135050) HM |
| On Main Street (State Highway 27) at Hays Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street. |
| | Charles C. Butt, his wife, Florence (Thornton), and their children moved to San Antonio from Memphis, Tennessee, in 1904. The following year they moved to Kerrville, where Florence invested $60 to open the C. C. Butt Grocery Store on November 26, . . . — — Map (db m144008) HM |
| On Main Street north of Earl Garrett Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Kentucky native James Kerr, the son of a Baptist minister, was reared in Missouri. Kerr fought in the War of 1812 and was later sheriff of St. Charles County, Missouri. He married Angeline Caldwell in 1818 and served in the Missouri Senate and . . . — — Map (db m111223) HM |
| On Main Street (State Highway 27) north of Earl Garrett Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Formed from Bexar County
Created January 26, 1856
Organized March 22, 1856
Named in honor of
James Kerr, 1790-1850
the first American settler on
the Guadalupe River. General
manager of DeWitt's Colony
signer of the Texas . . . — — Map (db m111222) HM |
| On Junction Highway (State Highway 27) at Harper Road (Farm to Market Road 783), on the right when traveling east on Junction Highway. |
| | The Old Spanish Trail was a significant route from San Antonio through Bandera Pass, Camp Verde, Kerrville, Ingram and Mountain Home. For centuries, it was used by Native Americans, including Comanches and Lipan Apaches. Spanish colonists living in . . . — — Map (db m143981) HM |
| Near Bandera Highway (State Highway 173) at East Verde Creek Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Established as a frontier post by the United States Army, July 8, 1855. Headquarters in 1856 for 40 camels sent by Secretary of War Jefferson Davis to be used in a system of overland communication with the West, which proved impracticable. . . . — — Map (db m111280) HM |
| Near Bandera Highway (State Highway 173) at East Verde Creek Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The Penateka, or “honey eaters,” were the southernmost band of Comanches; their range extended from the Edwards Plateau to the beginnings of central Texas rivers. The nomadic Comanches followed buffalo as they migrated, depending on the . . . — — Map (db m93509) HM |
| On Water Street at Quinlan Street, on the left when traveling west on Water Street. |
| | Whitfield Scott Schreiner (1888-1969) and Josephine Carr Schreiner (1893-1984) lived on Water Street in a home designed by Atlee B. Ayres. Scott was involved in many civic groups and businesses, including President of the Chas. Schreiner Co., . . . — — Map (db m157336) HM |
| On Water Street at Sidney Baker Street (State Highway 16), on the right when traveling east on Water Street. |
| | Originally a frame structure, this building was completed about 1895. It housed the M.V. Gregory Hotel and store when local merchant John L. Pampell (1871-1958) bought the site in 1901. He converted the second floor into a 450-seat auditorium and . . . — — Map (db m158220) HM |
| On Upper Turtle Creek Road (Farm to Market Road 1273) at Canyon Road, on the left when traveling west on Upper Turtle Creek Road. |
| | This schoolhouse and nearby burial ground originally served the pioneer settlers of the Turtle Creek area. The oldest marked grave is that of Miles L. Denton (1857 - 75). Also buried in the cemetery is Susan Elizabeth Bird (1866 - 87), the wife of . . . — — Map (db m159765) HM |
| On Wharton Road 4 miles north of Center Point River Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | One of the earliest settlers in Kerr County, William Watson Wharton (1799-1871) purchased 640 acres when he came here in 1857 with his wife Thankful (1803-1885) and their three sons. The family's cabin stood near this cemetery. Wharton's is the . . . — — Map (db m156375) HM |
| On State Highway 41 at Divide School Road NW (State Highway 41), on the right when traveling west on State Highway 41. |
| | The first school classes held in this vicinity began in 1882, in the home of a hired teacher. The only two area families with children paid the instructor's salary. In 1893, William and Lou Wharton provided land for a one-room schoolhouse to meet . . . — — Map (db m122867) HM |
| Near Junction Highway (State Highway 27) 0.5 miles south of Sunset Cemetery Road W.. |
| | The earliest marked graves in this cemetery are those of James and Susan Dowdy's four children. They were killed by Indians in 1878, soon after the family migrated from Goliad. However, local tradition says the first interment is that of M.B. . . . — — Map (db m159871) HM |
| On Junction Highway (State Highway 27) 0.1 miles south of Tecaboca Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The pioneer family of Susan (1830 - 1913) and James Dowdy (1818 - 1900) moved from Goliad to Kerr County in 1878 and settled on Johnson Creek. Shortly after the family arrived, four of the Dowdy children Alice, Martha, Susan, and James were killed . . . — — Map (db m159833) HM |
| On State Highway 41 at YO Ranch Road NW, on the right when traveling west on State Highway 41. |
| | Charles Armand Schreiner (1838-1927), a native of Alsace-Lorraine, immigrated to Texas with his family in 1852. He joined the Texas Rangers at age fifteen, and in 1856 entered the cattle business at Turtle Creek in Kerr County. He left to serve in . . . — — Map (db m122870) HM |
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