The Cechomoravan Lodge No. 105 formed in Ellinger in 1884 as part of the National Cesko-Slovanska Podporujici Spolecnost (C.S.P.S.) Fraternal Society, which offered benefits to Czech immigrants. In 1897, the Ellinger Lodge joined other Texas . . . — — Map (db m184105) HM
Born in South Carolina in about 1787, James
Jeffres Ross was a member of the ""Old Three
Hundred." He arrived in Stephen F. Austin's colony
in late 1822 or early 1823, moving onto the league
granted him near Eagle Lake in Colorado . . . — — Map (db m22753) HM
Breeding Family Cemetery
(300 yards northwest, across the highway)
David and Sarah Davis Breeding came to Texas from Kentucky and settled here in 1833 with sons John, Richard L., Napoleon B., Fidelio S., and Benjamin W.; John, . . . — — Map (db m84667) HM
Built 1874 by Czech-Moravians. Near site of first Czech protestant worship service ever held in Texas, in 1855.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1964 — — Map (db m183910) HM
Fayetteville citizens raised $600.00 in private funds, received $200.00 in tax money from the County Commissioners' Court, and built this Victorian precinct Courthouse in 1880. A ball held in the new building netted funds for painting. The 2-cell . . . — — Map (db m183382) HM
Stage station on the Old San Felipe Trail founded by James J. Ross. John Crier, James Cummins - members of Austin's first colony • nearby resided William J. Russell, participant of the Battle of Velasco • Jerome B. Alexander, Fedelie S. . . . — — Map (db m183371) HM
Originally known as the Czech-Moravian Brethren Evangelical Cemetery at Ross Prairie, this site serves Texas' second oldest congregation of the Unity of the Brethren, whose members settled here in the early 1850s. This group hosted the first Czech . . . — — Map (db m183911) HM
This burial ground has served Fayetteville since early in the community's history. The earliest recorded burial, of Cass Fisher, dates to 1851. Other notable burials include surgeon, military leader and public servant Dr. William P. Smith and . . . — — Map (db m183342) HM
The Slovanska Podporujici Jednota Statu Texas, known in English as the Slavonic Benevolent Order of the State of Texas (SPJST), is a fraternal organization founded by Czech-Texans in 1896 at the Fayette County Courthouse in La Grange. For . . . — — Map (db m183369) HM
When their infant daughter, Klara, died in 1899, Frank and Josephine Pustejovsky laid her to rest on this land owned by relatives Peter (1857-1927) and Rosina (1859-1919) Krystinek. Later that year, the Krystineks conveyed one acre around her grave . . . — — Map (db m183332) HM
North Carolina native Phillip Shaver (1814-1875) settled in the Fayette County community of Rutersville c. 1840. Two years later, he joined the Texas Army to defend area settlers from Indians and Mexican soldiers and also received from the Republic . . . — — Map (db m183370) HM
In 1897, the S.P.J.S.T. Supreme Lodge formed in La Grange with 25 lodges. Lodge No. 1 in Fayetteville voted to purchase land and in Oct. 1910, construction of a hall and two ancillary buildings was complete. The vernacular style wood-frame dance . . . — — Map (db m183343) HM
German brothers Edward and Leopold Sarrazin, who opened a mercantile store in 1875, moved their business to this building in 1890. They sold groceries, dry goods, and hardware in the front part of the building and had an office in the back. Feed, . . . — — Map (db m183423) HM
Built 1937
By W. C. Langlotz - Mayor Lee Heinsohn - Alderman
R. C. Sladek - Alderman
Emil Zapalac - Alderman
Emil Chalupa - Alderman
Ed. Sarrazin - Alderman
A. Listvan - Marshall
V. M. Ehlers - State
Sanitary Engineer
J. C. . . . — — Map (db m183380) HM
An 1890s commercial building on this site was used throughout the 20th century. The rectangular plan, frame construction building featured a false front, supported awning and double doors flanked by windows. Frank Svrcek owned several lots on the . . . — — Map (db m96290) HM
Frank Svrcek owned a commercial building here in the 1890s. The rectangular frame building with stepped parapet had two pairs of doors, one tin and the other wooden. Walter Meinen’s Chevrolet dealership in the 1920s, and later Harry Cordes’ garage, . . . — — Map (db m96291) HM
Many Czech and German immigrants settled in this area in the mid-1800s. After many years without the services of a Czech-speaking priest, the Czech community sent Konstantin Chovanec and John Vychopen to ask Galveston Bishop Claude-Marie Dubuis for . . . — — Map (db m183339) HM
In the 1850s, families of German and Czech origin in the Ross Prairie area were served by visiting priests. After 1855, they worshipped in a log church (2 mi. N) named Saint Joseph, the first permanent Catholic Church in Fayette County. The church . . . — — Map (db m184104) HM
Lutheran worship in this area dates to 1851 when Pastor J.C. Roehm of Basel, Switzerland, organized the first Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Texas and then began preaching, establishing St. John Lutheran Church of Ross Prairie in 1859. In 1894 the . . . — — Map (db m183396) HM
Jindrich (Henry) Juren was born in Hradiste, Bohemia, on March 20, 1850. A protestant minister's son, he studied theology at several universities and became fluent in Czech, English, German, French, and Polish. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1876 as . . . — — Map (db m183877) HM
Czech Catholics, who settled in Fayette County in the mid-1850s, were initially served by area priests. Eventually they petitioned the Bishop of Texas for their own Czech priest, and in 1872 the Rev. Joseph Chromcik (1845-1910) arrived from Europe. . . . — — Map (db m183337) HM
German native Hugo Zapp established his mercantile business in Fayetteville in 1865. In 1900, after a fire had burned his wooden store at this site, Zapp had this 2-story brick building constructed. Intended to be the finest structure in the city, . . . — — Map (db m61300) HM
The Colony Community settled in the 1870s by former residents of Mississippi, at one time included three churches, several stores, and a post office. John A. and Margaret Young donated land at this site in 1876 for a Methodist church and cemetery. . . . — — Map (db m180692) HM
Market town for rich agricultural area, on one of this state's earliest railroads (chartered 1841 by the Republic of Texas). Situated on land granted in 1840s to rancher William A. Faires. Germans began to settle here in 1860s, and soon needed a . . . — — Map (db m163254) HM
Dr. George Washington Allen (1849-1903) founded the Flatonia City Hospital in 1896, and this building was completed the following year to serve the medical needs of the growing railroad town. About 1910 the second floor hospital space became the . . . — — Map (db m76915) HM
Founded about 1855 as Lane's Chapel by Alabaman settlers, including Texas Declaration of Independence signer William Menefee. Group met in log cabin (about 6 miles NE), then erected church school building (1859) at Pine Springs. Flatonia was . . . — — Map (db m163248) HM
Early owners of this property were Friedrich William Flato, Jr., S.L. Mateer and brothers, George Matula, Anton Freytag and John H. Sloma. The John H. Sloma Family sold this property to Doctor F.W.B. Rockett in 1946. Doctor Rockett built the . . . — — Map (db m163273) HM
This two-story brick structure was built between 1896 and 1901 by Flatonia Physician G.W. Allen, Sr. The first known use of the building as a hotel occurred in 1915, when it was purchased and operated by Carrie Snell. Flatonia's railroads created . . . — — Map (db m163253) HM
Dedicated the 12th of November, 1989, this memorial honors the men and women of the Flatonia area who served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America. It stands in proud remembrance of their achievements in helping defend our country . . . — — Map (db m163250) WM
This commercial vernacular building was built for W.H. and Emma Wheeler in 1907 by Allen Brothers Construction Company. Built of locally made bricks, the structure exhibits Romanesque Revival style influences and features corbelled brickwork, . . . — — Map (db m76914) HM
This church began in the late 1860s when the Rev. Karl Urbantke conducted services in a local store near the town hall. Services were later held in a schoolhouse and in 1879 the congregation raised sufficient funds to hire H. Griezendore to build . . . — — Map (db m183139) HM
In 1901, a group of German-Catholic immigrants to Texas who were united by faith, by language, by common concern for their fellow man and by their desire to protect their families, founded their own fraternal benefit society. Originally called the . . . — — Map (db m71595) HM
Organized in Fayette County, 1861, by Edmund Creuzbaur, a former Prussian artillery officer, and composed of around 150 men, 4 cannons, 72 horses, 39 mules. It served as both light and heavy field artillery at Fort Brown, Sabine Pass and other . . . — — Map (db m71594) HM
Marker Front
Pioneer Czech leader
Scholar, Journalist, Statesman
Born Sept. 19, 1845, Mysi, Czechoslovakia
Entered United States Nov. 1, 1856
Arrived in Fayette County Nov. 29, 1856
Served in Confederate Army 1864-1865
Teacher . . . — — Map (db m144006) HM
On March 24, 1889, a group of Czech immigrants gathered here to form the Katolicka Jednota Texaska (KJT), or Czech Catholic Union of Texas. A fraternal benefit society, the KJT was chartered on July 4, 1889, with six individual lodges. Through . . . — — Map (db m84615) HM
In memory of
the forgotten man of Texas history
Father Miguel Muldoon
Resident priest of Austin's Colony
True friend of Stephen F. Austin and his people
1823 - 1842
Contributed much towards the success of Austin's colonial venture . . . — — Map (db m84616) HM
Near this site on March 24, 1889 a group of immigrants envisioned the need for a fraternal benefit society to protect their families and to promote their faith and heritage. They founded the Czech Catholic Union of Texas, the KJT (Katolicka . . . — — Map (db m144007) HM
in Texas was established at Hostyn when in November, 1856, the families of Josef Janda, Valintin Kolibal, Frantisek Koza arrived here from Czechoslovakia and in December, 1856, arrived here Alois Klimicek, Benjamin Klimicek adn Frantisek Marak. — — Map (db m71598) HM
F.W. Grassmeyer commissioned German-Texan stonemasons to construct this Italianate style commercial building between 1856 and 1859. The structure served as a hotel until 1893, when German immigrant Fritz Presun purchased it as a regional sales . . . — — Map (db m61301) HM
On December 28, 1896, twenty-five Czech-Texans gathered in the district courtroom of this courthouse to establish a new fraternal benefit insurance society, the Slovanska Podporujici Jednota Statu Texas, more commonly known a the SPJST. The SPJST . . . — — Map (db m71597) HM
Built in 1886 for local merchant Amzi T. Bradshaw and his wife Sarah, this house was purchased in 1908 by their daughter Nellie and her husband John Killough. In 1924, the Killoughs extensively altered the Victorian-era wood frame residence by . . . — — Map (db m71629) HM
Commissioned by the Casino Association of La Grange, construction of the Casino Hall began in 1880. Designed by James Wahrenberger of Austin, the 10,000-square-foot structure was built by John T. Campbell for $12,000. It served the community as a . . . — — Map (db m183174) HM
John and William Lewis settled in the La Grange area in the 1830s and established a family cemetery here. The earliest marked grave is that of Carl Huebner in 1857. John and Ann Lewis donated 1.25 acres of land for the cemetery in 1879. All records . . . — — Map (db m183144) HM
Formed from Colorado and Bastrop Counties
Created December 14, 1837
Organized January 1, 1838
Named in Honor of
Marquis de la Fayette
1757-1834
Nobleman and Republican Friend of Washington and of the United States County Seat, La . . . — — Map (db m183276) HM
About 1890, the structural safety of Fayette County's third courthouse came into question, and plans began for the building of this structure to serve as the seat of justice for the county. The commissioners court hired San Antonio architect James . . . — — Map (db m53236) HM
When the Congress of the Republic of Texas established Fayette County in 1837, La Grange became its seat of government. A county jail was built in 1838 and used for ten years before it was sold. In 1853, the county purchased two lots in block 33 for . . . — — Map (db m183156) HM
No greater sacrifice can be made by the citizens of a democratic nation than to serve in its armed forces in times of war or in times of peace. Fayette County proudly honors and pays tribute to its citizens who accepted the call to arms and served . . . — — Map (db m211869) WM
Although voted 600 against to 580 for secession, began Confederate recruiting in June 1861. La Grange was headquarters for 22nd Brigade, Texas State Troops, Brig. Gen. Wm. G. Webb commanding, of which 18 companies (1,238 men ) and 72 officers were . . . — — Map (db m84614) HM
As the 19th century drew to a close, a Texas woman could often be found in her garden, which served many purposes. It might have contained herbs for cooking, medicinal, and household uses; a dyeing garden with plants such as agarita and indigo; and . . . — — Map (db m211866) HM
German native Dr. William A. Hermes moved to La Grange in 1855 to practice medicine. He opened Hermes Drug Store the following year with his partner, Dr. Eck. His two sons, August and William, Jr., earned pharmacy degrees and joined the family . . . — — Map (db m71627) HM
German immigrant Heinrich Kreische (1821-1882) purchased nearly 175 acres of property in Fayette County in 1849. A stonemason by trade, he built a house, barn and smokehouse here on the high south bluff above the Colorado River. In the 1860s, . . . — — Map (db m53216) HM
La Grange's Masonic Lodge organized in 1847, with John Murchison as the first Worshipful Master. Historically, Masons have supported many civic causes including education. The La Fayette Lodge laid the cornerstone for the Fayette County Courthouse . . . — — Map (db m84605) HM
This depot was completed in November 1897 by the M-K-T Railroad. It replaced the earlier depot that was on this site from 1887 until it burned in March 1897. The depot now houses the La Grange Depot Museum. — — Map (db m195093) HM
220 & 222 North Washington 164, 160, 152 & 148 West Colorado Winter 1888
As early as the 1840's a frame building stood on this site serving as a hotel under many different names including the Eagle Hotel, Carter Hotel, La Grange Hotel, . . . — — Map (db m183159) HM
In September 1848, the remains of Texans killed in the 1842 Dawson Massacre and the 1843 “Black Bean Death Lottery” were reburied at this site in a sandstone vault. The Kreische family did its best to care for the grave during their . . . — — Map (db m53218) HM
Used for burials by 1840, this site was deeded by J. S. Lester to trustees who conveyed it to La Grange after incorporation of the city on July 3, 1854.
Fourteen townswomen on April 17, 1873, formed what was probably the first such organization . . . — — Map (db m84613) HM
This portion of Fayette County is named for William Rabb (1770-1831), a prosperous miller from Pennsylvania who came to Texas in 1821 with members of his family. Rabb claimed a site on the east side of the Colorado River he had selected during an . . . — — Map (db m61297) HM
Built about 1828 - used as a place of defense against the Indians and known as Moore's Fort in honor of its builder and owner, John Henry Moore, 1800-1880, noted Indian fighter and commander of the Texans at the Battle of Gonzales, October 2, 1835 - . . . — — Map (db m53228) HM
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First ferry in present-day Fayette County. Established about 1824 at the crossing of the La Bahia Road by Jesse Burnam. After the Army of the Republic of Texas crossed on March 19, 1836, the ferry was destroyed by order of General . . . — — Map (db m53220) HM
Built in 1885 for parish formed in 1855. On lot donated by Shropshire family. In continuous use as only Episcopal Church in Fayette County. Original furnishings, handmade by rector and congregation, still in use.
Recorded Texas Historic . . . — — Map (db m183217) HM
A sundial is a "sun clock" and is the oldest instrument used to measure time. Its origins go back to ancient Egyptians and Babylonians, and Greeks, Romans, Arabs, and others later made improvements over thousands of years. It was the most important . . . — — Map (db m211864) HM
The Dawson Expedition
Under this historic oak on September 15, 1842, Capt. Nicholas Mosby Dawson organized his company of Fayette County mounted volunteers, who rushed to reinforce Col. Matthew Caldwell, after San Antonio was captured by . . . — — Map (db m53231) HM
Erected
by the State of Texas
to the
memory of her defenders
Captain N. H. Dawson
and his command.
Who fell at the battle of Salado Texas
Sept. 18th, 1842. . . . — — Map (db m80829) HM WM
On February 11, 1843, Captain Ewen Cameron led Texan prisoners from the Dawson and Mier expeditions in an escape from Hacienda Salado, 80 miles south of Saltillo, Coahuila. Dr. Richard Fox Brenham died attempting escape, one of five Texans killed. . . . — — Map (db m201814) HM
At Hacienda Salado, 80 miles south of Saltillo, Coahuila, on March 25, 1843, the 176 recaptured Texans who had escaped from the hacienda on February 11, 1843, were told that one-tenth of them would be executed on order from Santa Anna. The Texans . . . — — Map (db m184168) HM
Started 1841 as two rooms of local pine wood. Acquired 1855 and enlarged by S.S. Munger. Owned 1866-1961 by estate of N. W. Faison (1817-70), who joined 1842 Dawson expedition resisting Mexican invaders. Captured near San Antonio when many Dawson . . . — — Map (db m215137) HM
In 1848, a group of La Grange citizens retrieved the bodies of Dawson's men from Salado Creek. The same year the bones of the victims of the black bean episode were returned also, after being exhumed at Hacienda Salado by Major Walter P. Lane . . . — — Map (db m201812) HM
When Mexican General Adrian Woll attacked San Antonio on September 11, 1842, Nicholas Mosby Dawson and the men who joined him reacted so quickly to the alarm that a muster roll was not taken. Only eighteen men survived the Dawson Massacre, which . . . — — Map (db m201815) HM
Eighteen men survived the Dawson Massacre, which occurred near Salado Creek, within present San Antonio (not Salado, Texas, as stated on the tomb). The following is a corrected list of the survivors:
Three men escaped from the battle:
Thomas . . . — — Map (db m201813) HM
In 1844, Georgia native William Graham Webb (1824-1902) immigrated to Texas and settled in La Grange. Soon after his arrival in Texas, Webb enlisted as a private during the U.S. - Mexico War, where he joined Jack Coffee Hays' Regiment of the Texas . . . — — Map (db m183175) HM
From the time of the first European settlers in Texas, yellow fever was a serious concern. Transmitted through mosquitoes, epidemics in the summer months were prevalent in coastal cities all over North America in the nineteenth century. At the time, . . . — — Map (db m109026) HM
Opened about 1828 by James Gotcher from Alabama, a settler on Rabb's Creek in present Lee County, as route from San Felipe, in Stephen F. Austin's original colony, to Bastrop in second or "little" colony. A short, exposed route to the upper . . . — — Map (db m84600) HM
Born March 1, 1820 a young soldier in the Texas War for Independence
He entered Bexar December 5, 1835 -- John York, Captain
Company D Eighth Texas Infantry Regiment, C.S.A. Died August 4, 1880
His wife Eliza Baker Bell Born May 6, . . . — — Map (db m220222) HM
Located in southwest Fayette County, the Muldoon area was first settled in the 1830s. The community was named in honor of Father Miguel Muldoon and is situated on land acquired in 1831 through a Spanish Land Grant from Stephen F. Austin. Father . . . — — Map (db m220208) HM
Located in southwestern Fayette County, the Muldoon area was first settled in the 1830s when Father Miguel Muldoon acquired a Spanish Land Grant from Stephen F. Austin. The area continued to grow and attract settlers throughout the 19th century. In . . . — — Map (db m220213) HM
Born 1816 Came to Texas in 1830. Participated in the Battle of San Jacinto as a member of
Captain William Wood's Company
Died 1896 in Flatonia Texas — — Map (db m220219) HM
The land in this area was included in a Mexican land grant awarded to Nathaniel Townsend in 1838. Portions of the grant were sold to a succession of different people over the years, and in 1885 August Heintze and Gus Steenken, both natives of . . . — — Map (db m71580) HM
The Black Jack Springs community, now called O'Quinn, was established by a group of Anglo and German families who settled near the headwaters of the Black Jack branch of Buckner's Creek by 1840.
Pioneer Charles Luck provided land for the burial . . . — — Map (db m183143) HM
This burial ground was established around 1875 to serve the African American community of Cedar Creek. The African Methodist Episcopalian Church, which organized in 1874, received this property from the estate of N.W. Faison. Members erected a . . . — — Map (db m183141) HM
Although settlement in the Plum area dates to 1869, the town formally developed in 1889. The following year, Czech families began settling here, and in 1896, they established Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church. In 1899, trustees purchased an acre . . . — — Map (db m195919) HM
In 1854, Matej (Matthias) Novak (1818-1896), his four children and brother Anton Novak moved to the area and settled along Mulberry Creek in what was then a frontier area known as Hottentot. Other Czech Catholic families began to move to the area . . . — — Map (db m206432) HM
Bernard Scherrer left his native Switzerland at the age of 22 for extended travels before reaching Texas in 1833. After serving in Burleson's Regiment during the Texas Revolution, he received a land grant in Colorado County, but settled in Biegel . . . — — Map (db m201940) HM
A center of Lutheran faith in Fayette County. Dedicated Oct. 28, 1866 with Rev. Adam Neuthard as first pastor. Unique pipe organ of cedar built by Traugott Wandke. Stone construction shows German architectural style. Recorded Texas Historic . . . — — Map (db m183301) HM
African American citizens of Fayette County established Connersville Primitive Baptist Church sometime between Dec. 10, 1883, and Nov 10, 1885 by the later date, Thomas Cooper owned 11 1/4 acres of land adjacent to Richter Cemetery on FM 1457. . . . — — Map (db m227848) HM
Two miles east, at Winedale, is the Old "Sam Lewis Stopping Place" of the 1850s--a typical early Texas inn, now a University of Texas Research Center. Built 1834, as a settler's 2-room log cabin of hand-hewn cedar; then enlarged twice and (with work . . . — — Map (db m28324) HM
John Henry Moore came to Texas in Austin's Colony in 1823. He built this Blockhouse in his ˝ league of land in 1831, and founded the town of La Grange, where the La Bahia trace crosses the Colorado River. It is the oldest structure in Fayette . . . — — Map (db m183544) HM
One-half mile south to site of
Nassau Plantation
An extensive tract of land purchased in 1843 for colonization by German emigrants. Named for Duke Adolf of Nassau, protector of the emigration society, it was once one of the show places . . . — — Map (db m84602) HM
The Noak Farmhouse was built in the early 1900's, three miles southeast of Round Top, partly constructed with rooms from the Giese Farmhouse in the area. Willie & Irene Giese Noak married in 1920 and had six children, all of whom were born and . . . — — Map (db m183440) HM
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