Attwater Prairie Chicken Preserve has been designated a Registered Natural Landmark Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935 This site possesses exceptional value in illustrating the natural . . . — — Map (db m213745) HM
In 1894, a Swedish land promoter from Chicago named John Linderholm purchased 60,000 acres of Gulf Coast prairie in portions of Colorado and Wharton Counties. Linderholm was head of the Southern Texas Colonization Company and sought to bring . . . — — Map (db m300171) HM
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has been listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
1926
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Historic Landmark
City hall
1926
Fire Station – . . . — — Map (db m195768) HM
Colorado County Historic School Site This was the location of Eagle Lake High 1891-1970
One of the early schools in Colorado County which served the people of this area. This plaque commemorating the historic school was donated by . . . — — Map (db m192863) HM
Settled in 1857 Incorporated as a city on Sept. 13, 1888 Centennial Monument - 1988 Dedicated to all those who have ever called Eagle Lake home. — — Map (db m212403) HM
Before a school existed in Eagle Lake, African Americans were educated at home or in small churches, with some classes held in a local blacksmith shop. The first school for African-American children was located on Main Street in a room on the first . . . — — Map (db m192866) HM
Near this site once stood the community of Frazarville, founded in 1857 by Dr. Isaac James Frazar and his father, Col. James Watson Frazar. A locust infestation and Comanche raids forced them to move from Cibolo Creek in Bexar County to this site, . . . — — Map (db m96298) HM
After Eagle Lake was laid out in the 1850s, Gamaliel Good built a hotel on this corner. The Good Hotel served as a stagecoach and railroad stop. Three railroads crossed town, and commerce was heavy. By 1912 the economy had become dependent on rice . . . — — Map (db m195771) HM
Joseph (c. 1787-1831) and Rachel Rabb (1790-1872) Newman were married in 1806 in Ohio. Following Joseph's service in the War of 1812 in Illinois, they lived in Arkansas Territory on the Red River before moving into Texas in 1820. In 1823, they left . . . — — Map (db m96300) HM
The Sugar Industry, which began in Texas before the Civil War (1861-65), was revived in the late 1800s by cheaper refining methods. One of the leading sugar producers in Colorado County was William Dunovant. In 1898 he and several men from Eagle . . . — — Map (db m292029) HM
In 1880, the Eagle Lake Masonic Lodge No. 366, established in 1872, purchased this burial ground. Also known as Eagle Lake Masonic Cemetery, the earliest known burial here occurred in 1867. Others buried here include Eagle Lake Mayor and U.S. . . . — — Map (db m192865) HM
The United Methodist Church of Eagle Lake is the oldest Protestant congregation in the community. By 1864, Emma Tracy Rhine started the first private school in Eagle Lake. The one-room schoolhouse served as the first church meeting house in 1872, . . . — — Map (db m192862) HM
Because overland travel in early Texas was an enterprise often fraught with hardship, frustration, and danger, many individuals looked to rivers for a solution to the problem. From 1829 to the Civil War, optimistic Texans attempted to ply the area's . . . — — Map (db m166519) HM
In memory of those who died for our freedom James G. Shirley KIA Aug. 13, 1945 • Glenn E. Eggers KIA May 8, 1945 • Ernest A. Herndon KIA Nov. 5, 1944 • Arthur Hodde KIA Feb. 19, 1944 • Richard L. Eggers KIA Dec. 5, 1943 • Maurice Parker KIA Feb. . . . — — Map (db m212396) HM WM
The rice industry did not spread into the coastal plains region west of Houston until the very end of the 19th century. In 1898, Captain William Dunovant (1845-1902), a local plantation owner and entrepreneur, planted 40 acres of rice . . . — — Map (db m30156) HM
Named for lake where in 1821 exploring party of Stephen F. Austin killed an eagle. In 1851 resident Gamaliel Good started a Houston-to-San Antonio Stage line with lakeside headquarters. In 1856, with D. W. C. Harris, Good platted Eagle Lake . . . — — Map (db m30159) HM
Born in Eagle Lake and known as the last of the Black Hat Rangers, Zeno Smith (1902-1972) worked as a cowboy and rancher, and in his family's meat market. In 1935, he became a Texas Ranger, following in the footsteps of his grandfather and older . . . — — Map (db m201977) HM
