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
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.
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.
(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 m216865) HM
On Farm to Market Road 713 at Old McMahan Trail (County Highway 208), on the right when traveling west on Highway 713.
As part of a group of settlers, William A. Clark moved with his wife, Nancy (Copenhaver), and children to Caldwell County from Alabama in 1850. Clark purchased land in this vicinity in 1854. Early community residents met in homes and out of doors . . . — — Map (db m180763) HM
On Clearfork Road, 0.2 miles west of County Highway 194, on the right when traveling south.
Oldest church in Caldwell County. Organized in 1848, with J. Isaac, pastor. Building erected in 1850; hand-hewn oak frame was morticed with pegs; lumber hauled from Port Lavaca. Land for church and adjoining cemetery was donated in 1857 by John H. . . . — — Map (db m204650) HM
On South Colorado Street at Rosewood Street, on the right when traveling south on South Colorado Street.
Pioneer Lockhart physician, from Alabama. Studied medicine, University of Pennsylvania.
Was Civil War surgeon, Texas Mounted Rifles and Cavalry, on Texas frontier and in Louisiana, Arkansas and Indian Territory.
Typical of Texas . . . — — Map (db m195675) HM
On West Prairie Lea Street at South Main Street, on the right when traveling west on West Prairie Lea Street.
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 North Church Street at West Walnut Street, on the right when traveling north on North Church Street.
Organized in 1853 by the Rev. Joseph Wood Dunn, this parish erected its own church building in 1855-56. Bishop G.W. Freeman, who dedicated the edifice in 1857, noted its fine acoustics. It was built of an early type of concrete fashioned from . . . — — Map (db m180767) HM
On West San Antonio Street (State Highway 142) at South Church Street, on the left when traveling west on West San Antonio Street.
Organized in 1852 with seven members, this congregation constructed its first sanctuary in 1858. Located across the street from this site, it soon became too small for the growing membership. In 1898, this Gothic Revival building was designed and . . . — — Map (db m180768) 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 East Market Street at Carver Street, on the right when traveling east on East Market Street.
According to local tradition, materials salvaged from Ross Institute, a former school for Lockhart's caucasian children, were used in 1923 to build this school for African American students. The Rosenwald Foundation of Chicago, which funded many . . . — — Map (db m180765) 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 West San Antonio Street (State Highway 142) at South Blanco Street, on the right when traveling east on West San Antonio Street.
At this site once stood the home of Susanna Dickinson Hannig (1814-1883), who came to Texas from Tennessee in 1831 with her husband Almeron Dickinson. He died at the Battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836. Susanna, with her daughter Angelina, was . . . — — Map (db m195674) HM