This congregation was organized in 1892 by several Czech families who had relocated from Fayette County, Texas, to an area about 3 miles southeast of Wallis, Texas. The congregation held services in the Krasna School building which was located on . . . — — Map (db m168503) HM
This land was purchased for the purpose of establishing a school, church, and cemetery by P.L. Habermacher, Miles J. Allen, and J.S. Dabney in 1903. The Hartsville school was a 2 room building that was used until 1939 when students were . . . — — Map (db m168498) HM
Dedicated on November 11, 2003 In Honor Of Our Veterans
By the Sons of the American Legion Wallis Squadron 200 Detachment of Texas — — Map (db m168500) WM
Austin County Historic School Site
This was the location of:
J.O. Williams School
1929 - 1966
An early Austin County School, this plaque commemorating this historic site was made possible by citizens of Austin County under . . . — — Map (db m168458) HM
As a young man Martin Allen assisted his father, Benjamin, in surveying roads in their native state of Kentucky. He married Elizabeth Vice in 1804 and by 1810 they and their three children were living in Louisiana.
Martin joined the . . . — — Map (db m61299) HM
The Lutheran German-speaking community of Wallis founded St. Paul Lutheran Church at the turn of the 20th century. The congregation held its first service in July of 1900, and made plans to build the church that fall. Due to the unforeseen . . . — — Map (db m168485) HM
Also known as the Protestant Cemetery, this burial ground has served the Wallis Community and surrounding area since the 1890s. The earliest settlers in the area were William and Lydia Ann (English) Guyler, Kentucky natives who arrived here in . . . — — Map (db m168496) HM
Austin County Historic School Site
This was the location of:
Wallis High School
1929 - 1974
An early Austin County School, this plaque commemorating this historic site was made possible by citizens of Austin County under . . . — — Map (db m168447) HM
Austin County Historic School Site
This was the location of:
Wallis Independent
1904 - 1929
An early Austin County School, this plaque commemorating this historic site was made possible by citizens of Austin County under . . . — — Map (db m168453) HM
In April 1996, sisters Bessie Mynarik, Leona Mynarik, and Sidonie Cliett, daughters of John and Lille Mynarik of Wallis, donated 3.34 acres of land to the City of Wallis to be designated as a nature park. The adjoining 1.67 acres were then . . . — — Map (db m168501) HM
Land was deeded in 1890 by M.L.H. Harry to church trustees F.D. Brandt, D.H. Harris, N.P. Ward, W.T. Brown, and M.L.H. Harry for the formation of a Methodist Church in Wallis. The church considers 1893, when a loan was taken out for a new . . . — — Map (db m168439) HM
Settlement in this area began in the late 1830s. In 1880, when the Gulf, Colorado & San Fe Railway built a spur from Galveston to Temple, circumventing Houston, the community became known as Wallis Station and later Wallis, after a rail company . . . — — Map (db m155607) HM
Kentucky natives William Henry Guyler (1823-1897) and Lydia Ann English (1826-1920) were married in 1845 and journeyed to Texas in 1859. They purchased a homestead on the Milburn and Davis Land Grant in Austin County. William Guyler erected a log . . . — — Map (db m168489) HM
In 1891, Francis Smith subdivided and sold property in this area. In 1892, he gave four acres for a school and church for Czech settlers forming the community of Krasna, which means beautiful in the Czech language. That year, local families built . . . — — Map (db m168505) HM
