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Texas 1936 Centennial Markers and Monuments Historical Markers
In 1935/1936 the State of Texas Legislature created a commission to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Texas independence from Mexico. Part of this consisted of placing about 1,100 statues, and granite and bronze markers and monuments around Texas. See more at the Texas Historical Commission website 1936 Texas Centennial Markers.
By Richard Denney, July 27, 2018
Hamilton County Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| | Created February 2, 1842 from Montgomery and Houston counties
Recreated January 22, 1858
Organized August 2, 1858
Named in honor of General James Hamilton, 1786-1857
Lawyer and Governor of South Carolina
Appointed diplomatic agent to . . . — — Map (db m120949) HM |
| | Established by James H. and Bob Cator in the spring of 1872 while hunting buffalo in the fall of 1875. The camp became a trading post known as Zulu. — — Map (db m93405) HM |
| | Formed from Young and Bexar
territories
Created, August 21, 1876
Organized, March 11, 1889
Named in honor of
John M. Hansford
came to Texas in 1837
Member of the Texas Congress
Judge of the Seventh Judicial
District, . . . — — Map (db m93468) HM |
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Created February 1, 1858
Recreated August 21, 1876
Organized December 30, 1884
Named in honor of
Bailey Hardeman, 1785-1836,
signer of the
Texas Declaration of Independence,
and
Thomas Jones Hardeman, 1788-1854
member of . . . — — Map (db m104891) HM |
| | Created January 22, 1858 Organized August 9, 1858 Named in honor of the Hardins of Liberty County, five brothers - Benjamin Watson, Augustine Blackburn, William, Franklin and Milton A. who came to Texas in 1825 County seat, Hardin, 1858-1887 . . . — — Map (db m44982) HM |
| | Site of the home
in 1836 of
Dr. George
Moffit Patrick
1801-1889
Pioneer surveyor • Here the Texas
Army encamped after the Battle
of San Jacinto and cabinet meet-
ings were held — — Map (db m53323) HM |
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Arrived in Texas
January 28, 1836, having been
recruited in New Orleans
for the Army of Texas by
Captain Amasa Turner in
whose company he served
at San Jacinto.
Died in Houston, 1837. — — Map (db m59589) HM |
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A member of Captain
Benjamin F. Bryant's company
at San Jacinto
Died in Houston
December 3, 1839 — — Map (db m129913) HM |
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A member of Captain
Henry Teal's company
at San Jacinto
Born in Scotland
Died in Houston
June 15, 1837 — — Map (db m129968) HM |
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Private secretary of
President Sam Houston
Died at Houston
August 12, 1837 — — Map (db m129868) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m123012) HM |
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In Captain William S.
Fisher's company at San
Jacinto
Born in Ohio in 1804
Died in Houston,
December 17, 1841 — — Map (db m129948) HM |
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Served in Captain Henry W.
Karnes' company of Cavalry
at San Jacinto. Died in
Houston, June 1, 1840
His wife
Eliza Sneed Secrest
Died in 1839 — — Map (db m129952) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m61060) HM |
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Came to Texas in
January, 1836
Fought at San Jacinto in
Captain Richard Roman's
company
Born in Kentucky, 1806
Died in Houston
July, 1846 — — Map (db m129949) HM |
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Commodore of the
Texan Navy
Died in Houston, Nov. 1, 1837
"The funeral of the late
Commodore Thompson took
place on the morning of
Thursday last. His remains
were followed to the grave
by the largest and most
respectable . . . — — Map (db m129917) HM |
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Widow of John Lamar and
mother of Mirabeau B. Lamar
Died at "Oak Grove" in Houston
July 26, 1839 — — Map (db m129865) HM |
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Came to Texas in 1835
A member of Captain
William S. Fisher's company
at San Jacinto
Died at Houston
February 8, 1838 — — Map (db m129955) HM |
| | Born in Tennessee, 1806. Drowned in Galveston, July 11, 1839, and his remains brought by boat up Buffalo Bayou to Houston. His remains interred in this cemetery under the auspices of Temple Lodge No. 4. First Masonic funeral ever held in Texas . . . — — Map (db m129870) HM |
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Came to Texas in 1830
Served in Captain Thomas H.
McIntire's company at
San Jacinto
Died January 7, 1848 — — Map (db m129969) HM |
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Came to Texas in 1829
Died in Houston in 1846
Participated in the Battle
of San Jacinto as a member
of Captain Thomas H.
McIntire's company — — Map (db m129919) HM |
| | Born in Canasareaugh, New York 1810. Came to Texas in 1832. Died in Houston August 18, 1838
John K. Allen was a member of the first Congress of the Republic (1836-1837) from Nacogdoches County. He and his brother, Augustus C. Allen, on August . . . — — Map (db m129873) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m129871) HM |
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Came to Texas, 1834. In
Captain James Gillaspie's
company at San Jacinto
Died in Houston, May
25, 1840 — — Map (db m129918) HM |
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A member of Captain William
Wood's company at San Jacinto
Died in Houston, October 26, 1856 — — Map (db m129912) HM |
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Opposed Bradburn at Anahuac
1832. Member of the Consul-
tation at San Felipe in 1835.
Signer of the Declaration of
Independence, 1836. First
sheriff of Harris County, 1837
to 1840. City alderman in
Houston, 1840. Married to
Eliza . . . — — Map (db m129910) HM |
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Born in Alsace, France
1792
Died in Houston, Texas
1845
Served in Captain William
J. E. Heard's company
at San Jacinto — — Map (db m129911) HM |
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Born in Georgia. Came to Texas
in 1834. Storming of Bexar, 1835.
Commanded the artillery at
San Jacinto. Made Major, July
20, 1836. Law partner of David
G. Burnet, 1837. Died June 7, 1840
while Chief Justice of Harris
County. Buried . . . — — Map (db m129950) HM |
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A member of
Captain Amasa Turner's company
Battle of San Jacinto
Died in Houston
1854 — — Map (db m129953) HM |
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San Jacinto veteran.
Postmaster General of
the Republic under
Houston and Lamar.
Born in Urbana, Ohio
in 1802. Died in
Houston, Texas at 9
a.m. October 11, 1839, of
yellow fever. Buried
under the auspices of
the Masonic and . . . — — Map (db m129915) HM |
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A member of Captain Henry
Teal's company of Regulars
at San Jacinto
Died in Houston
June, 1837 — — Map (db m129970) HM |
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Born in Kentucky. Arrived at
Velasco, January 28, 1836 on the
schooner Pennsylvania to fight
for the freedom of Texas. A
member of Captain Amasa Turner's
company at San Jacinto. Died in
Houston, December 24, 1839
"Kiss William . . . — — Map (db m129971) HM |
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Born in England in 1814
Participated in the capture
of Bexar, December 5th to
10th, 1835. Served in
Captain William J. E. Heard's
company at San Jacinto
and was Second Lieutenant
in the Milam Guards when
he died at Houston, Aug- . . . — — Map (db m129916) HM |
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Born in Scotland.
Fought at San Jacinto
in Captain A. H. Wyly's
company. Died in
Houston, April 10, 1869
and was buried here.
His widow
Jane McDaniel
Gammell
Died November 11, 1908
and was buried in the
Glenwood . . . — — Map (db m129951) HM |
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A Private in Captain Isaac
N. Moreland's company of
Artillery at San Jacinto.
Appointed Captain, December
26, 1836. Born in New York
1809. Died in Houston
September 12, 1837
"Died in this city, on the
12th inst., suddenly, . . . — — Map (db m129954) HM |
| | A member of Captain Thomas H. McIntire's company at San Jacinto.
Died at Lynchburg in 1839 and was buried near his comrades who fell in battle. — — Map (db m125926) HM |
| | Came to Texas in October, 1835. Fought at San Jacinto in Captain Thomas H. McIntire's company. Died at Lynchburg, August 6, 1836. — — Map (db m90110) HM |
| | The Mexican Cavalry was on the left wing, Infantry and Artillery in the center behind a fortification of boxes and baggage, while the extreme right was far extended. — — Map (db m125905) HM |
| | Participated in the capture
of San Antonio in 1835 and
served in the army in 1836
Born in New York in 1799
Died in Harris County,
Texas in 1870 — — Map (db m126009) HM |
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Near here on the afternoon of April 21, 1836, the army of The Republic of Texas commanded by General Sam Houston was drawn up to attack an invading Mexican army commanded by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. — — Map (db m125909) HM |
| | The Texas Army attacked in four divisions; the Cavalry on the right, commanded by Mirabeau B. Lamar; next, the Infantry under Lieutenant Colonel Henry Millard; the “Twin Sisters” cannon under Colonel Edward Burleson; the 2nd Regiment, . . . — — Map (db m125883) HM |
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To the tune of “Will You Come to the Bower,” the Texans advanced; “Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad!” was their cry. With cannons and gunshot, clubs and Bowie knives they fought — no quarter was given; the rout . . . — — Map (db m125908) HM |
| | Within a few minutes the Battle of San Jacinto was over. According to General Houston's report 630 Mexicans lay dead on the field, 208 were wounded and 730 were taken prisoners. Money, arms and equipment were captured. The Texans had 9 killed and 30 . . . — — Map (db m125906) HM |
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Established before 1831. A thriving
town until its trade was captured
by the present city of Houston,
established 30 miles away in 1836.
Abandoned about 1840. — — Map (db m140283) HM |
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Formed from Shelby County
Created January 28, 1839 Organized June 12, 1842
Named in honor of
Jonas Harrison
A pioneer statesman of New Jersey
who came to Texas in 1820
A member of the First Convention of . . . — — Map (db m119552) HM |
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Formed from Young and Bexar
Territories
Created August 21, 1876
Organized February 5, 1891
Named in honor of two brothers Oliver Cromwell and
Rufus K. Hartley
Distinguished members of the
Texas Bar
Hartley, the . . . — — Map (db m93240) HM |
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Created February 1, 1858
Recreated August 21, 1876
Organized January 13, 1885
Named in Honor of
Charles Ready Haskell, 1817-1836
A Tennesseean who was shot with
Fannin in the Massacre at Goliad
Haskell, the County Seat
. . . — — Map (db m82083) HM |
| | Known officially as Villa de San Marcos de Neve. Established in 1807 by Mexican settlers. The population on January 6, 1808 was 81. A flood in 1808 and subsequent Indian raids led to its abandonment in 1812 — — Map (db m76023) HM |
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Formed from Young and Bexar
Territories
Created August 21, 1876
Organized July 5, 1886
Named in honor of
John Hemphill, 1809-1862
First Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of the State of Texas
Adjutant General of the
Somervell . . . — — Map (db m55742) HM |
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Formed from Young and Bexar
Territories
Created August 21, 1876
Organized February 19, 1921
Named in honor of
George W. Hockley
Commander of the artillery
at San Jacinto. Secretary
of War of the Republic of
Texas. Died in 1851. . . . — — Map (db m155396) HM |
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Three miles south to
the grave of
Elizabeth Crockett
Wife of David Crockett,
hero of the Alamo
Died March 2, 1860
Age 74 — — Map (db m137839) HM |
| |
Front
Home County of Texas Confederate General W. H. King
Georgian. Moved to Texas 1861. Rose to rank of colonel, 18th Texas Infantry. Led regiment in Red River Campaign of 1863 to prevent split of South along Mississippi. . . . — — Map (db m119776) HM |
| | Created from Nacgodoches County
June 12, 1837
Organized the same year
named in honor of
Sam Houston
1793-1863
Commander-in-Chief of the Texan
Army at San Jacinto
President of the Republic and
Governor of the State of Texas . . . — — Map (db m63530) HM |
| | Built as a home by Joseph D. Rice, Sr., who came to Texas in 1828.
In 1838 it was designated as a stopping place for the stage coach from Nacogdoches to Crockett. — — Map (db m121249) HM |
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Formed from Young and Bexar
Territories
Created August 21, 1876
Organized June 15, 1882
Named in honor of
Volney Erskine Howard
1809 – 1889
Came to Texas in 1844
Delegate to the First State
Constitutional . . . — — Map (db m120477) HM |
| | Resentment over private control of
the salt lakes in this region,
often called Guadalupe Lakes,
led to the El Paso Salt War
1877
which entailed the loss of many
lives and much property — — Map (db m61508) HM |
| | Formed from El Paso County
Created February 16, 1917
Organized August 25, 1917
Named in honor of
Claude Benton Hudspeth
Born in 1877
A native Texan
Holder of larger ranching interests
Member of the Texas Legislature
and the . . . — — Map (db m118227) HM |
| | Created April 11, 1846
Organized July 19, 1846
Named in honor of
General Memucan Hunt
1807-1856
Secretary of the Navy and
Inspector General of the Army
of the Republic of Texas
Minister to the United
States
Adjutant . . . — — Map (db m119856) HM |
| |
Fifteen miles to the site of the
Battle of Adobe Walls
Fought on November 25, 1864
between Kiowa and Comanche Indians
and United States troops
commanded by
Colonel Christopher Carson
1809 – 1868
This was "Kit" Carson's . . . — — Map (db m93256) HM |
| | Created March 7, 1889
Organized April 16, 1889
Named in honor of
Robert Anderson Irion
1806-1860
Came to Texas in 1833 and
located at Nacogdoches
Member of the first Texas
Congress
Secretary of State in the
Cabinet of . . . — — Map (db m126172) HM |
| | Here ran the Southern Overland
Mail Line connecting St. Louis and
San Francisco with semi-weekly
stage and mail service, 1858-1861
The length of the route, 2,795
miles, and the superior service
maintained made this a pioneer
enterprise . . . — — Map (db m119273) HM |
| | As partially reconstructed in 1936
Established by the United States War Department
on November 26, 1867
as a protection of the frontier
against hostile Indians
Named in honor of
General Israel B. Richardson, U.S.A.,
killed at Antietam, . . . — — Map (db m119221) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m138158) HM |
| | Home of the Karankawa Indians granted in part to Stephen F. Austin and to Martin de Leon. Settled 1824-1835 by colonists largely from Alabama, Louisiana, Kentucky, Tennessee and, west of the Lavaca, Mexico. Organized as a municipality December 5, . . . — — Map (db m120609) HM |
| | Situated in the present county of Jackson was the mission of Nuestra Señora del Espiritu Santo de Zuñiga. Established by Joseph de Azlor, Marquis of Aguayo, and Father Fray Agustin Patron, O.F.M. in 1722 for the civilizing and Christianizing of the . . . — — Map (db m120608) HM |
| | A part of the first army of the Texas Republic, under the command of General Felix Huston, and later of General Albert Sidney Johnston, was stationed here from December, 1836, until furloughed by order of President Sam Houston on May 18, 1837. . . . — — Map (db m134420) HM |
| | Founded in 1834 by Dr. F. F. Wells personal friend of Stephen F. Austin · County seat of Jackson County from 1835-1883 · Old home of Capt. Clark L. Owen of Civil War fame · Here the following were first organized in Jackson County: Methodist . . . — — Map (db m156367) HM |
| | Jasper County
Included in the Empresario grant to Lorenzo de Zavala in 1829.
Created the municipality of Bevil in 1834, in honor of John Bevil, early settler.
Name changed by the provisional government of Texas, December 3, 1835 . . . — — Map (db m128583) HM |
| | Important river navigation point, 1830-1860. Established by John Bevil in whose honor the municipality was first named in 1834 with Bevilport as seat of justice. A mail station in 1835. County seat of Jasper County, 1836-1837. Incorporated . . . — — Map (db m136970) HM |
| | Born in North Carolina 1764 Fought at Camden, Brier Creek and Eutaw Springs in the Revolutionary War and the capture of San Antonio, 1835 in the Texas Revolution. — — Map (db m136728) HM |
| | Established by Lieut. Col. Washington Seawell with six companies of the Eighth U.S. Infantry in October 1854 for protecting travelers on the San Antonio-El Paso Road.
Named in honor of the then Secretary of War, Jefferson Davis, it was . . . — — Map (db m26357) HM |
| | Formed from Presidio County. Created March 15, 1887. Organized May 16, 1887. Named in honor of Jefferson Davis. 1806-1868. President of the Confederate States. Fort Davis, County Seat, Presidio County, 1875. County Seat, Jeff Davis County, . . . — — Map (db m51483) HM |
| | Ruins of
the ranch home of Manuel Musquiz,
a pioneer who settled here
in 1854
Abandoned due to Indian raids
the deserted buildings served as
a Ranger Station intermittently,
1880 - 1882
while the country was being
cleared of . . . — — Map (db m145336) HM |
| | Named in honor of
Mary Dewleigh Borlace
Warren Beaumont
by her husband Henry Millard
who laid out the town in 1835
on a site known as Tevis's Bluff
Incorporated in 1838 — — Map (db m129555) HM |
| | Discovery well of the Spindletop Oil Field and the first important well on the Gulf Coast. It blew in on Jan. 10, 1901, flowing 100,000 barrels of oil a day from a depth of 1020 feet. The oil production which resulted made Beaumont a city and the . . . — — Map (db m64411) HM |
| | Center Front Panel
In memory of Lt. Richard W. Dowling and his men. Texas remembers the faithfulness and valor of her sons and commends their heroic example to future generations.
The Men Who Fought with Lt. Dowling Were:
Left Front Panel . . . — — Map (db m118792) HM WM |
| | Formed from Brooks and Duval
counties
Created March 31, 1913
Organized August 11, 1913
Named in honor of
James Stephen Hogg
1851-1906
First native Texan to serve
as governor
Father of the Railroad Commission
Hebbronville, . . . — — Map (db m152037) HM |
| |
Established November 14, 1851
Abandoned April 6, 1854
Repaired and Used by Southern Overland Mail, 1858-1861
Sub-Post of Fort Griffin in 1871 and 1872
A thriving village which grew up in its vicinity after the Civil War served as . . . — — Map (db m74737) HM |
| | Born in Massachusetts January Twentieth 1798 was licensed to practice medicine in 1820. Came to Texas in 1833. Doctor Jones participated in the Battle of San Jacinto 1836 while a surgeon in the army of Texas. He was a member of the Congress of the . . . — — Map (db m78967) HM |
| | Site of Emigrant Trail, the Frontier Military Road, and Fort Phantom Hill, founded in 1851 to guard the military road.
County created 1858 from Bexar and Bosque counties. Named for Anson Jones (1798–1858), a veteran of San Jacinto, . . . — — Map (db m78965) HM |
| | Established November 14, 1851 by the United States Army as a protection of the settlers against the Indians. Abandoned and burned April 6, 1854. Repaired and used by Southern Overland Mail, 1858-1861, sub-post of Fort Griffin, 1871-1872, temporary . . . — — Map (db m78401) HM |
| |
Formed from Bexar County
Created February 4, 1854
Organized February 27, 1854
Named in honor of
Henry Wax Karnes
1812-1840
Conspicuous for gallantry at
storming of Bexar
Commanded a company at
San Jacinto
Texas Ranger . . . — — Map (db m121656) HM |
| |
Oldest Polish settlement in Texas -
Established December 24, 1854 by
the Reverend Leopold Moczygemba
O.F.M., who was instrumental in
bringing from Poland about 100
Polish peasant families - Within a
few months the majority sought . . . — — Map (db m131917) HM |
| | In 1844
A.J. Beck, Henry Beck
Wilson Fogleman, A.H. Henry
W.T. Patton, Ed. King
settled in this vicinity
A Methodist church
was organized in 1845
with Rev. J.W. Fields as pastor
A.H. Henry, Ed. King, stewards,
A.H. Henry . . . — — Map (db m97065) HM |
| | Created February 26, 1848
Organized August 7, 1848
Named in honor of
David Spangler Kaufman
1812-1851
Came to Texas in 1837 and
located at Nacogdoches
Member of the Texas Congress
1839-1845
Member of the United States
Congress . . . — — Map (db m96206) HM |
| | Created January 10, 1862
Organized February 18, 1862
Named in honor of
George Wilkins Kendall 1809-1867
Poet, journalist, author
and farmer
One of the founders of
the New Orleans Picayune
Member of the
Santa Fe Expedition . . . — — Map (db m111220) HM |
| |
Created April 2, 1921
out of Cameron, Willacy
and Hildago Counties
Named for Capt. Mifflin Kenedy
1818 — 1895
Sent to Texas 1846 on
United States Army supply boats
Commercial Navigator of the
Rio Grande 1848-1860
Sarita . . . — — Map (db m118070) HM |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | Created Aug. 21, 1876, from Bexar County, whose diamond-shaped boundaries extended from the Rio Grande to the Panhandle to El Paso. Named for William King, who died at the Alamo. Chief industry, ranching, is reflected in its famous cattle brands: . . . — — Map (db m105091) HM |
| |
Formed from Young and
Bexar Territories
Created February 1, 1858
Recreated August 21, 1876
Organized March 20, 1886
Named in honor of
General Henry Knox
1759–1806
Major General of the
Continental Army, 1781 . . . — — Map (db m81302) HM |
| |
Created December 17, 1840
from Red River County
Organized in 1841
Named in honor of
Mirabeau B. Lamar, 1798 – 1859
Father of Texas education
President of the Republic of Texas
1838 – 1841
Lafayette, 1841
Mount . . . — — Map (db m96841) HM |
| | First county seat of Lamar County •
A clapboard courthouse was built by John Lovejoy on 40 acres donated by John Watson •
Here court was held June, 1841 to June, 1843 •
John A. Rutherford, Chief Justice; John R. Craddock County . . . — — Map (db m110614) HM |
| | Indian camp and watering place. Took its name from first sod house built in 1876 by George and John Causey and Frank Lloyd, buffalo hunters. First permanent settlement in this region. In 1882 a cow camp was established at this point by Estes . . . — — Map (db m151360) HM |
| | Indian camp and watering place extensively used in hunting buffalo. Became cattle territory in 1882 when Tom Lynch drove his herds from New Mexico.
After acquisition by the Capitol Syndicate this became headquarters of largest division of the . . . — — Map (db m104434) HM |
| | In Memory of George W. Littlefield, a pioneer plainsman, soldier and state benefactor. Founder and developer of Yellow House Ranch and the city of Littlefield. Born June 20, 1842. Died November 10, 1920. — — Map (db m151358) HM |
| | One of the Lampasas sulphur springs named in honor of first settler in this vicinity in 1853, Moses Hughes, whose wife regained health through its waters. — — Map (db m71609) HM |
| | Founded 1838
County Seat, Lavaca County
since 1852
Named for Mrs. Margaret Hallett, widow of John Hallett, a member of Austin's colony and a veteran of San Jacinto, who donated the town site. — — Map (db m95361) HM |
| | In Memory of
The Trail Drivers
of
Southwest Texas
Who Passed This Way
1867 – 1887
Erected by the State of Texas
1936 — — Map (db m125471) HM |
| |
In this grave rests James Goucher and five members of his family murdered by Indians November 26, 1836. With the true pioneering spirit he had opened the first road from San Felipe to the settlements on the Colorado, known for many years as . . . — — Map (db m84810) HM |
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