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By Courtesy: Witte Museum, San Antonio
Marker detail: "Camp of the Lipan"
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| Near Lexington Avenue north of Avenue A, on the right when traveling north. |
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The San Antonio River begins four miles north of here, fed by springs that rise from the Edwards Aquifer deep below the Texas Hill Country. The river is also fed by tributaries along its winding, southeasterly course to join the Guadalupe River . . . — — Map (db m119617) HM |
| Near Navarro Street north of Hagner Arc, on the right when traveling north. |
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The San Antonio River begins four miles north of here, fed by springs that rise from the Edwards Aquifer deep below the Texas Hill Country. The river is also fed by tributaries along its winding, southeasterly course to join the Guadalupe River . . . — — Map (db m125627) HM |
| Near South Presa Street south of Villita Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | This property was the site of a small caliche house that stood at 105 Nacional Street. Because of its poor condition, the house was demolished during the restoration of La Villita in 1939. The property had been owned by José Maria Monjaras and . . . — — Map (db m82914) HM |
| On Commerce Street at Main Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Commerce Street. |
| | Mexico’s last invasion of the Republic of Texas alarmed San Antonio on Sept. 11, 1842, when Gen. Adrian Woll and 1300 troops struck the city from the west.
Awakened by booming cannon, 56 Texians (including judge, jurors, and citizens in town to . . . — — Map (db m30325) HM |
| Near East Travis Street west of North Saint Mary's Street, on the right when traveling east. |
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County leaders purchased land on the west bank of the San Antonio River in 1859, intending to build a new courthouse and jail. Their plans changed and the property was sold in 1866 to a miller, Jacob Laux, who dammed the river and built a . . . — — Map (db m119162) HM |
| Near North St. Mary's Street 0.1 miles north of West Crocket Street, on the right when traveling south. |
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Irish immigrant John Twohig built his house here on the San Antonio River in the late 1840s. A suspended footbridge connected the house with his business on the opposite side of the river.
Twohig became known as the “breadline . . . — — Map (db m119550) HM |
| On Pecan Avenue, on the left when traveling east. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m31498) HM |
| On West Pecan Drive east of Avenue L, on the right when traveling west. |
| | A native of Georgia, James Polk Johnson came to Texas with his family and grew up in DeWitt County. Following his service in the Confederate army during the Civil War, he moved to Blanco County to join his uncles in the cattle business. He bought . . . — — Map (db m126760) HM |
| On Nugent Avenue (State Highway 356) at Pecan Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Nugent Avenue. |
| | Built by Johnson City founder James Polk Johnson (1845-1885), this structure has housed a variety of businesses and served as a community gathering place. In addition to serving as a community hall, opera house, and meeting place for churches and . . . — — Map (db m31126) HM |
| | “It was just a big family town. Nobody was rich, and everybody had plenty to eat and plenty to wear, and Lyndon was no different from the rest of us. I miss that little town, that feeling that everybody would do anything for anybody else. . . . — — Map (db m31098) HM |
| On Ladybird Lane at Avenue G, on the left when traveling west on Ladybird Lane. |
| | The sidewalk ahead leads to the Johnson Settlement, frontier home of President Johnson's paternal grandparents, Samuel Ealy Johnson, Sr., and Eliza Bunton Johnson.
Between 1867 and 1872 Sam Ealy Johnson, Sr., and his brother Tom drove huge herds . . . — — Map (db m31097) HM |
| On Avenue G at Ladybird Lane, on the right when traveling north on Avenue G. |
| | Lyndon Johnson spent most of ten years living in this home - a decade that profoundly affected the future president's view of the world.
A neat landscape in front of you bears little resemblance to the backyard Lyndon Johnson knew. In Johnson's . . . — — Map (db m31036) HM |
| On West Pecan Drive east of Avenue L, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Born in Alabama on August 24, 1845, James Polk Johnson was still a child when his family moved to Texas in search of a better life. As a teenager he served in the Civil War and then joined his uncles Tom and Sam Ealy Johnson in their cattle droving . . . — — Map (db m127310) HM |
| | Just as Johnson City helped shape Lyndon Johnson, Lyndon Johnson helped shape the modern face of Johnson City. Throughout the town are buildings that reflect Johnson's quest to ease the hardships he knew here in his youth. The former LBJ Hospital - . . . — — Map (db m31128) HM |
| | Born in Tennessee in 1836, Thomas C. Felps came to Texas in 1850 and to this area in 1856. He earned a living by freighting and joined the Blanco County Rangers during the Civil War. In 1863 he married Eliza V. White (b. 1846), a native of Ohio. . . . — — Map (db m131395) HM |
| On State Highway 22 at State Highway 6, on the right when traveling east on State Highway 22. |
| | Named for the Bosque (Spanish for "Woods") River. The territory now part of this county was traversed in 1841 by the Texan-Santa Fe Expedition. Maj. George B. Erath, noted surveyor and soldier, explored the region prior to its settlement. The . . . — — Map (db m155491) HM |
| On Northwest Fulton Street at Northwest Napp Street, on the right when traveling west on Northwest Fulton Street. |
| | Named for Maj. Gen. Johann de Kalb - a hero of the American Revolution - upon suggestion (1836) of David Crockett, a visitor on his way to fight in Texas War for Independence. Other Texas heroes traveling through here were James B. Fannin and Wm. . . . — — Map (db m96648) HM |
| On James Bowie Drive 0.1 miles east of North McCoy Boulevard (Texas Highway 8), on the right when traveling east. |
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Named for James Bowie (1799-1836), who fought for Texas freedom from 1819, when he joined the Long Expedition, to 1836 — when he died in defense of the Alamo.
Inhabited before 1800 by agricultural Indians, charted 1819 for . . . — — Map (db m96141) HM |
| On State Line Avenue at Walnut Street, on the left when traveling north on State Line Avenue. |
| | Founded when Texas & Pacific railroad platted townsite and held sale of lots on Dec. 8, 1873, to open regional shipping point. Strategically located on famed Indian trail from the Mississippi to Mexico, site had already been named (for its . . . — — Map (db m96563) HM |
| On North Velasco Street (Business State Highway 288) at West Live Oak Street, on the right when traveling north on North Velasco Street. |
| | Robert James Calder was born in 1810 to James H. and Jane E. (Caldwell) Calder in Baltimore, Maryland. His father died when he was a child, and Robert and his mother moved to Kentucky, where he was raised in part by his mother's family. They moved . . . — — Map (db m120660) HM |
| On State Highway 6 1 mile west of Farm to Market Road 521, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Daniel Perry, an early area settler, was born in 1791 in Mississippi. He came to Texas in 1832 with his wife Eliza Whitehead and two sons. He was widowed and in 1833 married Louisa Ann Morton. They had four children and lived on her inherited land . . . — — Map (db m155640) HM |
| On State Highway 6 1 mile west of Farm to Market Road 521, on the right when traveling east. |
| | In 1824, Old Three-Hundred settlers David Fitzgerald, Thomas Barnett and Moses Shipman received land grants in this area. Fitzgerald fought at Anahuac in 1832; Barnett signed the Texas Declaration of Independence. This location on the northeastern . . . — — Map (db m155639) HM |
| On State Highway 6 1 mile west of Farm to Market Road 521, on the right when traveling east. |
| | David Fitzgerald, a veteran of the American Revolution and the War of 1812, came to Texas from Georgia in 1821.His son-in-law, Eli Fenn, followed in 1832. Fenn served during the Texas Revolution and signed the 1837 petition for the creation of . . . — — Map (db m155638) HM |
| On Jimmy Phillips Boulevard (State Highway 35) at Munson Ranch Road, on the right when traveling west on Jimmy Phillips Boulevard. |
| | Established in 1818 as an individual claim by James Briton Bailey, a member later of Austin's colony. Born 1779, Bailey was tall, fearless, of Irish stock.
At his request, he was buried (1833) standing up, facing west, gun at side.
His . . . — — Map (db m92231) HM |
| On Jimmy Phillips Boulevard (State Highway 35) at Munson Ranch Road, on the right when traveling west on Jimmy Phillips Boulevard. |
| | Pioneer Texan noted for his courage, integrity, and eccentric behavior. Came to Texas in 1818 with wife and six children.
He settled on what came to be "Bailey's Prairie". Joined Stephen F. Austin's colony, 1824.
Bailey became a captain in . . . — — Map (db m92233) HM |
| On Jimmy Phillips Boulevard (State Highway 35) at Munson Ranch Road, on the right when traveling west on Jimmy Phillips Boulevard. |
| | In 1850, Mordello Stephen Munson (born in Liberty County in 1825)—son of Henry William Munson (born 1793), a member of Austin's colony—set aside this burial tract for his family and friends. It was at Ridgely Plantation, on Bailey's . . . — — Map (db m92234) HM |
| Near County Road 373 west of Farm to Market Road 521. |
| | The town of Brazoria began in 1828 as a port and trading center in Stephen F. Austin’s colony. Partially burned in 1836 during the Texas Revolution, it rebuilt and served as county seat until 1897. To escape floods and to enjoy a better life, the . . . — — Map (db m90103) HM |
| On N. Brooks Street (State Highway 36) at W. Smith Street, on the right when traveling south on N. Brooks Street. |
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(South Face of Monument)
Henry Smith was born in Kentucky, May Twentieth 1788, came to Texas in 1827 and settled in what is now Brazoria County which he regarded as his home until his death. He was severely wounded in the Battle of . . . — — Map (db m90101) HM |
| On Jaggard Road (County Road 730) 0.1 miles south of Austin Street (County Road 300E), on the right when traveling south. |
| | This local landmark was built between 1837 and 1841 for William Aldridge, a farmer and large landholder. After a 10-year ownership by merchant, Henry Hansen, the house was sold to J.H. Dance and Co., a construction firm that supplied arms to the . . . — — Map (db m49717) HM |
| On Austin Street (County Route 300E) at Front Street (County Route 300B) when traveling south on Austin Street. |
| | Founded 1823 as Brazos River landing for Josiah H. Bell's plantation. Townsite of Marion laid out in 1824. Later named East Columbia. Army enlistment point and ferrying dock during Texas Revolution. Key river port and trade center during Republic of . . . — — Map (db m89323) HM |
| Near Main Street (County Route 703) 0.1 miles south of Austin Street (County Road 300E), on the right when traveling north. |
| | John Sweeny, Sr. (d. 1855) moved his family from Tennessee to Brazoria County, Texas, about 1833. With the help of slaves, he cleared his land and established a large plantation. This log cabin, originally located about 9 miles southwest of this . . . — — Map (db m49709) HM |
| On Jaggard Road (County Road 703) 0.1 miles south of Austin Street (County Road 300E), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Ariadne O. Gautier (1834-1910) came from Florida to this part of Texas in 1841 with her parents. Her father, Dr. Peter Gautier, Jr., joined other Texans in turning back an invading Mexican army in 1842. In 1855, Ariadne married Clinton Lucretius . . . — — Map (db m49716) HM |
| On State Highway 36 at Weldon Road, on the left when traveling east on State Highway 36. |
| | Founded 1828 by Henry Wm. Munson, who bought site from Stephen F. Austin, Father of Texas. This land joined Peach Point Plantation, Austin's home. Munson, one of Texans in uprising over injustices at Anahuac and Velasco in 1832, died in yellow fever . . . — — Map (db m96310) HM |
| On San Luis Pass Park 0.3 miles west of Bluewater Highway (County Route 257), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Located on an island owned by Stephen F. Austin in 1832, the town of San Luis was established by the early 1830s. In 1836 the Follett family opened a boardinghouse and established a ferry service between Galveston and Brazoria County. Developers . . . — — Map (db m71624) HM |
| On Weldon Road at State Highway 36, on the right when traveling east on Weldon Road. |
| | John Greenville McNeel came to Texas in 1822 with his parents and brothers. Each of the men received land grants from the Mexican government as members of Stephen F. Austin's "Old Three Hundred" colony. Located near this site was the Ellerslie . . . — — Map (db m9453) HM |
| Near Gulf Prairie Road 0.2 miles south of Texas Highway 36, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Born near Austinville, Virginia, as was her brother Stephen Fuller Austin (1793-1836), Emily moved with her father Moses Austin (1761-1821) and mother Maria Brown Austin (1768-1824) to Missouri in 1798. The family operated lead mines there and . . . — — Map (db m90628) HM |
| Near Gulf Prairie Road 0.2 miles south of Texas Highway 36, on the left when traveling south. |
| | A native of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, James Franklin Perry moved to Potosi, Missouri, in 1808. He joined the mercantile business of his relatives Samuel and John Perry, and became a partner in 1818.
While living in Potosi, Perry met and . . . — — Map (db m90627) HM |
| On State Highway 36 at Gulf Prairie Road and Peach Point Road, on the right when traveling east on State Highway 36. |
| | Born in Missouri. Rode a mule to Texas in 1831 to join his uncle, Stephen F. Austin, Father of Texas. A private in Texas War for Independence. Legislator, congressman, member of Texas Secession Convention. Enlisted as a private in the Civil War, but . . . — — Map (db m53084) HM |
| Near Gulf Prairie Road 0.2 miles south of Texas Highway 36, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Adjutant of the Texas army in Battle of Velasco, June 26, 1832. Wounded there, he was guarding civilians at time Texas won independence in Battle of San Jacinto, April 21, 1836.
A bosom friend of Stephen F. Austin, Caldwell received land grant . . . — — Map (db m90590) HM |
| Near State Highway 36 0.1 miles west of Old Brazos River Road (County Road 400), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Born at Old Brazoria, Robert Edward Lee Stringfellow (1866-1941) began his career on a cattle ranch at the age of 14. Soon he acquired his own herd. He opened a Velasco meat market in 1890 and provided beef for workers building jetties at the mouth . . . — — Map (db m90644) HM |
| Near Gulf Prairie Road 0.2 miles south of Texas Highway 36, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Grandson of Moses Austin, whose dream of Anglo-American colony changed course of Texas history.
Came to Texas with his mother and stepfather in 1831; served in Texas army from 1835 to 1838. A highly successful planter, he was instrumental in . . . — — Map (db m111119) HM |
| On State Highway 35 at Oak Manor Drive (County Route 794), on the right when traveling north on State Highway 35. |
| | Most early Texas homes and towns were built along streams that provided water for people and livestock, and travel for boats said to be capable of "floating on a heavy dew".
Oyster Creek served, 1822-1861, as such a homesite-highway. Its boat . . . — — Map (db m89334) HM |
| On Halik, on the right when traveling west on Halik. |
| | Settlement of this area began as a result of railroad development through north Brazoria County in 1882. First known as Mark Belt, the townsite was platted in 1894 and named Pearland because of the abundance of pear orchards in the vicinity. An . . . — — Map (db m50134) HM |
| On North Grand Boulevard at Zychlinski Drive, on the right when traveling north on North Grand Boulevard. |
| | Named for the Polish nobleman who came to Brazoria County in the late 1880s and fell in love with the flowering pear trees in an area he called Pearland, Zychlinski Park was included in the original town site.
Captain Wilhelm Zychlinski bought . . . — — Map (db m137331) HM |
| On Burnett Street east of 8th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Named for a Mexican general. Early as 1532 a thriving village. Port of entry in Republic of Texas. Strategic fort in Civil War. Industrial area, cattle and cotton shipping point, 1870-1900. Fashionable summer colony, 1884 and afterwards. Largely . . . — — Map (db m96307) HM |
| On Monument Drive west of Jettyview Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | First vessel with emigrants to Austin's colony landed here December 23, 1821.
The Battle of Velasco was fought here June 26, 1832.
Public and secret treaties of peace between the Republic of Texas and General Santa Anna were signed here . . . — — Map (db m96294) HM |
| On East Brazos Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | In 1836 and 1837, the town of Columbia (Now West Columbia) served as the capital of the Republic of Texas. Josiah Hughes Bell, a colonist with Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred, surveyed and platted Columbia in 1824 to serve as a center for . . . — — Map (db m41707) HM |
| Near Oil Field Road (County Route 467) 0.5 miles east of Texas Highway 36W, on the right when traveling east. |
| | A member of Austin's colony, 1829. Soldier in the Battle of Velasco; delegate to the General Convention, 1832; chief justice of Brazoria County, 1836. In this home, built about 1830, Stephen F. Austin died, December 27, 1836 — — Map (db m78618) HM |
| Near North 14th Street at Hamilton Street. |
| | Near site of The First Capitol of the Republic of Texas
About 1833 Leman Kelsy built a story-and-a-half clapboard structure near this location. When Columbia became capital of the Republic of Texas in 1836, the building was one of two . . . — — Map (db m43057) HM |
| On E. Jackson St. 0.8 miles east of S. 17th, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Site given by Josiah H. Bell family out of their grant, the first deeded to one of "Old 300" in colony of Stephen F. Austin. Has graves of many heroes of Texas Revolution of 1836.
Deeded in 1852 to Bethel Presbyterian Church. Since 1933 managed . . . — — Map (db m46452) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1301 at County Route 376, on the right when traveling south on Road 1301. |
| | Zeno Phillips, one of Stephen F. Austin's "Old 300" colonists, acquired land here in 1829. Zeno and his brothers John Clark, Sidney, and James Ray (J.R.) Phillips, served in the Republic of Texas Army. The cemetery began with the burial of Zeno and . . . — — Map (db m96305) HM |
| Near South Columbia Drive (State Highway 36) north of Reid Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | One of the “Old Three Hundred” who came to Texas with Stephen F. Austin in 1821 • First alcade (sic, alcalde) of Austin's Colony • On this tract of 6,642 acres, granted him in 1824, was later built the town of Columbia, First . . . — — Map (db m52793) HM |
| On East 26th Street west of North Texas Avenue (Local Road 68), on the right when traveling west. |
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Came to Texas from Tennessee in 1839, and joined "minute men" protecting north frontier from Trinity to Brazos River. Moved to Brazos County; served 1842-1853 in County offices: Deputy Clerk, County Clerk, Surveyor, Chief Justice. Taught school, . . . — — Map (db m119644) HM |
| On Old San Antonio Road 0.2 miles north of Texas Highway 21, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Great thoroughfare of pioneer Texas, stretching 1,000 miles from Saltillo, Mexico, to present Louisiana. The general route followed ancient Indian and buffalo trails, but the oldest marked portion, known as "Trail of the Padres", was blazed in 1691 . . . — — Map (db m68683) HM |
| Near East 26th Street at North Washington Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
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Native of Missouri. Member of prominent family who were Texas statesmen, planters, developers. Grandson of Moses Austin, who obtained from Mexico charter for American Colony in Texas, but died before making settlement. Nephew of Stephen F. . . . — — Map (db m119643) HM |
| Near South Texas Avenue (State Highway 68) at Krenek Tap Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Settled in the 1860s by Czech, German, and Polish immigrants, the Shiloh community was an area of large family farms. In addition to homes and farms, the settlement at one time boasted a community center, a two-room school, a vineyard, a mill, and a . . . — — Map (db m102000) HM |
| On U.S. 90 at U.S. 67, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 90. |
| | Formed from Presidio County
Created February 2, 1887.
Organized February 14, 1887.
In 1897 the territory of Buchel
and Foley counties was
added to Brewster. Named for
Henry Percy Brewster, 1816-1884
soldier and statesman, a hero . . . — — Map (db m60923) HM |
| | Called San Lorenzo by Juan Domínguez de Mendoza, 1684. Later Charco de Alzate in honor of an Apache chieftain. After Civil War given name of Burgess' water hole honoring John W. Burgess, pioneer freighter, who here outwitted the Apaches. The . . . — — Map (db m26390) HM |
| On East Lockhart Avenue at North 3rd Street, on the right when traveling west on East Lockhart Avenue. |
| | Julius Canselor Bird (1863-1925) was born in Round Mountain (Blanco Co.), and came to West Texas at age 18 as a Texas Ranger, protecting crews during construction of the transcontinental railroad. J.C. then homesteaded and ranched on ten sections of . . . — — Map (db m139126) HM |
| On West Holland Avenue (U.S. 67/90) at North 6th Street, on the left when traveling east on West Holland Avenue. |
| | Born in Wharton County, John Riley Holland as a young man moved to Brady (McCulloch Co.) to become a rancher. He married Mary L. Fuller in 1881; the couple had two children, Crystal and Clay. By 1884, the Hollands moved to Presidio County near . . . — — Map (db m61070) HM |
| On North 6th Street at West Sul Ross Avenue, on the right when traveling south on North 6th Street. |
| | This marble slab and tablet carries our message of grateful remembrance for their interest in and courage to seek a home site in this rugged, yet beautiful range of mountains and valleys. Most of our pioneers came in the eighties and it can be said . . . — — Map (db m61048) HM |
| On Old Maverick Road 6.5 miles south of Maverick Drive (Texas Highway 118), on the left when traveling south. |
| | Here at the edge of Alamo Creek, Gilberto Luna raised a large family in this small house called a jacal (hah-KAHL). Built from rock, earth, and plant fiber, the dwelling was well adapted to desert conditions: notice a dramatic temperature difference . . . — — Map (db m53935) HM |
| On Gaging Station 1.5 miles west of Old Maverick Road. |
| | This deserted farming village supplied produce for miners and ranchers of the area from 1900 until the 1930's. You are welcome to walk across Terlingua Creek into the heart of the rock and adobe ruins. It is hard to believe that the banks of . . . — — Map (db m53958) HM |
| On Avenue D at 2nd Street NE, on the right when traveling south on Avenue D. |
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In 1883, completion occurred of the extension of tracks by the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway (G.H. & S.A. Ry.) Line located between El Paso and San Antonio. Retired sea captain Albion E. Shepard arrived in the region as a railroad . . . — — Map (db m111473) HM |
| On U.S. 90 1 mile east of U.S. 385, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Typical of those who served the South and then moved into new counties of Western Texas. Surveyor, Indian agent, soldier, legislator, Justice of the Peace. Born in Tennessee. Moved to Texas 1838. Fought in Mexican War. Though 43 when Civil War . . . — — Map (db m46613) HM |
| On North 3rd Street at Avenue E, on the right when traveling east on North 3rd Street. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m60921) HM |
| | Fort Peña Colorado, the last active fort in this area, on the old Comanche Trail, about 4 miles to the southwest was established in 1879.
Marathon was founded in 1881. Named by an old sea captain, A.E. Shepard, for the Plain of Marathon, in . . . — — Map (db m26436) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 170 at Terlingua Ghost Town Road, on the left when traveling east on Route 170. |
| | With the Mother-Ore Cinnabar strike in 1890, Terlingua became the world's quicksilver capital, yielding 40 percent of nation's need by 1922.
Its name from Terlingua (three tongues) creek nearby, was coined by Mexican herders. Comanche, Shawnees . . . — — Map (db m60861) HM |
| Near Farm to Market Road 689. |
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| On Lone Star Street east of Main Street, on the right when traveling east. |
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Formed from Bexar Territory
Created August 21, 1876
Organized March 15, 1892
Named for Andrew Briscoe
1810-1849
Defender of Texan liberty
at the Battle of Concepcion,
the Capture of Bexar and the
Battle of San Jacinto.
Chief . . . — — Map (db m99865) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 378 3.5 miles south of Texas Highway 86, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The first two post offices in the area were established at Celtic and Luther on May 2, 1891, eleven months before formal organization of Briscoe County. Celtic was named by pioneer E.R. Thomas, who operated the post office and a store in his home . . . — — Map (db m99857) HM |
| On State Highway 207, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Since the railroad was 60 miles from this sparsely populated prairie, the establishment of Reeves post office opened a communication link for the early pioneers. Begun July 13, 1899, in the front room of postmaster Joseph H. Reeves' two-story . . . — — Map (db m150755) HM |
| On TX 256, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Briscoe County pioneer William E. Schott (1870-1941) was born in Ohio and moved to North Texas in 1885. Still legally a minor, he came to this area in 1890 and filed a claim for the first of his later extensive landholdings. In 1891 he overcame . . . — — Map (db m151696) HM |
| On South Broadway Street west of North Fisk Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Donor of present townsite of Brownwood, Fisk was noted as a soldier, public servant, surveyor and businessman. The son of English parents, he was born in New York. As a boy he was so studious that he voluntarily gave up recess periods to read. In . . . — — Map (db m126061) HM |
| Near County Road 525 0.6 miles south of Farm to Market Road 1647. |
| | William W. and Pency (Williams) Heflin settled here in 1875. According to local tradition the first burial was that of a child who died in 1876 from eating wild berries as his family camped on the Heflins’ property. The earliest marked grave is that . . . — — Map (db m89618) HM |
| On Early Boulevard (U.S. 67/377) at Williams Drive, on the left when traveling east on Early Boulevard. |
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A native of Kentucky, Walter Urie Early (1868-1939) moved to Brownwood in 1893. He became a respected local attorney and in 1895 was elected city attorney. He was county attorney from 1900 to 1906, and served as district attorney from 1906 to . . . — — Map (db m72288) HM |
| On U.S. 183 0.1 miles north of County Road 485, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Originally part of a Mexican land grant given to Empresario John Cameron in 1827. May developed in the 1870s when several pioneer families settled here. Baptists and Methodists quickly organized churches. A one-room school known as Old Swayback . . . — — Map (db m89617) HM |
| Near Unnamed Road 0.3 miles west of U.S. 183. |
| | This cemetery originally served pioneer settlers of the Wolf Valley community, which began about 1875. The earliest grave is that of S.T. Tollette, who was buried here May 11, 1882. Also buried that same month were James Lyon and R.P. Ramsey. The . . . — — Map (db m89616) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 218 at County Road 281, on the left when traveling east on Road 218. |
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The first store and post office and 17 families were on the banks of Blanket Creek.
Brown County Historical Landmark Site — — Map (db m89653) HM |
| Near County Road 259 at U.S. 183. |
| | The unincorporated town of Zephyr, located on land granted to early settlers Benjamin Head and Felix Wardziski, was established in the 1860s. As the settlement grew, a school was opened in the 1870s, and churches and businesses were established. . . . — — Map (db m89654) HM |
| On West Buck Street south of South Main Street (Loop State Highway 83), on the right when traveling west. |
| | In rich Brazos River basin; had settlers early as 1825. Site in 1830 of Tenoxtitlan, one of 3 forts built by Mexico in Texas, situated above El Camino Real (The King's Highway) crossing on Brazos River. North of the road was Sterling Robertson's . . . — — Map (db m125668) HM |
| On West Buck Street at South Main Street (Loop State Highway 83), on the right when traveling west on West Buck Street. |
| | In 1840 the Republic of Texas Congress annexed to Milam County all of Washington County north of Yegua Creek and west of the Brazos River. The name Caldwell, which honored Mathew "Old Paint" Caldwell, a noted pioneer and a signer of the Texas . . . — — Map (db m125666) HM |
| On Presidential Corridor E (State Highway 21) at County Road 216, on the right when traveling west on Presidential Corridor E. |
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Founded about 1840 where colonial road from southeast crossed San Antonio Road.
Settler Gabriel Jackson had two-story log cabin-trading post here. Community was named for Silas L. Cooke, who surveyed much land in this vicinity. It is now a . . . — — Map (db m125653) HM |
| On Presidential Corridor East (State Highway 21) east of County Road 214, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Founded by Mexico as a bulwark against Anglo-American immigration, this fort and its nearby city were twice proposed for the capital of Texas.
Alarmed by the influx of Anglo settlers into Texas, Mexico in 1830 sought to erect a line of forts to . . . — — Map (db m129343) HM |
| On Presidential Corridor E (State Highway 21) at County Highway 216, on the right when traveling west on Presidential Corridor E. |
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Noted pioneer leader. Member Virginia House of Delegates (1844-45). Piloted to Texas (1854) a mile-long wagon train of 200 people, who built Salem Baptist Church - reminder of their Virginia home.
Broaddus debated the Hon. Sam Houston at . . . — — Map (db m125652) HM |
| Near East 8th Street at Avenue A, on the right when traveling east. |
| | This railroad bell was given in memory of James W. Lauderdale (1854-1914), Burleson County pioneer. He came by covered wagon caravan from Mississippi to Texas. In 1888 he married Florence Brooks. They had four children: Cyrus, Davis, Charles and . . . — — Map (db m74296) HM |
| Near State Highway 36 west of County Route 417, on the left when traveling west. |
| | In 1690 the Spanish gave the name "San Francisco" to this 62-mile Brazos River tributary; but on an 1822 map, Stephen F. Austin, "Father of Texas", marked it "Yegua", Spanish for "mare". Mustang mares and foals then grazed among the Indians on the . . . — — Map (db m74292) HM |
| On TX-29, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The town of Bertram was founded in 1882 when the Austin and Northwestern Railroad established a route through the area. The community was named for Rudolph Bertram, an Austin merchant who was instrumental in the development of the rail line. Many . . . — — Map (db m27426) HM |
| On CR-210 at CR-200 on CR-210. |
| | Some of the first settlers in this farming and ranching community were the William Alexander Faires family in 1874 and the Martin Luther Ater family the next year. The settlement was called "Pool Branch" for a nearby pool formed by a waterfall. In . . . — — Map (db m27539) HM |
| On FM-243 0.1 miles west of CR-284, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Settlement in this part of Burnet County began in the 1850s. Two early communities were Mahomet and Sycamore Springs, originally located 8 miles from each other. Pioneers of Mahomet were George Ater, William G. Hall, and Mr. Sanford, while . . . — — Map (db m27597) HM |
| On CR-200 0.1 miles west of FM-1174, on the right when traveling east. |
| | In the 1850s and 60s families settled on this farm and ranch land along the Middle Gabriel river. The Old Austin-Lampasas and Burnet-Belton roads intersected here. Six acres deeded by Alexander M. Barton in 1877 later became the site of a . . . — — Map (db m27701) HM |
| On CR-274 at CR-280, on the right when traveling north on CR-274. |
| | Anglo settlement of this part of Burnet County began in the 1850s. By the 1870s settlers had established cattle and sheep ranches as well as a number of family farms. A community school opened in 1882 and remained in operation until 1921. The . . . — — Map (db m27694) HM |
| On CR-322 0.1 miles east of FM-1174, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The South Gabriel Post Office opened in Postmaster Thomas Lewiston's mercantile store on Sept. 29, 1871. The village, named for the South San Gabriel River, was also called Lewiston.
Located on the Austin-Burnet Road, the hamlet soon had two . . . — — Map (db m27727) HM |
| On U.S. 183 at County Road 218, on the right when traveling north on U.S. 183. Reported missing. |
| | Pioneers mainly from the Old South settled here on the Aaron Boyce land grant in the 1860s and 70s. They had a school, and held church services, at Gum Springs in the 1880s. In 1888 a post office opened at Taylor's Gin Store; this was renamed in . . . — — Map (db m144513) HM |
| Near East Polk Street (State Highway 29) east of Summit Ridge Road. |
| | Kentucky native Adam Rankin Johnson (1834-1922) came to Texas in 1854. After attaining the rank of brigadier general in the Confederate Army, Johnson later settled in Burnet County where he was active in business and civic affairs. In 1882 he . . . — — Map (db m27397) HM |
| On U.S. 281 1.7 miles north of Burnet. Reported missing. |
| | Formed from portions of Travis, Williamson and Bell counties. Created Feb. 5, 1852; organized August 28, 1852. Named in honor of David G. Burnet (1788-1870), president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Texas in 1836. County seat, . . . — — Map (db m27463) HM |
| On CR-340 0.1 miles south of 340A, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Indians had probably visited these clear, cool springs for centuries when, in 1847, Henry E. McCulloch established a Ranger camp here, on Hamilton Creek. A year later, Samuel E. Holland (1826-1917), a Georgian, decided while visiting the camp that . . . — — Map (db m27533) HM |
| Near CR-103 just west of U.S. 281. |
| | Jacob Wolf (1812-1874) and wife Adeline Faulkner Wolf (1814-1870) came from Tennessee to Texas about 1850. Obtaining land grant in Burnet County, they settled at Dobyville, and were pioneers, supplying their own provisions, buildings, medicines, and . . . — — Map (db m27738) HM |
| Near Hoovers Valley Road (County Road 116). |
| | One of "Old 300" of Stephen F. Austin's first colony from Pennsylvania, took part in 1836 War for Texas Independence, he made and lost several stakes.
In 1851 bought a league and labor of Burnet County land, including site of Fort Croghan. . . . — — Map (db m29150) HM |
| On North Pierce Street south of East Johnson Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The red brick school was built on property bequeathed by early Burnet County pioneer Peter Kerr. Kerr migrated to what would become Burnet County in 1849. Active in the land and cattle business, he laid out the town of Hamilton, later renamed . . . — — Map (db m140238) HM |
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