Katherine Anne Porter

Katherine Anne Porter (HM29R1)

Location: Kyle, TX 78640 Hays County
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Country: United States of America
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N 29° 59.359', W 97° 52.806'

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(May 15, 1890 - September 18, 1980)

Katherine Anne Porter, one of America's most distinguished writers of fiction, was born Callie Russell Porter in Indian Creek, Brown County, Texas. Her mother, Mary Alice Jones Porter, died in 1892, and her father, Harrison Boone Porter (1858-1942) returned with the children to his native Hays County to live with his mother, Catherine Ann Skaggs Porter (1826-1901).

Porter spent her childhood in Kyle and attended the public schools here. Following a brief failed marriage, she left Texas in 1915. She went to Chicago and, using the name she adopted from her grandmother, became a journalist. She traveled throughout the world and began her writing career.

Porter's first book of short stories, "Flowering Judas and Other Stories," was published in 1930. Considered a preeminent writer of short stories, she published another collection, "Pale Horse, Pale Rider" in 1939. Her acclaimed 1962 novel "Ship of Fools" was followed by the Pulitzer prize-winning "The Collected Stores of Katherine Anne Porter" in 1965.

Porter returned to Texas to visit her former homes in her later years and, according to her request, upon her death her ashes were interred next to her mother's grave in the Indian Creek Cemetery.
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HM NumberHM29R1
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Year Placed1990
Placed ByTexas Historical Commission
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Date Added Tuesday, July 24th, 2018 at 7:02pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)14R E 608026 N 3318129
Decimal Degrees29.98931667, -97.88010000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 29° 59.359', W 97° 52.806'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds29° 59' 21.54" N, 97° 52' 48.36" W
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Area Code(s)512, 361
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling West
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 500 Ranch to Market Rd 150, Kyle TX 78640, US
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