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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSS6_desegregation-of-texas-high-schools_Austin-TX.html
The State of Texas instituted a public school system for African-American students during reconstruction. This segregation of students was further established through the 1896 United States Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson, which estab…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSS5_ebenezer-third-baptist-church_Austin-TX.html
The Rev. C. Ward organized this church in the home of Mrs. Elisa Hawkins in 1875 as the Third Baptist congregation in Austin. A small frame structure at Catalpa and Curve Streets was the place of worship for ten years. A brick sanctuary in Gothic …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSS4_university-interscholastic-league_Austin-TX.html
In 1910, the president of the University of Texas at Austin instructed the extension department to organize an academic league for secondary schools to promote educational outreach in the state. At the December 1910 Texas State Teachers Associatio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSS3_maud-anna-berry-smith-fuller_Austin-TX.html
One of Austin's most revered African American civic and religious leaders, Maud Anna Berry Smith Fuller is best remembered for her generosity, inspirational speeches, Baptist missionary activity, teaching abilities, and compassion for those less f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSS2_first-colored-baptist-church_Austin-TX.html
The oldest black Baptist church in the city, the fellowship grew from the slave membership of the First Baptist Church of Austin. In 1854 the committee on religious conditions of the colored population recommended to the churches of the Austin Bap…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSS0_merrilltown-cemetery_Austin-TX.html
This burial ground has served the surrounding area since the early 1850s. Most of those interred here lived in the Merrilltown community, which Captain Nelson Merrell (d. 1879) established when he settled here in 1837. He operated the post office …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSRW_bratton-cemetery_Austin-TX.html
Kentucky native John Bratton (1812 - 1855) came to Texas with his family in 1837. Ten years later, Bratton purchased land in this area and set aside one acre for use as a burial ground for family and friends. The earliest known burial, that of Mar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS7C_reuben-hornsby_Austin-TX.html
First Settler inTravis County. Surveyor withStephen F. Austin's LittleColony.He surveyed the site of thissettlement in 1830.In July 1832 with his familyhe established his homeat this place, since calledHornsby's Bend
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNXY_the-lbj-plaza_Austin-TX.html
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum was designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM) and opened in the spring of 1971. The design featured the monumental library building clad in Roman travertine and an expansive plaza p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK2T_site-of-fort-colorado_Austin-TX.html
June, 1836 - November, 1838.Established and first commanded byColonel Robert M. Coleman.Succeeded by Capt. Michael AndrewsAndCapt. William M. Eastland.
An extreme frontier outpost occupied by Texas Rangers to protect Anglo-American civilization…