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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DSE_richard-overton-healing-garden_Austin-TX.html
Richard Overton Healing Garden. . In honor of Mr. Richard A. Overton The oldest known living Veteran in the United States April 2017 Born May 11, 1906, in Bastrop County, Texas Served in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1945 - World War II H…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CG7_statue-of-liberty-replica_Austin-TX.html
With the faith and courage oftheir forefathers who made
possible the freedom of theseUnited States
The Boy Scouts of America
dedicate this copy of the
Statue of Liberty as a pledgeof everlasting fidelity and
loyaltyThe Crusade to strengthen l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BHL_ollie-o-norwood-estate_Austin-TX.html
The 1922 Norwood Estate was known as "Norcliff" when the property was maintained by Ollie and Calie Norwood. A native of Macune, Texas, Norwood moved with his wife to Austin after serving in France during WWI. He was an early Austin-area investor …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28QY_cedar-chopping-in-central-texas_Austin-TX.html
Soon after Texas became a republic in 1836, the government divided land in this area for settlement. Ample timber, fresh water sources and wildlife attracted many to establish communities along Brushy Creek. The Legislature organized these settlem…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27ZK_heman-sweatt-campus_Austin-TX.html
By action of the University of Texas System Board of Regents on August 13, 1987, the historic "Little Campus" of the University of Texas at Austin was renamed the "Heman Sweatt Campus" in honor of Heman Marion Sweatt, a civil rights pioneer. A gra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27FU_john-crittenden-duval_Austin-TX.html
Escaped the massacre
March 27, 1836 and was the
last survivor of Fannin's
Army to die
Born in Kentucky in 1816
Died in Fort Worth, Texas
January 15, 1897
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24CO_spanish-american-war-memorial-a-war-memorial_Austin-TX.html
Erected 1951
by Spanish-American War
Veterans and Auxiliaries
of Texas
Honoring the memory of
all who served
1898 - 1902
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24BR_1928-granite-water-fountain_Austin-TX.html
Installed in 1928 over the artesian well, this granite water fountain replaced the circa 1903 cast-iron fountain that once stood east of the Great Walk. Eight spigots on the granite fountain provided abundant access to the mineralized well water, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24BQ_cisterns_Austin-TX.html
The cistern located below this site is one of two underground brick reservoirs built to store rainwater for use in the Capitol. Although by 1889 an artesian well was supplying an abundance of highly mineralized water, the two cisterns continued to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24BP_artesian-well-and-east-drinking-fountain_Austin-TX.html
The artesian well completed at this site in 1889 furnished an ample and inexpensive water supply for the new Capitol. At a depth of about 1,550 feet, natural pressure forced water from the Trinity aquifer to the surface. The powerful flow of water…