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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGK2_pond-springs-community-and-school_Austin-TX.html
After James O. Rice settled in the 1850s near a spring-fed pond, the area was called "Pond Springs". By 1854 a log school building was erected near the pond (1 Mi. N) and also served for worship and a social center. Thomas S. Rutledge ran a nearby…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGK1_pond-springs-cemetery_Austin-TX.html
This graveyard was begun for members of the Pond Springs community in the 1860s. The oldest grave is believed to be that of Mrs. Asenath M. Stewart (d. 1862). Also interred here is Mexican War veteran William P. Rutledge, Sr. (1815-1890), and Lavi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEQ2_santiago-del-valle-grant_Austin-TX.html
McKinney Falls State Park lies in the center of an early Texas land grand that originally fell within the empresario contract of Texian hero Ben Milam. Ten leagues of land were transferred in 1832 to Santiago Del Valle, who at the at time was s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD98_mount-bonnell_Austin-TX.html
Rising 775 feet above sea level, this limestone height was named for George W. Bonnell, who came to Texas with others to fight for Texas independence, 1836. Was commissioner of Indian Affairs in Republic of Texas under president Sam Houston. Moved…
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