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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DYE_elizabeth-chapel-methodist-church_Caldwell-TX.html
Elizabeth Chapel Methodist Church. One Mile North to Site of. First Methodist Church in the county. Began as Sunday School in home of Isaac Addison, early settler. Later moved to home of Mrs. Elizabeth Scott. Organized about 1839 by Robt. Alexande…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DYD_burleson-county_Caldwell-TX.html
Burleson County. . Farmed early as 1744 by Indians under guidance of Spanish missionaries. In 1830, Ft. Tenoxtitlan, guarding Brazos crossing, San Antonio Road, attracted Anglo-Texans, who lived off wild game in early years. . . County created …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DYC_fort-tenoxtitlan_Caldwell-TX.html
Fort Tenoxtitlan. "Dream Capital of Texas". 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, M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23JL_near-homesite-of-judge-andrew-s-broaddus_Caldwell-TX.html
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 Waugh …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23JK_cooks-point_Caldwell-TX.html
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 thriv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23JJ_kings-highway_Caldwell-TX.html
Marked by the
Daughters of the
American Revolution
and The State of Texas
A.D. 1919
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EVJ_old-city-cemetery_Caldwell-TX.html
Created in 1840 (same year Caldwell was laid out) when lots 3 and 12 were made a "Grave Yard and Church lot" forever.
Town founder Lewis L. Chiles (d.1864) is buried here. Oldest legible stone is for Margarette A. King and infant daughter (d.18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ETT_burleson-county-in-world-war-ii_Caldwell-TX.html
During World War II, out of a population of 18,000 close to 1300 men and women from Burleson County joined the military, with 450 who attended Caldwell High School drafted or voluntarily enlisted. Many had never been the county before their servic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ETS_john-mitchell_Caldwell-TX.html
Born in Tennessee c. 1836-37, John Mitchell came to Texas in 1846. He began purchasing land in this area in 1870, the same year he married Viney Cox. As a member of both the 12th and 14th Legislatures, Mitchell championed increased educational opp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ETR_city-of-caldwell_Caldwell-TX.html
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 Decl…