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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B8T_leander-schools_Leander-TX.html
The origin of the Leander school system can be traced to the 1855 school held in Bagdad, the pre-Civil War community that disappeared after Leander was founded along the railroad. In 1893, a free public school opened in the new community. Business…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B8S_norton-moses-lodge-no-336-a-f-a-m_Leander-TX.html
Organized in the Williamson County community of Bagdad, this Masonic Lodge was chartered formally in 1871. It was named for Norton Moses, who participated in the group's formation. A lodge building, constructed in 1870, also served as a community …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B8R_leander_Leander-TX.html
Leander grew from the once thriving town of Bagdad, founded in 1854 (1 mi. W). when the Austin & Northwestern Railroad bypassed Bagdad in 1882, a new town was surveyed and named for railroad official Leander Brown (1817-89). Homes and businesses f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B8Q_webster-massacre_Leander-TX.html
1 ? miles east to the graves of the victims of the Webster Massacre which occurred August 27, 1839 when John Webster and a party of about thirty, en route to a land grant in Burnet County, were attacked by a band of Comanche Indians. After attempt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B7G_leanderthal-lady_Leander-TX.html
On Dec. 29, 1982, Texas Highway Department archeologists uncovered the skeleton of a pre-historic human female at the Wilson-Leonard Brushy Creek Site (approx. 6 mi. SE). Because of the proximity of the grave site to the town of Leander, the skele…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14Y2_webster-massacre_Leander-TX.html
Here sleepthe victims of the"Webster Massacre"of August 27, 1839About thirty homeseekersheaded by John Websterenroute to what is now BurnetCounty, were attacked by a bandof Comanche IndiansAfter attempting to flee undercover of darkness, theywere …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLU5_andersons-mill_Leander-TX.html
Built in 1863byThomas AndersonA native of PennsylvaniaUsed as a powder millfor the Confederate Armiesduring the Civil War
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHDP_site-of-community-of-nameless_Leander-TX.html
First surveyed in the 1850s, this area attracted numerous settlers by 1868. A community grew up, and in 1880 townspeople applied for a post office. After postal authorities rejected six names, the citizens replied in disgust, "Let the post office …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGNC_bagdad-cemetery_Leander-TX.html
Opened 1857 with burial of 3-year-old John Babcock, whose father Charles later gave tract to community. Other early burials were Civil War veteran John Haile and Col. C. C. Mason.
Leander, founded 1882 when railroad bypassed Bagdad, shares use …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGK0_pickle-mason-house_Leander-TX.html
Master carpenter Andrew Porter Pickle (1833-1908) built this house for his family in 1871. It remained in the Pickle family until 1913, when it was sold to Augusta K. and Sarah Zora Mason Davis. Following their deaths, it remained in the family. T…