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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH8C_cabin-from-gabriel-mills-area_Round-Rock-TX.html
This cabin of squared logs and hand-hewn limestone was built in the early 1850s near the village of Gabriel Mills (20 mi. NW). It stood on property owned in 1850-53 by Samuel Mather (1812-78), miller and blacksmith who first settled the area. The …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH8A_site-of-stony-point-school_Round-Rock-TX.html
Stony Point School was established in Williamson County by 1891. Children living in the rural area attended the school, which served students from grades one through eight. Most of the students were sons and daughters of families that emigrated fr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH87_olson-house_Round-Rock-TX.html
Swedish immigrant Johanna Olson (1835-1914) purchased this property in 1907 after the returned to the Round Rock area upon the death of her husband, Johannes, in 1894. Local contractor A.S. Robertson built this house for her in 1908, and it remain…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGVV_palm-valley-lutheran-church_Round-Rock-TX.html
In area first claimed in 1838 by white men. Valley bears name of the Anna Palm family, 1853 Swedish settlers. "Brushy", the first Lutheran church (of logs), was built here by Andrew John Nelson and 3 hired men in 1861. This also housed early schoo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGPX_slave-burial-ground-in-old-round-rock-cemetery_Round-Rock-TX.html
Near the gravesite of outlaw Sam Bass, one-half acre of Old Round Rock Cemetery was set aside for slave burials. Enclosed by cedar posts and barbed wire, sites are marked head and foot with large limestone rocks. Some rocks are hand-grooved with n…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGPT_round-rock-cemetery_Round-Rock-TX.html
Established in the early 1850s in what is now known as Old Round Rock; this cemetery is the burial ground of many area pioneers and outstanding Round Rock citizens. The oldest legible tombstone, which marks the burial site of 11-year-old Angeline …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGPS_otto-reinke-building_Round-Rock-TX.html
Erected 1879, three years after Round Rock expansion began at railroad's arrival.
Some successive tenants included stores, physician, restaurants. After it was gutted by fire in 1963, architect Martin S. Kermacy and wife, Evelyn, built a modern…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGND_sam-bass-death-site_Round-Rock-TX.html
An uneducated Indiana orphan who drifted to Texas as a youth, Sam Bass won fame racing his swift "Denton Mare", gambling, and robbing trains. A rich haul in Nebraska was followed by months of reckless spending. Bass liked to shower gold on people …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGK4_the-round-rock_Round-Rock-TX.html
A guide for Indians and early settlers, this table-shaped stone in the middle of Brushy Creek once marked an important low-water wagon crossing. Hundered-year-old wheel ruts are still visible in the creek bottom. The rocky stream bed also provided…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGJD_anti-slaveholding-union-baptist-cemetery_Round-Rock-TX.html
This early Williamson County graveyard has been referred to as Smalley Cemetery due to its connection with the family of pioneer Baptist preacher Freeman Smalley. Early settlers of this area, the Smalleys were associated with the nearby Anti-Slave…