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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26SY_j-w-clampitt_Ballinger-TX.html
Pioneer Texas cattleman and law officer. Reared in Denton County, he joined brother-in-law in ranching, 1883-1886.They moved to "Free Grass" county of Presidio and ran Chalk Valley Ranch. Sometimes had to drive cattle 50 miles to water. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21U5_rowena_Rowena-TX.html
Rowena was originally laid out by Paul J. Baron in 1897. A Santa Fe Railroad section house known as Rowena Station had been established in the area in 1888; however, the post office officially denied this name as it too much resembled Ravenna in F…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YPH_chick-inn-diner_Winters-TX.html
Mass production of the automobile ushered in an era of business expansion and increased mobility. Food stands and booths quickly appeared along roadways for hungry motorists. These stands eventually evolved into the drive-in, complete with curb se…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T76_hoffman-cemetery-historical_Ballinger-TX.html
Historic Texas Cemetery
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T6P_sons-of-hermann-lodge-historical_Rowena-TX.html
Organized in 1904 as Rowena Chapter of the Sons of Hermann, worldwide benevolent fraternal organization.
Named for German national hero and tribal leader Hermann the Defender (18 B.C. - 19 A.D.), who helped break Roman power east of the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T6O_spjst-lodge-no-49-historical_Rowena-TX.html
On May 2, 1904, eighteen charter members organized SPJST Lodge No. 49 in Runnels County. Founded just eight years after the SPJST's organization, Lodge No. 49 continued the Czech-Texan benevolent society's goals of promoting fellowship and Czech c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T6N_sweet-home-school-historical_Rowena-TX.html
The need for education in this rural area was met in 1902, when a two-room school was started on Emil Helm's farm (1.5 mi. NW). The name "Sweet Home" was chosen by Henry Kriegel, one of the first trustees. In 1922 the school was moved to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T6M_san-clemente-mission-historical_Ballinger-TX.html
The first mission known to have been established in Texas east of the Pecos River, San Clemente was a hastily built, two-room structure located on a hill about 17 mi. S. of present Ballinger. (Some historians place the site farther south, near Jun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T4J_old-thiele-building-historical_Miles-TX.html
Built 1904 by Joe Thiele (1850-1940), sheep rancher and civic leader. Native stone used here was dug at Willow Creek (2 mi. W).
First floor housed Runnels County National Bank; upstairs was Miles Opera House-social and cultural center o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T4I_miles-methodist-church-historical_Miles-TX.html
In a small grove of trees beside a deep spring-fed pool known as China Mott, the Methodists of Miles built a tabernacle of willow and brush in 1891, shortly after the birth of Miles itself. Brother Smith, a circuit rider from Navarro County, was t…