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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHS6_kimbro_Manor-TX.html
Named for pioneer landowner Lemuel Kimbro, this community was settled in the late 1870s by Swedish, Danish, and German immigrants. Most of the residents were cotton farmers, and at its height the community boasted homes, farms, the Swedish Evangel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHS4_davis-cemetery_Austin-TX.html
George W. Davis (ca. 1809-1884), his wife Emiline P. Moore Davis (1810-1872) and family arrived in Texas in 1835. George served in Captain Mosely Baker's company at the Battle of San Jacinto while Emiline spent six weeks with the children on the b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHS2_carlson_Coupland-TX.html
Brothers Pete and John Carlson, Swedish immigrants who came to America in 1869, settled in this area in 1881. Pete opened Carlson store, the first store in the community, and John operated the local cotton gin. The town's economy was based on cott…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHS1_the-old-zimmerman-home_Austin-TX.html
Edward E. Zimmerman came to Texas, 1844, from Germany; settled here, 1854, with wife Regina Reinhard. They had 5 children. Zimmerman built this early Texas farmhouse, 1861, of hand-hewn cream colored rock from nearby hills; lumber from Bull Creek …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHS0_henry-h-and-bertha-sterzing-ziller-house_Austin-TX.html
Henry (1853-1924) and Bertha (1857-1900) Ziller, both members of families who came to the Austin area from Germany, married in 1876 and purchased this property in 1881. Records indicate that a residence, built about 1877, already existed on the si…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHRY_wooldridge-park_Austin-TX.html
This area was designated as a public square on original 1839 plat of City of Austin, but lay vacant for 70 years. In an era of civic pride, the park was developed and opened on June 18, 1909, with dedicatory address being made by the Honorable A.P…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHRX_site-of-willow-ranch-school_Manor-TX.html
Travis County landowner Peter Carr Wells (1856-1913) donated a plot of land on his ranch to the Willow Ranch School District in 1894. Four years later, a school was established on this site. Most of those who attended were the children of Swedish …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHRV_williams-weigl-house_Austin-TX.html
This c. 1911 home is associated with two important Austin families. New York native Harvey Murdock Williams, a bookkeeper at Ramsey Nursery, and his wife, Euphemia (Sinclair), built the house. In the early 1940s, it passed to their son, Harvey Sin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHRU_dr-jacob-tally-wilhite_Buda-TX.html
Born on a farm near this site, Jacob Tally Wilhite received his early education in the public schools of the Willow Springs community. He attended the University of Texas in Austin and taught school in Bastrop County before continuing his studies …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHRT_emma-west-flats_Austin-TX.html
After attorney Robert G. West (1860-1904) died, his widow Emma Grant West (1865-1952) had this structure built to provide rental income for support of their four children. Erected by contractors Fischer & Lambie in 1905, the brick edifice had one …