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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHPX_travis-county_Austin-TX.html
Named in honor of William Barret Travis. Born in Edgefield District, South Carolina, August 1, 1809. Came to Texas in 1831. Commander at the Alamo where he was killed March 6, 1836.
Austin, the county seat, selected as the Capital of the Republ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHP3_walter-tips-house_Austin-TX.html
This two-story Victorian house was built in 1876 for the family of Walter Tips (1841-1911), a prosperous hardware merchant. A native of Germany and Confederate veteran, Tips served in the state senate, 1893-96. The home was remodeled in 1909 to it…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHP2_tillotson-college_Austin-TX.html
Founded in 1875 by the Rev. George J. Tillotson with the support of the American Missionary Association and congregational churches, Tillotson Collegiate and Normal Institute was chartered in 1877. Building on a foundation already set in Austin by…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHP0_texas-newspapers-c-s-a_Austin-TX.html
Among privations endured in Texas during the Civil War (1861-65) was the shortage of newspapers, which dwindled from 82 (combined circulation: 100,000) to fewer than 20 by early 1862. Many newspapermen had closed shop and enlisted at once, when th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHOZ_confederate-texas-legislatures_Austin-TX.html
When Texas seceded, Feb. 1, 1861, the 8th Legislature was in Austin in a called session, adjourned Feb. 9.
On March 18, the 8th came back for a second called session; the 9th and 10th Legislatures in turn were harassed with problems of the Civi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHO9_swedish-log-cabin_Austin-TX.html
Built about 1838 on "Govalle" ("good grazing land in Swedish"). Ranch of S.M. Swenson, settler who encouraged migration of his countrymen to Texas as a copy of cabins built 1638 by Swedish colonists in Delaware.
Home, 1848, of newly arrived Gus…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHO8_swedish-hill_Austin-TX.html
Residential development of this area began in the 1870s when a number of Swedish immigrants erected homes near their downtown businesses. Initially bounded by Red River, 14th, 18th, and Navasota streets, the neighborhood became known as Svenska Ku…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHO7_site-of-swedish-evangelical-free-church_Austin-TX.html
Worship services started in 1889 by Swedish immigrants led to founding of Swedish Evangelical Free Church in Decker community (10 mi. E) in July 1892. A similar Swedish congregation originated in April 1904 at Elroy (20 mi. SE). In 1923 the two co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHO5_swedish-central-methodist-church_Austin-TX.html
Organized in 1873 by the Rev. Carl Charnquist, the Swedish Methodist Church built a sanctuary at Red River and 15th street. Led by the Rev. O.E. Olander, the congregation moved to this site in 1898 and occupied buildings of disbanded Central Metho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHO4_stuart-female-seminary_Austin-TX.html
After 23 years as principal of Live Oak Female Seminary, Washington County, Rebecca K. Stuart Red (1826-1886) founded her own school in 1875. Her husband, G.C. Red, M.D., had a two-story stone dormitory - academic building erected on this site, an…