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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH73_johann-jacob-groos_Austin-TX.html
A professional surveyor before and after coming to Texas in 1845 from his native Germany, J.J. Groos helped open New Braunfels area to settlement. He served 1849-65 as a Comal County official, and was in Confederate militia during Civil War (1861-…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH72_grinninger-fence_Austin-TX.html
First known use of barbed wire in Texas (1857), by John Grinninger, immigrant from Europe, worker in an early Austin iron foundry. Grinninger, who lived on Waller Creek (NE of here) grew fruit, vegetables and flowers. To protect garden, he ran hom…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH6Z_gilfillan-house_Austin-TX.html
This residence was constructed in 1905 for William L. Gilfillan (d.1932), one of the founders and directors of the Austin National Bank. Designed by the prominent Austin architect Charles H. Page, Jr., the two-story brick home reflects a mixture o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH6X_gethsemane-church_Austin-TX.html
The first Lutheran church in Travis County. Organized Dec. 12, 1868, by Swedish pioneers under leadership of Swante Palm.
Site of first church building was 11 blocks SW; this structure was erected in 1883. It contains stone hauled in wheelbarro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH6W_german-free-school_Austin-TX.html
German Free School Education was a primary concern for the new German immigrants who arrived in Texas in the 1840s and 1850s. Although Texas did not have a system of free public education at that time, it did offer subsidies for students attending…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH6V_gerhard-schoch-house_Austin-TX.html
Merchant Philip Henry Gerhard (1850-1906) and wife Lena had this house built by contractor Herman S. Love in 1887. It was said to be first 2-story brick veneer home in Austin; it was enlarged in 1891. The Gerhards' daughter Clara and her husband, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH6U_dr-thomas-jefferson-gazley_Austin-TX.html
Born in New York, January 8, 1801. Died in Bastrop County, Texas, October 31, 1853. Doctor-lawyer, soldier, legislature.
Delegate to the Second Convention of Texas, 1833 * Physician in the Army of Texas, 1835 - 1836 * Signer of the Declaration …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH6T_the-gault-homestead_Austin-TX.html
Included as part of a 320-acre land grant awarded to J.P. Whelin in payment for his service to the Republic of Texas Army, this property has had a long and varied history. Soon after he was granted the land, Whelin sold it to Nathaniel C. Raymond,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH6S_jacob-fontaine_Austin-TX.html
Jacob Fontaine was born in Arkansas and came to Austin about 1850 as a slave of Episcopal minister Edward Fontaine. In 1864 Jacob began preaching separate services for fellow slaves attending the First Baptist Church, then founded the First Baptis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH6R_fiskville_Austin-TX.html
Two area pioneers were Josiah Fisk, who arrived in 1846, and Edward Zimmerman, who came in 1854; both brought their families to the farming lands outside Austin. Zimmerman became the first Postmaster in 1873, when more than 150 people lived in Fis…