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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS7C_reuben-hornsby_Austin-TX.html
First Settler inTravis County. Surveyor withStephen F. Austin's LittleColony.He surveyed the site of thissettlement in 1830.In July 1832 with his familyhe established his homeat this place, since calledHornsby's Bend
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNXY_the-lbj-plaza_Austin-TX.html
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum was designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM) and opened in the spring of 1971. The design featured the monumental library building clad in Roman travertine and an expansive plaza p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLU5_andersons-mill_Leander-TX.html
Built in 1863byThomas AndersonA native of PennsylvaniaUsed as a powder millfor the Confederate Armiesduring the Civil War
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLSX_john-m-king-log-house_Cedar-Park-TX.html
This small one and one-half story log house on Cypress Creek in northwest Travis County could have been built as early as 1859. John M. King bought the property from John Robey in 1879 and indicated there was a dwelling on it at that time. King (1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK2T_site-of-fort-colorado_Austin-TX.html
June, 1836 - November, 1838.Established and first commanded byColonel Robert M. Coleman.Succeeded by Capt. Michael AndrewsAndCapt. William M. Eastland.
An extreme frontier outpost occupied by Texas Rangers to protect Anglo-American civilization…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJOZ_rocky-cliff_Austin-TX.html
Built about 1871 by Daniel P. Kinney, who came to Austin in early 1850's; original homesite, at the time an extensive farm, contained areas later in Zilker Park and Barton Heights.
Structure of hard limestone, with 20-inch walls, had rooms adde…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJOY_dawson-stone-house_Austin-TX.html
Real estate developers Mary and Nannie Dawson built this house about 1900 as part of the South Heights expansion of Austin. The sisters were pioneer teachers in free public school system.
Mary (Molly) was principal of Fulmore School, but she le…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJOX_michael-paggi-house_Austin-TX.html
Built here prior to the Civil War on land owned by Col. S.W. Goodrich (d. 1868), this house was located near a low-water crossing of the Colorado River. A planter, Goodrich owned a sawmill, grist mill, and cotton gin. Michael Paggi (d. 1911), a na…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJOW_seaholm-power-plant_Austin-TX.html
This complex is an industrial and architectural landmark in Austin. Electric power arrived in the Texas capital in 1895, after the Colorado River was first dammed to generate electricity. The city of Austin has owned its own generation and distrib…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJOV_the-austin-statesman_Austin-TX.html
Begun as the "Democratic Statesman" in 1871 by the Democratic Party, in opposition to radical reconstruction government in Texas. Quickly passed into private ownership popular first editor was attorney John Cardwell.
Published daily since 1873,…