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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI86_brandt-badger-house_Marble-Falls-TX.html
Brandt Badger (1839-1920), a veteran of the Confederate Army, moved to Burnet from Gonzales in 1885, and in 1887, helped found Marble Falls. He built this house in 1888 of granite from nearby "Granite Mountain". The stones were cut from quarry rub…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI7J_the-badger-building_Burnet-TX.html
Completed about 1883, this two-story limestone structure is representative of other commercial buildings located on the Courthouse Square in the 1880s. It was built for local financier Dr. W. H. Westfall and Captain Brandt Badger (b. 1839), a nati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI7I_airy-mount-barn_Burnet-TX.html
Kentucky native Adam Rankin Johnson (1834-1922) came to Texas in 1854. After attaining the rank of brigadier general in the Confederate Army, Johnson later settled in Burnet County where he was active in business and civic affairs. In 1882 he dona…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI7H_1910-post-office-building_Marble-Falls-TX.html
Established in 1884, the original Marble Falls Post Office was built south of the Colorado River. William P. Cochran, appointed postmaster in 1901, built this structure in 1910 and leased it to the U. S. Government for use as a post office. It con…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDLK_site-of-fort-croghan_Burnet-TX.html
Established by Lieut. C. H. Tyler, United States Second Dragoons, by order of the War Department, March 18, 1849, as a protection to frontier settlers against hostile Indians. Abandoned in December, 1853 as the settlements had extended farther west.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDLI_granite-mountain_Marble-Falls-TX.html
"This 866-foot dome of solid pink granite, covering 180 acres, contains the largest quarry of its kind in the United States. This mountain, like all granite formations, was once melted rock similar to lava. As the molten rock cooled thousands of f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDLH_henry-thomas-lodge-a-f-a-m_Marble-Falls-TX.html
"In settlement started by Noah Smithwick, when he built water mill here in 1855. In 1861 he moved to California, but the mill continued in operation. A. M. Cox erected this building in 1874. Minister Henry Thomas moved the Lodge (chartered June 15…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD59_smithwick-cemetery_Marble-Falls-TX.html
The history of this community cemetery dates to 1854 when 18-year-old Rebecca Chambers died and was buried here. Rebecca, who reportedly was ill while traveling past here with the family of her sister and brother-in-law, Nancy and E. G. Evans, ask…