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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NKU_the-schandua-building_Fredericksburg-TX.html
Erected in 1897 of hand-hewn limestone, this structure was the home of John (d. 1900) and Bertha (Klein) Schandua (d. 1943). They lived upstairs with their children and John's hardware store was downstairs. For a time, the Masonic Lodge met upstai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NKT_pioneer-schandua-house_Fredericksburg-TX.html
Built before 1880, this house was purchased by John Schandua, a local merchant, shortly after his marriage to Bertha (Klein) in 1883. The front room, called "die stube", served as a bedroom and living area. The back room was used as a bedroom for …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NKS_the-easter-fires_Fredericksburg-TX.html
Blazing on the hills around Fredericksburg each Easter eve, combined with a local pageant these fires recall an old tale.
In March 1847, when Comanches and whites signed a major peace treaty, the Indians lighted huge signal fires on these hills…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D51_the-grapetown-school_Fredericksburg-TX.html
In 1882, Frederick Baag donated this tract of land for the third Grapetown schoolhouse. Completed in 1884, the structure was built with labor and materials donated by the community. All seven grades were taught by one teacher. In 1905, the facilit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D4Y_cross-mountain_Fredericksburg-TX.html
This marl and limestone hill, elevation 1,915 feet, was an Indian signal point, advancing news of the intrusions of white settlers. The hill was first recorded and described by the German geologist, Dr. Ferdinand Roemer in 1847. A timber cross fou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B84_pinta-trail_Fredericksburg-TX.html
Origin of the Pinta Trail is attributed to nomadic Plains Indian tribes. Early Spanish and Mexican expeditions followed the general route of the trail, which extended from San Antonio de Bexar to the San Saba River near present Menard. A survey by…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM160F_domino-parlor_Fredericksburg-TX.html
The original part of this stone structure containing a cellar with a vault ceiling, was built in the early 1850s on property owned by John Schmidtzinsky, a pioneer area settler. Once used as a pharmacy, it housed H. R. Richter's Jewelry store in t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14KT_site-of-the-mcdonald-massacre_Harper-TX.html
Pioneer preacher Matthew Taylor and the families of his daughter and two sons moved here in 1863 from their homestead on the Llano River. They built a cabin on this site near the source of the Pedernales River. In August 1864, Matthew and his son …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSGJ_nimitz-hotel_Fredericksburg-TX.html
This property was purchased by Charles Henry Nimitz, Sr., in 1855. By 1860 the Nimitz Hotel was established, hosting frontier travelers and providing a home for the large Nimitz family. Expanded in the 1870s to feature a steamboat shaped facade, t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSGI_fairwater-of-uss-pintado-ss-387_Fredericksburg-TX.html
Pintado made six war patrols in enemy waters, during which she disposed of five naval vessels and ten merchantmen of the Empire of Japan, sunk or otherwise disabled, totaling 132,900 tons of enemy shipping. During her fifth patrol, she rescued all…