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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B7G_leanderthal-lady_Leander-TX.html
On Dec. 29, 1982, Texas Highway Department archeologists uncovered the skeleton of a pre-historic human female at the Wilson-Leonard Brushy Creek Site (approx. 6 mi. SE). Because of the proximity of the grave site to the town of Leander, the skele…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B3U_education-in-round-rock_Round-Rock-TX.html
Soon after Williamson County was founded in 1848, pioneer settler Jacob M. Harrell, a blacksmith, built a log schoolhouse for use by his neighbors. Believed to be the first school in the county, it was located at Moss' Spring on Lake Creek (2 mi. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B3Q_the-pioneer-builders_Round-Rock-TX.html
In memory ofThe Pioneer BuildersGreenwood Masonic Institute, 1867-1881, one quarter mile west and Round Rock Institute, one half mile south, 1881-1891, under auspices Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1881-1887, and the Southern Presbyterian Church,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B3N_trinity-lutheran-college_Round-Rock-TX.html
Founded by the Augustana Lutheran Synod, in 1904. Synod representatives, seeking a location, selected Round Rock because of an offer of a well, 14 city lots, and freight concessions on building materials hauled by International & Great Northern Ra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B3F_the-double-file-trail_Round-Rock-TX.html
As the Delaware Indians moved from their home in the "Redlands" of East Texas in 1828 to near present Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. They laid out this trace. It was named Double File Trail because two horsemen could ride side by side. The first settlement…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B3D_kenneys-fort_Round-Rock-TX.html
1/2 mile South to the site of Kenney's Fort First settlement in Williamson County. Erected as a home by Dr. Thomas Kenney and Joseph Barnhart in the spring of 1839. Served as a place of defense during Indian raids. Rendezvous of the Santa Fe Exped…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14Y2_webster-massacre_Leander-TX.html
Here sleepthe victims of the"Webster Massacre"of August 27, 1839About thirty homeseekersheaded by John Websterenroute to what is now BurnetCounty, were attacked by a bandof Comanche IndiansAfter attempting to flee undercover of darkness, theywere …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSWA_wesley-chapel-a-m-e-church_Georgetown-TX.html
This congregation was organized in 1869 by the Rev. Richard Robert Haywood, an early Texas missionary in the African Methodist Episcopal church. Trustees of the church bought land at this site in 1881, and worship services were held in a small woo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSVH_steele-store-makemson-hotel-building_Georgetown-TX.html
Built about 1870 by M.E. Steele on the site of an early log hotel, this is one of Georgetown's oldest commercial structures. During Steele's ownership it housed a mercantile and a bank. Emma Dickman Makemson later operated a hotel here from the ea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSVE_st-john-lutheran-church_Thrall-TX.html
St. John Lutheran Church dates to 1917, when area Lutherans joined with the Rev. Arthur E. Hartmann, pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church (Taylor), to organize a new congregation. Members met in the public school and in homes until constructing a bu…