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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2746_site-of-libertys-ursuline-convent_Liberty-TX.html
In 1859 Bishop John Mary Odin sent a group of Ursulines from Galveston to Liberty to establish a convent and girls' school. Under the leadership of an energetic French nun, Mother Ambroise, the Sisters bought land at this site and erected two fram…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2745_seven-pines_Liberty-TX.html
Benjamin Franklin Hardin (1803-1878) came to this area with other members of his family in 1826. Settling in the Atascosito District of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Texas, Franklin Hardin was named surveyor of the district in 1834. As a member …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2744_plaza-iglesia-parroquial_Liberty-TX.html
This block of the inner town of Liberty was set aside and designated for Catholic use in 1831 by J. Francisco Madero, commissioner for the Mexican state of Coahuila-Texas.
In April 1846, the Methodist Episcopal Church petitioned the town board …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2743_plaza-constitucional_Liberty-TX.html
J. Francisco Madero, appointed by Mexican government to grant land titles, platted Liberty town tract, 1831, with 49 squares in inner city. Five were set aside for public usage — this square has always been site of municipal buildings.
In…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2742_atascocito_Liberty-TX.html
A Spanish settlement on the Atascocito road was established here in 1757 to prevent French trade with the Indians. Four and one-half miles west of here the road crossed the Trinity. There Alonso de Leon, Spanish explorer, crossed in 1690. The road…