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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML1E_cessna-t-37-tweet_Randolph-AFB-TX.html
First jet aircraft of its type with side-by-side seating for instructor and student. Used in pilot instructor training at Randolph 1965-
Speed: 380 mphRange: 663 milesWeight: 6,600 lbService Ceiling: 35,100 ft
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML1C_building-100_Randolph-AFB-TX.html
In 1928 the San Antonio Airport Company purchased 2300 acres of land near the city and donated it to the United States Army Air Corps for development of a consolidated flight training facility. Called "The West Point of the Air", Randolph Field wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKU9_confederate-defenses-at-the-mouth-of-caney-creek_Bay-City-TX.html
During the Civil War (1861-65), Federal forces tried several times to seize Texas ports. Galveston was taken on October 5, 1862, but recaptured by a Confederate army on January 1, 1863. Lt. Dick Dowling's troops stopped a Federal invasion at Sabin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKTW_missing-man-monument_Universal-City-TX.html
Dedicated toThose Americans LostIn Southeast Asia Combat
4 March 1977
Sculptor:Mark Pritchett
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKTQ_the-lbj-legacy_Johnson-City-TX.html
Just as Johnson City helped shape Lyndon Johnson, Lyndon Johnson helped shape the modern face of Johnson City. Throughout the town are buildings that reflect Johnson's quest to ease the hardships he knew here in his youth. The former LBJ Hospital …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKTO_james-polk-johnson-building_Johnson-City-TX.html
Built by Johnson City founder James Polk Johnson (1845-1885), this structure has housed a variety of businesses and served as a community gathering place. In addition to serving as a community hall, opera house, and meeting place for churches and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKT6_thompson-family_San-Augustine-TX.html
Dr. Samuel (1765-1843) and Precious Wofford (d. 1841) Thompson and their sons were among the earliest settlers of this area. Samuel Thompson served as alcalde of the San Augustine municipality and later organized area churches and schools.
Bur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKSX_johnson-city_Johnson-City-TX.html
"It was just a big family town. Nobody was rich, and everybody had plenty to eat and plenty to wear, and Lyndon was no different from the rest of us. I miss that little town, that feeling that everybody would do anything for anybody else. It was j…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKSW_johnson-settlement-trail_Johnson-City-TX.html
The sidewalk ahead leads to the Johnson Settlement, frontier home of President Johnson's paternal grandparents, Samuel Ealy Johnson, Sr., and Eliza Bunton Johnson.
Between 1867 and 1872 Sam Ealy Johnson, Sr., and his brother Tom drove huge herd…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKSV_e-babe-smith_Johnson-City-TX.html
E. Babe Smith was instrumental in the founding of Pedernales Electric Cooperative in the late 1930s. His vision, along with that of Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson and others, brought electric power to the farms and ranches of the Texas Hill Country…