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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJOY_dawson-stone-house_Austin-TX.html
Real estate developers Mary and Nannie Dawson built this house about 1900 as part of the South Heights expansion of Austin. The sisters were pioneer teachers in free public school system.
Mary (Molly) was principal of Fulmore School, but she le…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJOX_michael-paggi-house_Austin-TX.html
Built here prior to the Civil War on land owned by Col. S.W. Goodrich (d. 1868), this house was located near a low-water crossing of the Colorado River. A planter, Goodrich owned a sawmill, grist mill, and cotton gin. Michael Paggi (d. 1911), a na…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJOW_seaholm-power-plant_Austin-TX.html
This complex is an industrial and architectural landmark in Austin. Electric power arrived in the Texas capital in 1895, after the Colorado River was first dammed to generate electricity. The city of Austin has owned its own generation and distrib…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJOV_the-austin-statesman_Austin-TX.html
Begun as the "Democratic Statesman" in 1871 by the Democratic Party, in opposition to radical reconstruction government in Texas. Quickly passed into private ownership popular first editor was attorney John Cardwell.
Published daily since 1873,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJOU_the-academy_Austin-TX.html
This house was constructed in 1889 for Myron D. Mather, president of Austin Water, Light & Power Company, who lived here until 1893. A fine derivative of the shingle style, the structure is said to be partly constructed of granite left from the 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJOS_reuter-house_Austin-TX.html
Built in 1934 for Louis Reuter (1886-1945) and his wife, this house offered a spectacular view of the city. Reuter worked as a grocer in his native San Antonio until 1918, when he came to Austin to open a self-service grocery store, an innovation …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJOM_four-c-mill_Kennard-TX.html
R.M. Keith, agent for Central Coal & Coke., Kansas City, Mo., in Oct. 1899., began purchasing the virgin pine timberlands of this region. Lumber for construction of a new mill was cut by a small sawmill bought by Keith, Jan. 10, 1901, from local l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJOF_walter-and-mae-simms-house_Austin-TX.html
Austin architect Roger Q. Small designed this unique 1935 home for Walter and Mae (Moore) Simms, who established Simms Fish Market in 1915 and delivered gulf coast seafood to hotels and restaurants throughout central Texas for nearly forty years. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJN0_william-bill-goyens_Nacogdoches-TX.html
Stone Marker:Born a slave in South Carolina, 1794Escaped to Texas in 1821Rendered valuable assistance to the Army of Texas, 1836 Interpreter for the Houston-Forbes Treaty with the Cherokees, 1836Acquired wealth and was noted for his charityDied at…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJMZ_battle-of-nacogdoches_Nacogdoches-TX.html
Armed with nothing more than shotguns and various types of hunting weapons, the national militia of Nacogdoches, aided by militias from Ayres, Teneha, Sabine, Bevil, Settlement, and San Augustine, fired the opening guns of the Texas Revolution dur…