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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIF2_rocky-rest_Burnet-TX.html
Built 1860 by Gen. Adam R. Johnson. Of hand-hewn stone, logs. High windows and thick walls kept out Indians.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIF1_rockvale_Spicewood-TX.html
The once thriving community of Rockvale began as a pioneer settlement in the 1850s. A log cabin built in 1855 served as a school and church. A baptist church was erected in 1856 and had eight charter members. Over 36 acres of land were deeded by T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIF0_governor-o-m-roberts-house_Marble-Falls-TX.html
President of the 1861 Secession Convention and a Confederate officer, Oran M. Robert (1815-1898) served as governor of Texas from 1879 to 1883. After leaving office, he became a law professor at the University of Texas. He built this cottage at Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIEZ_prairie-view-cemetery_Bertram-TX.html
Pioneer settlers in this vicinity met together for worship services in the Gum Springs Schoolhouse until 1892, when Stephen Taylor deeded land at this site for church and cemetery purposes. This historic cemetery began in the churchyard of the Fir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIEY_site-of-prairie-point-community_Bertram-TX.html
Anglo settlement of this part of Burnet County began in the 1850s. By the 1870s settlers had established cattle and sheep ranches as well as a number of family farms. A community school opened in 1882 and remained in operation until 1921. The Prai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIEX_oldest-commercial-building-in-burnet_Burnet-TX.html
Logan Vandeveer (1815-55), a hero of the 1836 Battle of San Jacinto, came here about 1849 as a Fort Croghan beef supplier. He became first United States Postmaster in Burnet and in 1854 built this native stone structure. With a partner named Taylo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIEW_early-oatmeal-school_Bertram-TX.html
This building, once a combined school and church, was erected in 1869 in Oatmeal, second oldest community in Burnet County. The settlement, founded in 1849, had a post office from 1853 to 1876.
This limestone structure was successor to the firs…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIEV_first-united-methodist-church-of-nacogdoches_Nacogdoches-TX.html
At least one Methodist sermon was preached in Nacogdoches before 1821, according to tradition. After religious freedom was established by the Republic of Texas, Missionary Littleton Fowler (1803-1846) preached here on Oct. 16,1837, and soon founde…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIEU_oatmeal-cemetery_Bertram-TX.html
Some of the earliest pioneers of the Oatmeal community are interred in this cemetery. The oldest documented burials are those of Mary Smith and her year-old daughter, Fanny, both of whom died on September 16, 1854. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Roundtree dee…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIDP_oakalla_Briggs-TX.html
The first settlers in this rich farm and ranch land arrived in the 1850s. Oakalla Post Office was established May 19, 1879. Schools were private until a cooperative was built which provided classrooms on the second floor. Oakalla boasted a doctor,…