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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIDO_naruna-cemetery_Lampasas-TX.html
William M. Spitler became Naruna's first postmaster in 1878, and he named the town after the riverboat that carried him to Texas from Tennessee. At that time, Naruna was an agricultural community with store, school, churches, fraternal lodges and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIDN_naruna-baptist-church_Lampasas-TX.html
Naruna Baptist Church Settlers came to the Naruna area as early as the 1840s, and the town was named by its first postmaster, William M. Spitler, who came to Texas on the riverboat Naruna. Residents formed Providence Baptist Church in July 1877 un…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIDM_mount-zion-cemetery_Bertram-TX.html
John Jennings (1802-1867), his wife Sarah C. (Sally) (1806-1879), and their family came to this area in 1851. The settlement which grew up around their farm became known as Jennings Creek community. After Burnet County was created in 1852, John Je…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIDL_mount-horeb-lodge_Bertram-TX.html
Chartered Jan. 21, 1854; met in log schoolhouse.
Erected own lodge hall 1856 on land given by Grand Master Sam Mather and B. K. Stewart. First floor used as church and school. A fire in 1915 razed hall. Lodge rebuilt here 1916 on land given by …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIDJ_michels-drug-store_Marble-Falls-TX.html
Ernst Gustav Michel (1865-1930), a native of Germany, and his wife, Lillie Agnes, opened a drugstore at this site in 1891. After fire destroyed the first store in 1905, Michel built a 3-story edifice here. The first floor housed the drugstore and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMICO_marble-falls-school-building_Marble-Falls-TX.html
Adam R. Johnson donated land at this site for construction of the present two-story granite building. Completed in 1891, it originally housed the Marble Falls Alliance University. Near Backbone Creek, east of this main building, a wooden boarding …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMICN_marble-falls-factory-site_Marble-Falls-TX.html
The potential of water power on the Colorado River led town developer Gen. Adam R. Johnson and Farmers Alliance members to build a cotton mill on this site in the 1890s. The two-story stone factory, 300 ft. long and 100 ft. wide, was erected for t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMICM_marble-falls-depot_Marble-Falls-TX.html
The town of Marble Falls was laid out in 1887. Texas Mining & Improvement Co. deeded land for a depot to Austin & Northwestern Railroad. This building was erected in 1893 and then Southern Pacific Railroad bought the line and property. Area reside…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMICL_mahomet-sycamore-springs-community_Bertram-TX.html
Settlement in this part of Burnet County began in the 1850s. Two early communities were Mahomet and Sycamore Springs, originally located 8 miles from each other. Pioneers of Mahomet were George Ater, William G. Hall, and Mr. Sanford, while Sycamor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMICK_mahomet-cemetery_Bertram-TX.html
This cemetery, with interments dating back to the 1850s, became a community graveyard for the Sycamore Springs and Mahomet rural communities. In 1909 J. W. Williams and J. W. and Nellie Greer deeded the cemetery property to the community of Mahome…