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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHSZ_sailor-from-the-belle-shipwreck_Austin-TX.html
Buried here are the remains of a 17th-century sailor who was a member of an ill-fated 1684-87 French expedition to the new world led by Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle. Texas Historical Commission archaeologists discovered the skeleton on Octob…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHSY_roberts-teague-cemetery_Austin-TX.html
In the 1860s, the Roberts and Teague families came to the Bee Cave area where, for generations, their skills as farmers, ranchers, cedar choppers, coal kiln burners, and homemakers helped to shape its development and culture. It is said that this …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHSA_moses-austin_Austin-TX.html
The initiator of Anglo-American settlement in Texas. Moses Austin was a native of Durham, Connecticut. After his marriage to Mary Brown in 1785, Austin became a leading figure in the development of the American lead industry. His business took him…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHS8_lockwood-cemetery_Manor-TX.html
This cemetery was set aside out of land settled by Gordon C. Jennings (1782-1836), his wife, Catherine (1790-1867), and four children who came from Missouri in 1833 as part of Stephen F. Austin's "Little Colony." Gordon was the oldest defender to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHS7_live-oak-cemetery_Manchaca-TX.html
The original four-acre section of this cemetery included land donated by James M. Turley (1856-83) and Andrew Jackson Hammett (1829-1907). the oldest grave is that of Turley's daughter, Tennessee Belle Hart, and her baby, who died on Aug. 27,1874.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHS6_kimbro_Manor-TX.html
Named for pioneer landowner Lemuel Kimbro, this community was settled in the late 1870s by Swedish, Danish, and German immigrants. Most of the residents were cotton farmers, and at its height the community boasted homes, farms, the Swedish Evangel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHS4_davis-cemetery_Austin-TX.html
George W. Davis (ca. 1809-1884), his wife Emiline P. Moore Davis (1810-1872) and family arrived in Texas in 1835. George served in Captain Mosely Baker's company at the Battle of San Jacinto while Emiline spent six weeks with the children on the b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHS2_carlson_Coupland-TX.html
Brothers Pete and John Carlson, Swedish immigrants who came to America in 1869, settled in this area in 1881. Pete opened Carlson store, the first store in the community, and John operated the local cotton gin. The town's economy was based on cott…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHS1_the-old-zimmerman-home_Austin-TX.html
Edward E. Zimmerman came to Texas, 1844, from Germany; settled here, 1854, with wife Regina Reinhard. They had 5 children. Zimmerman built this early Texas farmhouse, 1861, of hand-hewn cream colored rock from nearby hills; lumber from Bull Creek …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHS0_henry-h-and-bertha-sterzing-ziller-house_Austin-TX.html
Henry (1853-1924) and Bertha (1857-1900) Ziller, both members of families who came to the Austin area from Germany, married in 1876 and purchased this property in 1881. Records indicate that a residence, built about 1877, already existed on the si…