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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHO9_swedish-log-cabin_Austin-TX.html
Built about 1838 on "Govalle" ("good grazing land in Swedish"). Ranch of S.M. Swenson, settler who encouraged migration of his countrymen to Texas as a copy of cabins built 1638 by Swedish colonists in Delaware.
Home, 1848, of newly arrived Gus…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHO8_swedish-hill_Austin-TX.html
Residential development of this area began in the 1870s when a number of Swedish immigrants erected homes near their downtown businesses. Initially bounded by Red River, 14th, 18th, and Navasota streets, the neighborhood became known as Svenska Ku…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHO7_site-of-swedish-evangelical-free-church_Austin-TX.html
Worship services started in 1889 by Swedish immigrants led to founding of Swedish Evangelical Free Church in Decker community (10 mi. E) in July 1892. A similar Swedish congregation originated in April 1904 at Elroy (20 mi. SE). In 1923 the two co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHO5_swedish-central-methodist-church_Austin-TX.html
Organized in 1873 by the Rev. Carl Charnquist, the Swedish Methodist Church built a sanctuary at Red River and 15th street. Led by the Rev. O.E. Olander, the congregation moved to this site in 1898 and occupied buildings of disbanded Central Metho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHO4_stuart-female-seminary_Austin-TX.html
After 23 years as principal of Live Oak Female Seminary, Washington County, Rebecca K. Stuart Red (1826-1886) founded her own school in 1875. Her husband, G.C. Red, M.D., had a two-story stone dormitory - academic building erected on this site, an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHNF_william-steele_Austin-TX.html
Born New York. Graduate West Point. In Seminole and Mexican Wars. Resigned U.S. Army to serve Confederacy. Colonel 7th Texas Cavalry. In New Mexico campaign 1862. Earned promotion to Brigadier General. Commander Indian Territory 1863 and Galveston…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHNE_texas-and-the-civil-war-state-military-board_Austin-TX.html
The only new agency created by the legislature to deal with wartime emergencies. Original members were the Governor, Comptroller and Treasurer. The last two in 1864 were replaced by appointees of the Governor.
Purpose was to establish industry …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHNC_state-cemetery-of-texas_Austin-TX.html
Burial ground for the honored dead of Texas, this cemetery contains the remains of Stephen F. Austin, the "Father of Texas"; nine Governors of Texas (as of 1968); and representatives of every period of state history and every department of state g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHNA_state-bar-of-texas_Austin-TX.html
On July 15, 1882, a volunteer organization of Texas attorneys known as the Texas Bar Association was established in Galveston, with Judge Thomas J. Devine as the first president. The forerunner of the State Bar of Texas, the group met annually to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHN6_st-stephens-missionary-baptist-church_Austin-TX.html
Organized in 1887, this congregation first met in a small wooden building near this site. The Rev. Stephens Smith served as first pastor of the church, which served residents of the Waters Park, Round Rock, and Pflugerville communities. Land for a…