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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S62_stonemason-t-t-perry_Santa-Anna-TX.html
Stonemason T.T. Perry arrived in Santa Anna about 1890 and, using the rock from the twin peaks above the town, helped carve the history of the town in stone. Perry fashioned many of the landmark buildings in Santa Ann where he worked and was burie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S61_thomas-t-perry_Santa-Anna-TX.html
(Panel One)
Thomas T. Perry
(1853-1943)
Thomas T. Perry was born March 12, 1853 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He came to San Antonio, Texas, as a young man, learning the craft of stone while masonry working for the Southern Pacific Railroad bui…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S60_john-r-banister_Santa-Anna-TX.html
Missouri native John Banister left home in 1867 and
came to Texas. He received training as a cowboy and
participated in several cattle drives to northern
markets. Banister served with his brother, Will, as a Texas Ranger and participated in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S5Z_emma-daugherty-banister_Santa-Anna-TX.html
The Daugherty family moved west in the late 1870s to
Coleman County from present Forney in Kaufman County, where Emma was born. At age 14 she left home to finish school and obtain a teaching certificate in Goldthwaite. She married lawman and wid…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S5X_trickham-texas_Santa-Anna-TX.html
Trickham, Texas was on the military road from Ft.
Mason to Ft. Belknap in the 1850s. Here camped Johnston, Van Dorn, Lee, and other army men. Here John Chisum gathered herds of cattle in the 1860's. This was the last town on the Western Trail to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S5W_unknown-pioneers_Santa-Anna-TX.html
These unknown pioneers gave their lives in the winning of the frontier. Their names are known only to God.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S5V_mr-and-mrs-w-p-williams_Santa-Anna-TX.html
William Patrick Williams (ca. 1818-1898) and his wife Elizabeth (Boles) (ca. 1822-1899) migrated to Texas from Mississippi during the Civil War. After a brief stay in Cherokee County, they settled in this area, arriving by wagon train. Their nearb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S5U_town-of-trickham_Santa-Anna-TX.html
Oldest town in county; founded about 1855 as a cowboy trading post for ranching activities of cattle baron John Chisum. During 1860-1890, it was a boisterous community at a crossroads of cattle trails. Because of notorious jokes played at local ge…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S5K_ruins-of-camp-colorado_Santa-Anna-TX.html
Originally established on the Colorado River by the United States Army as a protection for the frontier against hostile Indians
Moved in August, 1856, to this site
Abandoned by Federal troops February 26, 1861
The site became the property…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S5D_santa-anna-cemetery_Santa-Anna-TX.html
With the construction of the Santa Fe railroad in 1886, the town of Santa Anna grew rapidly and developed as a cattle shipping point. According to oral history, W.C. Brooks was the first person buried in the Santa Anna Cemetery before the railroad…