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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D6T_dupree-cemetery_Cedar-Park-AL.html
The first known burial here is Nancy Vinson Christopher who died May 16, 1852. Many unmarked fieldstones are present that could mark older graves. The cemetery contains 52 identifiable burials with headstones. Five Confederate soldiers and one WWI…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D6S_cedar-park_Cedar-Park-TX.html
In 1873, George and Harriet (Standefer) Cluck purchased a large amount of land in this area, which they found to be rich in cedar trees and limestone. Their ranch and home became the central point around which the Cedar Park community developed.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B7I_wilson-leonard-brushy-creek-burial-site_Cedar-Park-TX.html
In this vicinity is a prehistoric archeological site discovered in 1973 by a team of Texas Highway Department archeologists. Scientific excavations have produced evidence that the site was a major camping ground for prehistoric peoples, particular…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLSX_john-m-king-log-house_Cedar-Park-TX.html
This small one and one-half story log house on Cypress Creek in northwest Travis County could have been built as early as 1859. John M. King bought the property from John Robey in 1879 and indicated there was a dwelling on it at that time. King (1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGNE_site-of-a-block-house_Cedar-Park-TX.html
Built by Texas Rangers under Captain John J. Tumlinson in 1836. Destroyed by Indians in 1837. This was the first white man's post in Williamson County.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGJQ_a-nations-armory_Cedar-Park-MD.html
You are standing directly across the street from the main entrance of one of the nation's first military industrial complexes. The U.S. Armory at Harpers Ferry, now covered by an embankment of dirt and rubble, produced the deadliest weapons of its…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGJP_new-hope-first-baptist-church-and-cemetery_Cedar-Park-TX.html
Although Baptist worship services may have been conducted in this area as early as 1848, this church was not formally chartered until 1868. On October 22 of that year the organizational meeting was held in the home of James M. and Elizabeth Tramme…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A4_cypress-school_Cedar-Park-TX.html
Neighbors living in a scattered settlement along Cypress Creek known as Cypress Neighborhood joined together to establish a school for their children in the 1860s. A small log schoolhouse was built on a hilltop above the creek. By 1877 the student…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM166_champion-cemetery_Cedar-Park-TX.html
John (Jack) Champion (1817-1908) was a native of York County, South Carolina. He moved to Texas by 1850, the year he and Naomi Jane Standefer (1834-1862) were issued a marriage license in Williamson County. In 1854, Champion bought more than 200 a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15S_capture-of-harpers-ferry_Cedar-Park-MD.html
September 15, 1862No. 2
Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson, with his own Division and those of Maj. Gen. A. P. Hill and R. S. Ewell, left Frederick on the morning of September 10 and passing through Middletown and Boonsboro crossed the Potomac at Wil…