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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2IZ_luckenbach_Fredericksburg-TX.html
Members of the Luckenbach family and other German immigrants moved here from Fredericksburg in the 1850s. They settled along Grape Creek and soon established a school for their children. The Grape Creek Post Office was in operation briefly after 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2HV_m-b-lockett-building_Georgetown-TX.html
Located on the site of an 1840s store, this structure was built after the Civil War. In the 1880s it housed the mercantile firm of Rucker & Montgomery. Ohio native Melville Beveridge Lockett opened his store here in 1889 and remodeled the building…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2HT_luther-stearns-sr_Taylor-TX.html
Born in Chesterfield, Mass., Luther Stearns lived in the frontier regions of four states before moving to newly formed Williamson Co., Texas, in 1848. In 1850 he bought 650 acres on the San Gabriel River, where he built a 1-1/2 story log home and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2GC_liberty-hill-methodist-church_Liberty-Hill-TX.html
Founded 1854 (1.5 mi. NW of here). Construction of 3-story building of native stone for use of the church, school, and Masonic lodge was begun in 1870 on land given by T. S. Snyder. Upper stories were removed and choir space added in 1905; wings a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2GB_liberty-hill-masonic-hall_Liberty-Hill-TX.html
Chartered in 1875, Liberty Hill Lodge No. 432, A. F. & A. M., met first in the Methodist church. When this building was finished in 1883, the Masons purchased the top floor for their lodge hall and built an exterior wooden stairway to the room. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2FR_liberty-hill-cemetery_Liberty-Hill-TX.html
Weathered gravestones show usage of this spot for burials since 1852, when the earliest settlers were establishing homes in area. The first formal grant of land here as a community burial ground was made by John T. and Amelia Edwards Bryson in 187…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2FQ_lesesne-stone-building-the-kgtn-building_Georgetown-TX.html
This limestone commercial structure was built in 1884 to house the Sanders & Lesesne Drugstore. It remained in use as a pharmacy for the next 76 years. William D. Nichols operated the drugstore from 1887 until 1892. In that year, Dr. Thomas B. Sto…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2EY_buddy-holly_Lubbock-TX.html
Buddy Holly contributed to the music heritage of not only west Texas but the entire world as a musician and composer. It is significant that this first plaque on the "Walk Of Fame" bear his name. The citizens of Lubbock pay tribute to and honor th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2EK_leander-united-methodist-church_Leander-TX.html
This church was organized about 1860 in the nearby community of Bagdad (1 mi. W). Early worship services were conducted by local preachers and missionaries in a log schoolhouse and a Masonic lodge hall before a sanctuary was constructed there in 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DZ_leander-presbyterian-church_Leander-TX.html
Organized in 1857 by the Rev. R. M. Overstreet, this church was originally known as Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church and was located in the town of Bagdad. When the new railroad bypassed Bagdad in 1882 and the town of Leander was founded on the r…