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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DYC_fort-tenoxtitlan_Caldwell-TX.html
Fort Tenoxtitlan. "Dream Capital of Texas". Founded by Mexico as a bulwark against Anglo-American immigration, this fort and its nearby city were twice proposed for the capital of Texas. . . Alarmed by the influx of Anglo settlers into Texas, M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DXV_angleton-independent-school-district_Angleton-TX.html
Angleton Independent School District. . On September 5, 1892, two Angleton residents donated one of the original town blocks near this site to the city for school purposes. Citizens contributed two hundred dollars for a frame building to house the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DXT_franklin_Franklin-TX.html
Franklin. . This community was established in 1872 and named Morgan for a railroad official. Located on the right-of-way of the International Railway Company, the town contained a depot and three stores in its first year. By 1879, the town had 200…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DXN_wheelock_Hearne-TX.html
Wheelock. . Eleazar Louis Ripley Wheelock (1793-1847) came to Texas from Illinois in 1830. A surveyor for Robertson's Colony, he established a town on his land along the Old San Antonio Road. Named Wheelock in 1837, the town boasted twenty busines…
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Wheelock. . Founded in 1833 by Colonel E. L. R. Wheelock, soldier, lawyer and educator. One of the organizers of Robertson's Colony. Captain of Texas Rangers. Died in Edwardsville, Ill, in 1846 while visiting the place of his birth. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DXB_el-camino-real_Bryan-TX.html
El Camino Real. Also known as Old San Antonio Road and Old Spanish Trail. A trail of adventure, hardships, opportunity and freedom, over which history stalked into Texas. To the Spanish, El Camino Real was a road traveled for the king - to coloniz…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DX0_staggers-point_Bryan-TX.html
Staggers Point. About a Mile to the North was the Old Irish Settlement of. Earliest large community in Robertson's Colony. Settled by Irishmen who came to America in 1821; lived in South Carolina and then in Alabama; and in 1829 sent west an emiss…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DWZ_old-franklin_Franklin-TX.html
Old Franklin. . After the Texas Revolution, Robertson County covered a vast area of 12.8 million acres from the Brazos River eastward to the Trinity River and northwest to the Cross Timbers. Situated at the southern edge of Robertson County, Frank…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DV9_a-great-time-to-be-alive_Fort-Worth-TX.html
"A Great Time to be Alive". . 'On October 22, 1959, The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., pastor, civil rights leader and president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) made his only visit to Fort Worth, Texas. Dr. Vada Phillips …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DSE_richard-overton-healing-garden_Austin-TX.html
Richard Overton Healing Garden. . In honor of Mr. Richard A. Overton The oldest known living Veteran in the United States April 2017 Born May 11, 1906, in Bastrop County, Texas Served in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1945 - World War II H…
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