Series 'Texas Historical Marker'

Franco-Texan Land Company Building. In the late 19th Century, this building was a centre for political and economic life for the town of Weatherford and for Parker County. It was built around 1870. James Robertson Couts and John A. Fain established the first bank west of Dallas in this building, after Couts made a fortune selling cattle out west. Couts operated the bank with several partners, including Henry Warren, until 1877. Warren, a freighting contractor and thoroughbred stockbreeder, had previously been associated with the Warren freight train massacre of 1871. Couts and Warren dissolved their professional relationship in 1877 and sold the building to Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham, later Govenor of Texas (1903-1907). Lanham practiced law with other attorneys, such as A.J. Hood Sr., in second storey offices. During the 1890s, the structure served as the officess for the troubled Franco-Texan Land Company, headed by Hood. The Company was integral in the development of Texas land between Weatherford and El Paso along the Texas and Pacific Railway corridor. During this period the safe, from the Fidelity and Safe Deposity Company, was installed at the rear of the building. S.W.T. Lanham sold the property in 1906 to William Boone. The Franco-Texan Land Company building, previously known as the Couts Building and the Western Union Building, is an example of a typical vernacular storefront commercial building found in Texas during the last quarter of the 19th Century. The two-storey masonry fronted building features a brick exterior, stone string courses, french doors with fanlight transoms, and double-hung windows. #17253

118 Houston Avenue, Weatherford, TX, United States

Texas Historical Marker #17257

Fulshear Black Cemetery. #17257

?, Fulshear, TX, United States

Subjects

Fulshear Black Cemetery, Fulshear, TX
cemetery

Texas Historical Marker #17258

Liberty Cemetery. #17258

?, Stephenville, TX, United States

Subjects

Liberty Cemetery, Stephenville, TX
cemetery

Texas Historical Marker #17259

Providence Community. #17259

?, Grand Saline, TX, United States

Texas Historical Marker #17260

Terrace Cemetery. #17260

Hwy 380, Post, TX, United States

Subjects

Terrace Cemetery, Post, TX
cemetery

Texas Historical Marker #17263

James Newton and Eva Tabor Rayzor House. #17263

1003 W. Oak Street, Denton, TX, United States

Subjects

James Newton

Eva Tabor Rayzor

Texas Historical Marker #17264

Rowden Cotton. #17264

State Hwy 64 and CR 3415, Wills Point, TX, United States

Texas Historical Marker #17266

Real County. #17266

146 US Hwy. 83 S., Leakey, TX, United States

Texas Historical Marker #17267

Mayer Cemetery. The Mayer Cemetery is a testimony of the strong men and women who settled the Winedale area, most of German descent. This area of Texas was originally settled by Stephen F. Austin and his colony known as “The Old 300.” In 1836, German settlers arrived for a chance at better opportunities. The Nassau Plantation was a German emigration company who helped them migrate to Texas. As the community grew, some families who relocated to Texas were wine makers in Germany. The name Winedale soon began to be used for the community. J. Heinrich (Henry) and J. Martin Mayer were brothers who were born in Germany and arrived in Texas in 1846 at the age of 28 and 23, respectively. In 1864, the brothers built the first known cotton gin as well as a mill in Washington County just south of Winedale. In August of 1870, Henry Mayer bought the property and then sold it in 1876 to Ludwig Menn with the knowledge that five acres would be used as a cemetery. Many of the family members of the Mayer brothers are buried here as well as those of the Menn family. Johann Heinrich Menn was the first of his family to make the trek to Texas. The first known burial is that of Richard Menn who passed in august of 1869. His brother followed less than a month later. During the early settlement of Winedale, blacksmiths, wine makers, farmers, teachers and ministers have been laid to rest here. Also among those buried here are those who served during the Civil War, WWI, WWII and the Korean war. The Mayer Cemetery continues to serve the Winedale community and is a lasting confirmation of those who strived for a better life for their descendants. (2010) #17267

10100 Mayer Cemetery Road, Burton, TX, United States

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Mayer Cemetery, Burton, TX
cemetery