Texas Historical Marker #17366
Union Grove Cemetery. #17366
?, Gladewater, TX, United States
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Texas Historical Marker #17367
Mt. Zion United Methodist Church. #17367
500 High Street, Brenham, TX, United States
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Texas Historical Marker #17369
John Hermann Kampmann. #17369
204 Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, TX, United States
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Texas Historical Marker #17372
Wied Hardware Store - SUPPLEMENTAL. Edwin Reynolds, not Edward Reynolds, worked with Richard Ehler in the Wied Store and tin shop. Richard Ehler and Julius Cabron were early employees. #17372
?, Cameron, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #17374
Kenedy WWII confinement site. #17374
?, Kenedy, TX, United States
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Texas Historical Marker #17380
Seagoville WWII confinement site. #17380
?, Seagoville, TX, United States
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Texas Historical Marker #17381
Fort Sam Houston at Dodd Field WWII confinement site. #17381
?, San Antonio, TX, United States
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Texas Historical Marker #17382
Fort Bliss WWII confinement site. #17382
?, El Paso, TX, United States
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Texas Historical Marker #17386
Washington Cemetery (REPLACEMENT). #17386
?, , TX, United States
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Texas Historical Marker #17387
Bayland Orphanage (REPLACEMENT). #17387
?, , TX, United States
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Texas Historical Marker #17388
The First Presbyterian Church in the State of Texas. #17388
?, San Augustine, TX, United States
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Texas Historical Marker #17408
Site of Temporary Texas State Capitol of 1800's. Site of temporary Texas State Capitol of 1880's built, 1882-1883, to replace the previous Capitol, which had burned in 1881. until the building was completed, the orphaned Texas government conducted business in the county courthouse and jail across congress avenue. the three-story brick building-third Texas Capitol in Austin- was used five years. during this time it witnessed the passage of strong legislation to aid education and to halt fence-cutting, which, in 1883, had exploded into a range war. Governors John Ireland (1883-1887) and Sul Ross (1887-1891) both served in this building. in 1883, the university of texas held classes here for its 218 students until campus facilities were complete. on another occasion, cattle baron Charles Goodnight loaded $100,000 in cash in a wheel barrow and had it hauled to the Capitol to force settlement of a land dispute, but officials refused his offer. after the present Capitol was finished, 1888, this structure was used as home of Austin High School, studios for music teachers, and for various offices. when it burned, sept.30, 1899, curious spectators sat on the fence around the new capitol to watch volunteer firemen, hampered by low water pressure, fight the blaze. The old building was razed soon after and the bricks were used in structures throughout Austin.
East 11th Street & Congress Avenue, Austin, TX, United States
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Texas Historical Marker #17415
Brushy Cemetery. The family of George Washington and Elizabeth Yarborough, originally from South Carolina, came to Texas from Alabama in the 1850s and settled in eastern Leon County. Their five sons served the Confederate cause during the Civil War. Two of them, Wade Hamption (1834-1905) and William Burns (1840-1913) Yarborough, moved to the Brushy area and purchased 186 acres here in 1883. William worked the land to pay it off while Wade was forced to move away for a time due to illness. Wade did set aside three acres for a church and cemetery and returned to minister to the Primitive Baptist Congregation in a one-room sanctuary that also served as a school. The church building was lost to a fire in the 1920s. #17415
?, , TX, United States
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Texas Historical Marker #17416
Friendship Cemetery. This 9.7-acre cemetery is part of a 350 acre land patent granted to Joseph Henson in 1850. The year that he first set it aside for burials is not known as many of the earlier graves are marked only by red sandstone rocks without dates. The earliest dated markers is the 1870 gravestone of Josa Hood (1808-1870). Vandals, wildlife and livestock have taken their toll on this burial ground, but descendants and relatives of the citizens laid to rest here continue to make improvements and care for this site that remains a chronicle of the pioneers and families that settled and developed this corner of Leon County. #17416
?, , TX, United States
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Texas Historical Marker #17423
Antioch Cemetery. This burial ground has served the community of Antioch since the late 19th century. In December 1880, W.H. and Mattie l. Grazier, early area settlers, deeded the land to Brown County for educational and cemetery purposes. Residents built a combination church and school building nearby, and this site became a focal point for community gatherings. The school eventually merged with another local district before becoming part of the Blanket school system. The earliest marked graves in Antioch Cemetery, both dating to 1881, are those of Eugene Bettis and an unnamed individual whose footstone bears the initials J.A.R. The northwest corner of the cemetery includes gravesites, possibly earlier, marked only by fieldstones and believed to date from the Grazier family ownership. A number of important Antioch pioneers are among those interred here, including William Andrew Turner, a Civil War veteran from Florida who received his land grant here; Civil War veteran Jesse Richard Bettis, who participated in the battles of Bull Run and Fredericksburg, and donor of additional land for the cemetery; and the Rev. Joseph Frederick Parsons, a native of Baden-baden, Germany. Veterans of later military conflicts, as well as other community leaders, are also buried here. In 1982, county commissioners deeded this property to the Antioch Cemetery Association for perpetual care of the historic burial ground. Today, the cemetery remains as a visible reminder of the early pioneers of the area who, through challenges and hardships, forged a sense of unity, strengthening the Antioch community. #17423
11000 Co Rd 294, Blanket, TX, United States
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Texas Historical Marker #17428
McCarty Cemetery. In 1860, Orange McCarty, Sr. (1813-1897) and his wife, Mary Arrington (1820-1881), purchased 2200 acres in the Antonio Solis survey that included this site. Their move here from Mississippi was delayed by the outbreak of the Civil War; two McCarty sons died in action fighting for the South. Join by the Arrington and McCall families, the remaining McCartys finally arrived here in 1866 and built a log cabin overlooking Jack Creek. This acre of land was set aside for a cemetery. The earliest marked grave indicates it was in use by 1873. The McCarty Cemetery Association maintains this resting place for these Angelina County Pioneers. #17428
?, , TX, United States
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Texas Historical Marker #17440
The Battle of Red River. In the opening battle of the U.S. Army's 1874 Indian campaign against the Southern Plains Indian Tribes, a force of 744 soldiers under Col. Nerlson A. Miles fought a 5-hour running battle with the Cheyenne, Comanche and Kiowa 10 mi. E. of this location. The army had been pursuing the bands for several days. The battle marked the first use of the Gatling Gun by the army west of the Mississippi River. Though the army destroyed several Indian villages, they failed to capture any of the Indiaans or force them back to reservations in Indian Territory (Oklahoma). Known today as the Red River War, the campaign against the Indians resulted in their ultimate removal from the Texas panhandle. #17440
?, Wayside, TX, United States
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