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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYL_birthplace-of-governor-dan-moody_Taylor-TX.html
A crusader for integrity in public office. Born in Taylor, Williamson County; son of Daniel and Nancy Elizabeth Robertson Moody. At 16 entered University of Texas, where he completed law school. After World War I service, won election to the offic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUH_barker-house_Round-Rock-TX.html
E. B. and Mary Harvey Barker bought this house of locally quarried limestone in May 1873. The Barkers, who resided on a farm at Rice's Crossing (20 mi. E), lived here during the winter season so that their eight children could attend school in Rou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTF_andice-baptist-church_Florence-TX.html
The Rev. Freeman Smalley, one of the first Baptists in Texas, preached in this area about 1850. This church was organized about 1851, meeting in a log schoolhouse built by Joshua Stapp and others, 1854-76; in a new school building, 1876-94; and in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSF_a-s-mason-house_Leander-TX.html
Local farmer Alpheus S. Mason (1839-1926) constructed this house about 1866. Situated on Bagdad Road, an important early military and commercial route in central Texas, the home features a double-galleried porch with Victorian detailing. Mason, a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRY_a-a-mary-spacek-house_Granger-TX.html
Designed by Architect William Flick, this house was built between 1921 and 1923 for Arnold Adolph (A. A.) Spacek and his wife Mary Julia (Cervenka). A. A. Spacek (1896-1952) was a locally prominent grocer, banker and merchant who also served as po…