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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJT1_site-of-the-camp-of-gen-joaquin-ramirez-y-sesma_Columbus-TX.html
Site of the Camp, March 20-26, 1836, of one division of General Santa Anna's Army under the command of General Joaquin Ramirez y Sesma. It crossed the Colorado at Atascosita Ford, eight miles below Columbus.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJSL_beasons-beesons-crossing_Columbus-TX.html
Benjamin Beason, one of Stephen F. Austin's original 300 colonists, settled by a widely used Colorado River crossing near here in 1822. He and his wife Elizabeth proceeded to build a large home (also used as an inn) and established a gristmill, sa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ6H_columbus-waterworks_Columbus-TX.html
In 1824 the Mexican government granted to Elizabeth Tumlinson and her heirs the land and water rights to this area in the center of Stephen F. Austin's colony. The town of Columbus developed from a small frontier community. A fire in May 1883 dest…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ6E_district-court-tree_Columbus-TX.html
In 1837 this oak sheltered Texas jurors. Courthouse was unfinished because logs coming down-river for building had swept past in strong current. R. M. Williamson, presiding, was called "Three-legged Willie" due to appearance: he had good leg, crip…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIUO_robsons-castle-and-columbus-texas-meat-and-ice-company_Columbus-TX.html
Robert Robson (1804-1878), one of many Scotsmen seeking fortune in North America, came to the Texas Republic in 1839. On land he owned at this site, he built a concrete "castle," using native lime and gravel. It had running water, pumped from the …