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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TEY_albert-sydney-johnston-a-war-memorial_Austin-TX.html
Born in Kentucky in 1803, Confederate General Albert Sidney died on April 6, 1862, from wounds suffered in the Battle of Shiloh. His remains were placed in the Texas State Cemetery in 1867. Elisabet Ney, Texas' most prominent nineteenth-century sc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TCL_the-great-walk-historical_Austin-TX.html
The promenade leading from Congress Avenue to the Capitol's south entrance is called the Great Walk. Completed in 1889, the Great Walk was considered one of the most significant features of the Capitol grounds, formalizing a connection with Austin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QPI_french-embassy_Austin-TX.html
This site, originally purchased by Anson Jones who later became the last president of the Republic of Texas, was sold by Jones on September 15, 1840, to Alphonse De Saligny, Charge D'Affaires of his majesty, Louis Philippe, the king of the French,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QJ9_austin-state-hospital-cemetery_Austin-TX.html
Established 1882
Historic Texas Cemetery - 2002
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KG1_splitrock_Austin-TX.html
In 1891, Thomas F. Burns bought 3 ¾ acres of the Jones and Sedwick property along the west bank of Shoal Creek. Burns, a Scottish immigrant, married Arbanna J. Nelson in Travis County in 1876. Property records and lumber marked "Sutor & Co.&…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KCM_the-caldwell-treaty-oak-park_Austin-TX.html
Estimated to have been a majestic tree of about 100 years when Columbus first landed on North American shores, this live oak tree has been pronounced the most perfect specimen of a tree in North America, and its picture hangs in the Hall of Fame o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1K8U_george-self_Elgin-TX.html
A member of
Captain
Jesse Billingsley's
company at
the Battle of
San Jacinto
April 21, 1836
Died in March, 1856.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JZP_john-a-wharton_Austin-TX.html
Came to Texas from Tennessee. Prominent orator, jurist and prosecutor. Delegate Texas Secession Convention 1861. Joined Confederate Army as Captain Company "B" Terry's Texas Rangers. After Terry was killed Wharton elected Colonel and led this famo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JZO_covert-park_Austin-TX.html
Commemorating the
75th Anniversary
of the Covert Family Gift of
Mount Bonnell
to the People of Travis County, in memory of
Frank M. Covert, Sr.
History of Covert Park at Mount Bonnell
1939 Park Given to Travis County
1972 Park Transfer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JYF_stephen-f-austin_Austin-TX.html
Born in Virginia in 1793, he brought the first 300 Anglo-American colonists to Texas in 1821. Austin became known as the "Father of Texas."
Shortly after his appointment as Secretary of State of the Republic of Texas, Austin died of pneumonia.
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