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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJKZ_wilson-van-dyke_Belton-TX.html
A native of South Carolina, Wilson Van Dyke served as a member of the Somervell Expedition, which was organized in 1842 to expel the Mexican Army from Texas. Under command of Col. W.S. Fisher, he crossed the Rio Grande and was captured. A survivor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJKX_gulf-colorado-and-santa-fe-railway-planing-mill_Belton-TX.html
Built in 1912 at the Santa Fe rail yards in Temple, this planing mill was part of a complex of buildings that housed repair facilities for the railroad. Workers at the mill manufactured replacement parts for wooden elements of the Santa Fe's boxca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJKW_bell-county_Belton-TX.html
Settlement began on Lampasas River, 1847. Created Jan. 22, organized Aug. 1, 1850. Named for Peter Hansbrough Bell (1812-1898), native of Virginia; veteran of Battle of San Jacinto; served in Somervell expedition to stop Mexico's Raids into Texas;…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJKV_little-river-fort_Belton-TX.html
A stockade and blockhouse of the Republic of Texas. Built in November, 1836, by a unit of some 20 Rangers under Lt. George B. Erath (soldier-statesman for whom Erath County was named).
By Christmas they had erected 7 or 8 cabins, a blockhouse a…