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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1K4X_the-gotier-trace_Bastrop-TX.html
Originated in 1820s. Crossed the present counties of Austin, Washington, Fayette, Lee, Bastrop; joined San Felipe, capital of Stephen F. Austin's colony, with Bastrop. Marked by James Gotier, a settler who (with several in his family) died in an I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1K4W_felipe-entrique-neri-baron-de-bastrop_Bastrop-TX.html
Erected in recognition of the
distinguished service to Texas of
Felipe Entrique Neri,
Baron De Bastrop
1770 - 1829
Pioneer Red River empresario. Land commissioner of Austin's colony. Member of the Congress of Coahuila and Texas. In his hono…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1K4V_lost-pines-of-texas_Bastrop-TX.html
Located 80 miles west of the main pine belt of Texas, these trees probably were once part of vast, prehistoric pine forests. As land areas gradually rose, possibly due to glacier activity, most of the forests moved east. Ideal local conditions hav…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FWO_early-history-of-the-city-of-bastrop_Bastrop-TX.html
Long before white men arrived, this region was inhabited by Tonkawa and Comanche Indians. In 1691 the first Spanish explorers crossed this territory en route to east Texas. From their route, parts of "El Camino Real" (the King's Highway)…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18C4_thomas-h-mays_Bastrop-TX.html
Thomas H. Mays was born in 1802 in Virginia and emigrated to Texas from Tennessee in 1830. In 1834, he became Bastrop's first municipal surveyor and platted the city's new streets. Two years later, he was wounded in the leg at the Battle of San Ja…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18C3_first-baptist-church-of-bastrop_Bastrop-TX.html
On August 3, 1850, Elder G.G. Baggerly, pastor at the First Baptist Church of Austin, organized the Missionary Baptist Church of Bastrop with eleven members. On September 5, 1850, the new church sent its first messengers to the Colorado Baptist As…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18AI_site-of-bastrop-military-institute_Bastrop-TX.html
A Methodist Institution · Chartered January 24, 1852 as Bastrop Academy · ? Rechartered under the Auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church South in 1853 · In 1856 became the Bastrop Military Institute
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18AG_the-bastrop-advertiser_Bastrop-TX.html
In June 1852, Bastrop's Colorado Reveille newspaper ended its brief run. In December of that year, William J. Cain, a young printer from Mississippi, bought the press and printing materials and started the Bastrop Advertiser. The newspaper began a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18AE_primera-baptist-church_Bastrop-TX.html
On March 1, 1903, Primera Iglesia Bautista organized as the culmination of mission work carried out by Primera Iglesia Bautista of Welder. By 1907, the congregation constructed their first church building. Led by the Rev. Paul C. Bell, the growing…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18A9_first-national-bank-of-bastrop_Bastrop-TX.html
First bank in county. In early days, money for safekeeping was placed with mercantile firms.
Organized as "Bank of Bastrop County," in March 1889; became a national bank on Aug. 10, 1889.
Presidents of this bank have been J.C. Buchanan, B.D.…