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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23DP_the-antlers-caboose-rooms_Kingsland-TX.html
The cabooses were built by the International Railway Car Company for the Norfolk & Western Railroad. Each weighs 54,000 pounds and went into service in 1969 (Red), 1970 (Green), and 1976 (Yellow). The three different heralds painted on the sides r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23DO_mckinley-coach_Kingsland-TX.html
The McKinley Coach is the oldest rail car at The Antlers Hotel. Construction with square nails date it to the 1800's. Coach/baggage combination cars were especially suited for shortline railroads such as the 7 mile long Rockdale, Sandow & Southern…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H9T_antlers-hotel_Kingsland-TX.html
The juncture of the Llano and Colorado Rivers has attracted visitors for millenia. European settlers, including Martin D. King, began moving to the area in the 19th century. King purchased land here in 1877, and it is for him that Kingsland is nam…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML61_fisher-miller-grant_Kingsland-TX.html
Stretches between Llano and Colorado Rivers westward almost to the Pecors. An 1842 grant of 3,800,000 acres from the Texas Republic, purchased in 1844 by the German Emigration Society. Commissioner General John O. Meusebach founded Fredericksburg …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDLG_early-explorers-in-llano-county_Kingsland-TX.html
By commission of the Governor of Spanish Texas, Bernardo de Miranda in 1756 examined Cerro del Almagre, a red ochre hill supposedly rich in silver. His party of 23 from San Antonio struck Honey Creek near here, then went to the junction of the Lla…
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