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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM220L_native-americans-at-bull-creek_Austin-TX.html
Archeological investigations of the Bull Creek area show utilization by humans stretching back at least 9,000 years. The canyons of Bull Creek offered the criteria of favored campsites on the Edwards Plateau: shelter in or near pecan groves (pecan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM220K_walden-mill-at-bull-creek_Austin-TX.html
Before electricity, flowing water was a prime source of energy to run mills for sawing lumber and grinding grains. The Mormons are credited with construction, in 1846, of one of Travis County's first mills on Bull Creek. That mill was created afte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W0H_austin-memorial-park-cemetery-historical_Austin-TX.html
As the population of the city of Austin grew larger during the early 20th century, a privately owned cemetery with plots available for purchase by the public became necessary. In 1927, Austin Memorial Park, a private corporation, purchased farm la…
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/HM1DH0_seiders-oaks_Austin-TX.html
Site of 1839 home and 1842 massacre of Gideon White. A daughter, Louisa, wed (1846) Edward Seiders, for whom oaks are named.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D4R_balcones-fault-aids-colonization-of-texas_Austin-TX.html
Curving through the center of Texas from Hill County south and west to Uvalde County is the rugged escarpment-fault called Balcones. The abundance of natural resources associated with this geologic formation affected the pattern of colonization in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHHO_the-radkey-house_Austin-TX.html
A typical post-Civil War Austin dwelling, built about 1870 two blocks from the State Capitol for merchant and metalsmith Bernard Radkey (1846-83) and his wife, Mary Cummings Radkey (1851-96). Structure is of cypress wood. Radkey served as a city a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD98_mount-bonnell_Austin-TX.html
Rising 775 feet above sea level, this limestone height was named for George W. Bonnell, who came to Texas with others to fight for Texas independence, 1836. Was commissioner of Indian Affairs in Republic of Texas under president Sam Houston. Moved…