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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15Q1_old-quarry-site_Austin-TX.html
Limestone quarried at this site was hauled to Congress Avenue by oxen and used in constructing the 1853 Texas Capitol Building. The structure burned in 1881, but stone from the Capitol ruins later used in several Austin building projects. The quar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHS4_davis-cemetery_Austin-TX.html
George W. Davis (ca. 1809-1884), his wife Emiline P. Moore Davis (1810-1872) and family arrived in Texas in 1835. George served in Captain Mosely Baker's company at the Battle of San Jacinto while Emiline spent six weeks with the children on the b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH6M_first-cumberland-presbyterian-church-of-austin_Austin-TX.html
In 1853, missionary Rev. E.B. Crisman formally organized the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Austin. Members met in a frame building at 7th and Lavaca streets until 1892, when they replaced it with a stone structure. In 1906, a dispute over a ch…