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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHL8_old-rock-store_Austin-TX.html
Influenced by the style of early German rock buildings in central Texas, James Andrew Patton (1853-1944) supervised the construction of this building in 1898. A German mason laid the stone.Patton fought Comanches as a Texas Ranger and was a civic …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHKU_site-of-marfa-army-air-field_Marfa-TX.html
During World War II, The U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) established a significant number of training airfields across the state of Texas. The USAAF Western Flying Training Command selected Marfa as the site for an advanced multi-engine flying school…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHKT_bonner-cemetery_Streetman-TX.html
Established in 1867 as a final resting place for William Bonner, Dr. John Bonner, and their descendants. The two brothers, natives of South Carolina, came to Texas in the early 1850s, settling in Freestone County. Here they amassed thousands of ac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHJX_marathon_Marathon-TX.html
Fort Pena Colorada, the last active fort in this area, on the old Comanche Trail, about 4 miles to the southwest was established in 1879. Marathon was founded in 1881. Named by an old sea captain, A.E. Shepard, for the Plain of Marathon, in Greece…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHJH_denuded-ouachita-rock-belt_Montague-Township-TX.html
Denuded Ouachita Rock Belt In highway cuts toward the east are excellent exposures of almost vertical rocks layers—part of the Ouachita Fold Belt, a northeasterly trending folded and faulted mountainous range which was uplifted about 275 to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHIT_burgess-water-hole_Alpine-TX.html
Called San Lorenzo by Juan Dominguez de Mendoza,1684. Later Charco Alzate in honor of an Apache chieftain. Water hole honoring John W. Burgess, pioneer freighter who here outwitted the Apaches. The emigrant road to California by the way of Chihuah…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHIS_mcdonald-observatory-of-the-university-of-texas_Fort-Davis-TX.html
Original unit in complex forming one of the great observatory centers of the world. Built in the 1930s under terms of legacy from William Johnson McDonald (1844-1926), a Paris (Texas) banker interested in the stars. A well-educated man, McDonald l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHIM_robinson-macken-house_Austin-TX.html
Built in 1876 for the family of Elizabeth and John Robinson, Sr., this two-and-one-half-story frame house is a fine example of the Second Empire style of architecture coupled with Italianate detailing. Located within the original 1839 Austin town …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHIL_henderson-county_Athens-TX.html
Front:Henderson County C. S. A.Voted 400 - 49 for session. Sent about 1,000 into Confederate Army, with one detachment of 150 having only 13 live to return. Caldwell's farm, three miles northeast, and Fincastle, 19 miles southeast of Athens, had c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHI5_chambers-hotel_Marathon-TX.html
Chambers Hotel. Original adobe building constructed in 1891. First owner, Mrs. Mary Collins. Purchased in 1905 by (Gran) Chambers. Enlarged and a wooden frame built over the thick walls. Operated as Chambers Hotel until 1930.