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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH62_richard-ellis_Austin-TX.html
Born in Virginia February 14, 1781. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, 1820. Signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and President of the Constitutional Convention, 1836. Senator in the Congress of the Republic of Texas, 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH61_james-euwin-edmiston_Webberville-TX.html
An Arkansas native, James Euwin Edmiston came to Texas in 1835, settling near present Webberville. He was a Texas Ranger during the Texas Revolution, and took part in several Indian battles in this area. He was involved in the Woll Expedition and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH60_david-crawford-edmiston_Webberville-TX.html
A native of Arkansas, David C. Edmiston came to Texas with his family in 1835. As a young man David served with a frontier defense unit of the Texas Rangers. He later served as a Ranger in the Mexican War and was a soldier in the Confederate Army …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH5Z_eanes-marshall-ranch_Austin-TX.html
Alexander Eanes (1806-1888) moved to Texas from Mississippi in 1845 and acquired this ranch by 1857. In 1873 he sold the property to his brother, Robert Eanes (1805-1895), who had moved to the area following the Civil War. A log cabin built on the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH5Y_eanes-cemetery_West-Lake-Hills-TX.html
The establishment of this cemetery in 1874 provided for the burial of travelers and residents of eastern Travis County who did not have a family graveyard. The land was donated by early Eanes settlers William and Sophia Teague, who also deeded par…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH5X_clara-driscoll_Austin-TX.html
Patriot, philanthropist, writer, public figure, born at St. Mary's, Refugio County; daughter of Robert and Julia Fox Driscoll, and descendant of a hero of San Jacinto; was educated in Texas, New York and France.
In 1903 came her finest hour. Wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH5W_doyle-farm_Austin-TX.html
Arrival on Sept. 21, 1874, of two brothers of Holy Crossat theDoyle FarmJames Doyle (1795?-1866). A native of Ireland, came to Texas in 1835. He was a stonemason, and in 1853 had charge of part of the work on the limestone Capitol being built in A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH5V_j-frank-dobie-house_Austin-TX.html
Built in 1925, this house was occupied by eminent Texas author, educator, and folklorist J. Frank Dobie (1888-1964) and his wife Bertha from 1926 until their deaths. Dobie, who taught a popular course at the University of Texas on the life and lit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH5T_susanna-w-dickinson_Austin-TX.html
Almaron and Susanna Dickinson settled in Gonzales about 1835 as members of DeWitt's colony. Present with her daughter, Angelina, when the Alamo fell in March 1836, Susanna witnessed the deaths of Almaron and the other Texans. She was released by M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH56_deep-eddy-bathing-beach_Austin-TX.html
Swedish immigrant Charles Johnson built a large home for his family on 39 acres of land in this vicinity in the 1850s. In 1902 two of his children, Mary and Henry, opened Deep Eddy Resort. The Johnsons named the park for a deep hole in the limesto…