Historical Marker Series

Texas 1936 Centennial Markers and Monuments

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In early Texas had Apache, Comanche, Kiowa camps and mountain lookouts. White settlement began at Camp Colorado, U.S. 2nd Cavalry post on Jim Ned Creek, 1857. County was created Feb. 1, 1858. Named for Robert M. Coleman (1799-1837), a signer of Texas Declar…
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Originally established on the Colorado River by the United States Army as a protection for the frontier against hostile Indians Moved in August, 1856, to this site Abandoned by Federal troops February 26, 1861 The site became the property in 1870 o…
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Explored 1541 on behalf of Spain by Francisco De Coronado. Visited by Texans early as the 1840's. Mapped by U.S. Army expedition of Capt. Randolph Marcy, 1849.      Yielded salt for use of early settlers and hunters. Was site of buffalo hunters' capit…
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First county seat of Runnels County ▲ Established in 1880 as Runnels City ▲ Declined after removal of the county seat to Ballinger in 1888
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First county seat of Runnels County ▲ Established in 1880 as Runnels City ▲ Declined after removal of the county seat to Ballinger in 1888
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Discovered in this vicinity on April 14, 1689 by Alonso de Leon. Named in honor of "Our Lady of Guadalupe" patron saint of Mexico. Here at a ford, used since Indian days, Empresario Martin de Leon founded the town of Victoria in 1824.
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Thirteen miles southeast of Inez is located the site of Fort St. Louis. First French settlement in Texas attempted by Rene Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle in 1685. Devastated by the Karankawa Indians, burned by members of the Alonso De Leon Expedition in …
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Authorized effective August 1, 1899 La Grange, Fayette County
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Father of Texas education. President of the Republic of Texas, 1836-1841. He lived here from 1851 to 1859.
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In this vicinity of this site was Mission Dolores A Visita established in 1750 as a part of Jose De Escandon's project to settle the region and civilize and Christianize the Indians
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