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429 1894 Blanco County Jail 7th Street and Avenue G, Johnson City (on county courthouse square) Noting the unhealthy dampness of the basement where prisoners were first kept after the Blanco County seat was moved to Johnson City, the commissioners ...

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6385 Adrian Edwards Conn Home corner of Main and 3rd Built before 1873, with walls 16 inches thick. Has hand-dug well, rock-walled cellar and underground cistern. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, ... 12394 Amenthal 819 River Rd. Constructed of native stone quarried near the site, this home was built in 1882-83 in Pittsburg (later annexed by Blanco) by Irish craftsman Laurence ...

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14118 Blanco Cemetery Blanco Cemetery. S side Callahan St. between Jones Ave. and Chandler St. (Loop 163) Established 1856 Historic Texas cemetery – 2006 426 Blanco County on county courthouse grounds in Johnson City Formed from Burnet, Hays, Gillespie and Comal counties. Created February 12, 1858, organized April 12, 1858. Named for the stream which traverses ... 427 Blanco County Courthouse located on courthouse square (7th and G street) in Johnson City Designed by San Antonio architect Henry T. Phelps, the 1916 Blanco County Courthouse was the first permanent courthouse built after the seat of government ... 5550 Blanco County Trail Drives located on US 290 west, in front of Johnson Ranch Headquarters (Avenue N and Main Street, western edge of Johnson City) From this headquarters site in the 1870s, the brothers J. T. and Sam Ealy Johnson started thousands of cattle up trails to Kansas and other shipping ... 430 Blanco High School 814 11th St. Chartered in 1883, Blanco High School began as a combination private and public school. A white limestone schoolhouse was constructed at this site ... 431 Blanco Methodist Church corner of 1st and Pecan Street in Blanco Organized, 1854, by Rev. Daniel Rawls, Methodist circuit rider. Six charter members. Worship was held in log cabin and frame building until 1882. ... 15929 Blanco State Park Blanco State Park, 101Park Road 23 19979 Brown Cemetery 149 Hye-Albert Road

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17678 Dr. James F. Barnwell 208 Ave. G James Franklin Barnwell was born on October 23, 1874 in Bowdon, Georgia. His family had a tradition of doctors, including his grandfather and three ... 3671 Dr. James Odiorne 6th and Nugent, adjacent to Courthouse Square, Johnson City (1816-1887) Prominent pioneer physician, civic leader. Practiced medicine in Illinois and Kentucky before settling in Texas in 1857; moved to Blanco ...

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3231 Elitha Smith Martin From US 281, 0.1 mi. E on RR 962 to Church Rd., 400 feet to marker in front of former Round Mountain Methodist Church on private property (Jan. 30, 1830-Aug. 10, 1899) Prominent local businesswoman; born in Patrick County, Virginia, she married John Martin (1826-69) on June 27, 1848. ...

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1617 First Baptist Church of Blanco Northwest corner of 4th St (RR 1623) and Terri Ln Led by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Silliman and the Rev. Joseph Bird (1821-1909), this congregation was organized on November 6, 1859, with five charter ... 1641 First Baptist Church of Johnson City Avenue F and Main Street in Johnson City In 1879, on July 19-20 or August 16-17, seven members formed the Missionary Baptist Church of Christ, present First Baptist Church. The Rev. James ... 1712 First Christian Church of Johnson City 6th Street and Avenue E in Johnson City This congregation was organized in 1903 by the Rev. Tom Smith, an evangelist with the Texas Christian Missionary Society, and twenty-six charter ...

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15914 Gideon Thorp's Arrastre From Round Mountain, Hwy 281 take Hwy 962 West to FM 3347. Turn left on FM 3347 and arrastre is on the left as you cross Walnut Creek about 3 miles from the intersection of Hwy 962 and FM 3347. 23604 Girl Scout Camp Blanco 541 Red Bluff Lane By the 1930s, the Austin Girl Scout Association boasted an impressive fifty troops, but the city’s urban setting posed a challenge in providing opportunities ... 2195 Goeth Ranch House Off RR 962 on private property. Map dot approximate. Situated near well-known Indian Spring where Carl A. Goeth (1835-1912) settled in 1865 and in 1882 built this 2-story limestone house in German tradition. ...

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12395 Home County of Pioneer Leader Joseph Wilson Baines 11 miles northeast of Johnson City on US 281, in roadside park (1846-1906) Born in Louisiana; in 1850 came to Texas, where his father, Rev. Geo. W. Baines, founded a church newspaper and was president of Baylor ... 2607 Hye Post Office 10261 W. Hwy 290 Named for Hiram ("Hye") Brown, founder of store, in 1880. Post office established 1886. Present store with Bavarian metalwork built in 1904. Owned ...

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2835 James Polk Johnson 7th Street and Avenue L in Johnson city (Johnson Family Cemetery) (August 24, 1845-October 20, 1885) A native of Georgia, James Polk Johnson came to Texas with his family and grew up in DeWitt County. Following ... 2829 James Polk Johnson Building 7th Street and Nugent Avenue in Johnson City Built by Johnson City founder James Polk Johnson (1845-1885), this structure has housed a variety of businesses and served as a community gathering ... 3284 Jesse L. McCrocklin Blanco Cemetery, located at Callaghan and Chandler Street, grave is directly behind brick building on Callaghan Street, in Blanco (November 8, 1800-March 22, 1888) Born in Kentucky. Moved to Texas in 1833. In Texas Revolution he fought in Siege of Bexar (1835) and Battle of ... 2388 John Walton Harrington Smith Family Cemetery, near FM 3347 on private property. Map dot approximate. (July 4, 1822-Jan. 7, 1908) A soldier in Army of Republic of Texas at age 13, Harrington served from May 10, 1836, to August 14, 1837. In payment ... 12868 Johnson City Masonic Cemetery North Nugent Street (Spur 356), inside cemetery by the flagpole In 1892, local masons Joseph Bird, W.H. Withers and G.M. Nash, on behalf of Johnson City Masonic Lodge No. 561, purchased land at this site from ... 13484 Joseph and Eliza Bird Residence 265 Bird Lane, off FM 962 Once home to area pioneer Joseph Bird, his wife Eliza, and their extended family, portions of this house date to the mid-1850s. Two single-pen log ... 411 Joseph Bird from Round Mountain (located on US 281) go east 1/8 miles on RR 962 (July 15, 1821-August 15, 1909) For more than 50 years after becoming a pioneer settler of this area, North Carolina native Joseph Bird greatly contributed ...

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2828 L. B. J. Boyhood Home Boyhood Home - Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park. Southeast corner of E. Elm St. and S. Avenue G. (aka 100 Ladybird Lane) Sam Ealy Johnson Jr. (1877-1937) and his wife Rebekah Baines Johnson (1881-1958) bought this residence in 1913. Sam, an educator and six-term Texas ... 16864 Lyndon B. Johnson and Hill Country Electrification Northwest corner of Elm St. and South Avenue F LYNDON B. JOHNSON AND HILL COUNTRY ELECTRIFICATION BY THE 1930s, MANY RESIDENTS OF CITIES ACROSS THE U.S. WERE BENEFITING FROM THE COMMON USE OF ...

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3493 Mt. Horeb Baptist Church from Blanco take 165 8 miles east, then about one mile north on Peyton Colony Rd (CR 409) Born a slave in Virginia, Peyton Roberts became a freedman in Caldwell County, Texas, at the close of the Civil War. He soon moved west to this area ...

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428 Old Blanco County Courthouse Corner of 3rd and Main Street (on public square) in Blanco Designed in Victorian style by architect F. E. Ruffini. Erected in 1886 as first permanent county courthouse, building served only four years--until ...

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16132 Peyton Colony (Board House) Mt. Horeb Baptist Church, Peyton Colony Road (CR 409) In 1865, a group of freed persons, led by Peyton Roberts, established a community they named Peyton Colony. Roberts was born into slavery in Virginia. ... 6391 Peyton Colony Lime Kiln From Blanco take RM 165 8 miles NE, located in roadside park on N side of road near Roberts Ln. Marker reported missing Jun. 2006. Peyton Colony was a freedmen's community established in the 1860s under the leadership of former slave Peyton Roberts. In addition to homes, the ... 24294 Pittsburg marker pending marker pending

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4121 Robert Price located in Round Mountain Cemetery, 1.6 miles west on FM 962, grave is located through 2nd entrance at rear of cemetery, Round Mountain Detailed to guard the baggage at Harrisburg, April 21, 1836. Born August 2, 1811, died August 17, 1900.

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4471 Saint Mary's Help of Christians Catholic Church from Blanco, take US 281 south 6 miles, then go east on CR 473 about one mile; one north side of road In 1850s when first Catholic families came to Blanco County, worship was in homes and halls. Land was purchased in 1887. By efforts of Father Virgilius ...

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6386 Thomas C. and Eliza V. Felps Miller Creek Cemetery, on Miller Creek Road off US 290, north side of the highway 2 mi. E of US 281. Marker is near the center of the cemetery. Born in Tennessee in 1836, Thomas C. Felps came to Texas in 1850 and to this area in 1856. He earned a living by freighting and joined the Blanco ...