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10234 Barton Cemetery Buda This property was part of a Mexican land grant awarded to Ben Milam in 1826. James U. Barton (1814-1893) brought his family to Texas from alabama ... 10255 Basil Dailey House East side of W. San Antonio St., between Harvey and North streets. Marker reported missing Nov. 2018. -- (medallion only). 10235 Beef for the Confederacy Take IH-35 S approx. 3 miles to rest stop area (Mile Marker 211); west side of IH-35 Throughout Hays County, 1861-65, as in the rest of texas, beef production for the Confederacy was a major patriotic service. Leading ranchers, called ... 10237 Belvin Street Historic District Bishop and Belvin St. This street was named in 1876 for the Rev. R. H. Belvin, president of Coronal Institute, 1870-1875. San Marcos, founded in 1845, was acquiring better ... 10283 Beverly Hutchison House Texas State University, Alumni House / Center for Retention Management, NE corner N. LBJ Dr. and University Dr. Marker is at LBJ Dr. entrance. Designed by German architect Charles S. Sinz; built 1896 for the Beverly Hutchison family; later owned by L. Robertson, E. O. Bethke, R. e. Miller ... 10238 Blanco Chapel Off Cypress Road (CR 225) on private property. Blanco Chapel 1865. Built of limestone and hand-split cypress by Ezekiel Nance. Served as church and school until 1880's. Recorded Texas Historic ... 10240 Buda Ash and Main St. Originally known as Du Pre, Buda was founded along a line of the International and Great Northern Railroad. Cornelia A. Trimble gave land for the ... 10241 Buda Christian Church corner of San Marcos and Live Oak St. Organized in 1893, the Buda Christian Church met in the Methodist church building until a church was built on this site in 1903. After it was destroyed ... 14464 Buda School Buda THE BUDA SCHOOL SYSTEM ORGANIZED FROM THE CONSOLIDATION OF SEVERAL 19TH CENTURY RURAL SCHOOLS, INCLUDING ELM GROVE (LARGEST SCHOOL IN HAYS COUNTY ... 10242 Buda United Methodist Church corner of San Marcos and Elm St. This church was established in 1880 under the leadership of the rev. Thomas Garrett, one of the pioneer Methodist circuit riders who conducted early ... 10244 Built in 1850's by Edw. Burleson, Jr. from Old Post Rd., take Lime Kiln Rd. north approx. 1.5 mi. to home on private property Built in 1850's by Edw. Burleson, Jr., frontier fighter. Birthplace of A. S. Burleson, member of Woodrow Wilson cabinet. Recorded Texas Historic ... 17342 Bunton Branch Bridge Kyle Crossing, W side, 0.2 mi. NE of Old Bridge Trail. Bridge is 150 feet SW of the marker. Marker reported damaged Oct. 2022. Replacement in progress. Bridge No. 44, now known as the Bunton Branch Bridge, is located just north of Kyle on a north-south section of road that parallels Interstate 35, ... 10245 Burleson Home Texas State University, Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, access to site by permission only Home of Gen. Edward Burleson (1793-1851), officer in Texas War for Independence; vice president of Republic of Texas, 1841-1844; leader in frontier ... 15959 Burns Sons' Gravesite 24025 Ranch Road 12 Burns Sons' Gravesite Established 1879 Historic Texas Cemetery, 2008 15576 Butler Cemetery Driftwood

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18011 C.W. Burdett Off Deer Lake Road on private property. Map dot approximate. Clarence W. Burdett (1913-2001) helped build his family’s store in Wimberley in 1932, supervising the construction of the building using native and ... 10247 Caldwell-Kone-Hyatt House 618 W. Hutchison Robert M. Caldwell (1836-84), son of pioneer Texas colonists, built this house in 1869. His wife, Mary, was a sister of Col. E. M. House (1858-1938), ... 18248 Calhoun Ranch Wimberley Calhoun Ranch is one of the oldest working ranches in Hays County, continuously owned and operated by the same family. In 1872, Thomas Dodsworth ... 10248 Camp Ben McCulloch No. 946, United Confederate Veterans from US 290 W (Austin) take FM 1826 SW approx. 6.3 mi. to entrance to Camp Hays County Confederate veterans and their families gathered for a reunion in the summer of 1896 and formally organized the Camp Ben McCulloch Chapter ... 17004 Cementerio del Rio San Marcos, 2801 FM 621 LOCATED ON THE SAN MARCOS RIVER, ONE HALF MILE DOWNRIVER FROM THE OLD CAMINO REAL CROSSING, CEMENTERIO DEL RIO IS SITUATED CLOSE TO THE ORIGINAL ... 10321 Cemetery Chapel from Courthouse take RR 12 approx. 1.2 miles north (chapel near center rear section of San Marcos Cemetery) This cemetery is located on a ten-acre tract of land sold by Judy and Shadrach Dixon to the San Marcos Cemetery Association in 1876. Built about ... 24305 Cen-Tex Wool Mill marker pending marker pending 10252 Charles Cock Home Moon Dr. and Hopkins St. Erected 1867 by Chs. S. Cock (1819-1897), farmer and city mayor (1881-1883). Home is built of limestone, elm, pine, and cedar. Recorded Texas Historic ... 10294 Charles Lewis McGehee Cabin RR 621 (Staples Road) SE 2.6 miles to Old Bastrop Hwy. (CR 266), NE 1.5 miles to entrance to Rancho del Camino Real on private property The McGehee family came to Texas from Alabama in 1847. In 1859, Charles Lewis McGehee, Jr. (1837-1929) acquired this property along the San Marcos ... 18897 Cheatham-Hohenberg Cemetery NW corner of SH 80 and Old Bastrop Hwy. The cemetery is 0.6 mi. W of the marker, N of Old Martindale Rd. Close to the east bank of the Blanco River before its confluence with the San Marcos River, a solitary knoll protrudes from the Blackland Prairie. ... 10291 Claiborne Kyle Log House from Kyle take Old Stagecoach Rd. SW approx. 4 miles Col. John Claiborne Kyle (d. 1867) and his wife Lucy (Bugg) (d. 1863), natives of Tennessee came to the Republic of texas from Mississippi in 1844. ... 18952 Cocke Cemetery Off Hy Rd. (CR 147) on private property. Map dot approximate. Established 1883. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2016 15989 Cora Jackman Donalson House 200 South Sledge St Cora Frances Jackman (b. 1853) was the daughter of Sidney Drake and Martha (Slavin) Jackman. Her father, a Confederate general during the Civil War ... 18616 Coronado Cemetery To reach the cemetery from IH 35 near Buda (approximately 17 miles north of San Marcos), take the Niederwald Exit and turn east (right) on 2001. Go approximately .1 mile and turn right, staying on FM 2001. Drive 5.1 miles farther to the intersection of Co. Road 157 and 2001. Turn right on 157 and go .9 miles to intersection with Mathias Road. Turn left on Mathias and go 1.7 miles (to Coronado Lane). The cemetery is located on the right side of the road. Established 1908 Historic Texas Cemetery – 2009 12730 Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Fort Street Presbyterian Church) 516 W. Hopkins Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Fort Street Presbyterian Church) An architectural landmark in San Marcos, this church building exhibits Classic elements ... 10254 Czichos House also known as the Schlameus House, in Pioneer Town Resort; in Wimberley take River Road 1 mi. west of RR 12 Of hand-hewn cedar logs chinked with clay. built in Comal County about 1850. Home, 1858-1951, family of Dr. Adolph Schlameus, who taught area's first ...

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23632 Danforth-Kerbow House marker pending marker pending 23312 Don Felipe Roque de la Portilla RR 621 (Staples Rd) SE to Old Bastrop Hwy, 1.2 mi. NE to marker on west side of the road, S of San Marcos River. At the request of Manuel Antonio Cordero y Bustamante, interim Governor of the Province of Texas, Spanish-born Army captain and rancher, Felipe Roque ... 10312 Dr. Joseph M. Pound Pound House Museum, 570 Founders Park Road (1827-1914) In Mexican War at age 19. Got M.D. at Louisville, Ky. In 1853 settled 2 miles from here. Home was clinic-hospital for young and old, ... 10258 Driftwood Cemetery behind Driftwood Church This cemetery traces its origin to the building of a sanctuary by the Driftwood Methodist Episcopal church, South, here in 1884. The sanctuary was ... 10259 Driftwood Church Driftwood Community Church, RM 150 E side opposite Elder Hill Rd Early Methodist church services in Driftwood were held in the Reaves School (1 mi. N) by the Rev. John Alexander Garison (1849-1933), who served ... 10261 Dripping Springs Academy on Old Fitzhugo Rd. approx. 1 block north of Mercer St. Founded 1881 by W. M. Jordan, noted Baptist preacher. Its stone building was given to Pedernales Baptist Association 1883; then to public school ... 10260 Dripping Springs United Methodist Church from Dripping Springs take RR 12 N approx. 1 mile to church (marker on east church entrance) Methodists in the Dripping Springs area first gathered for worship in the one-room log home of Dr. J. W. Pound in 1854. Two prominent 19th-century ... 10262 Dunbar School Dunbar Park, Endicott St. SE of MLK Dr. Private instruction for black children in San Marcos may have begun as early as 1847, but the first public school was founded in 1877 with 50 pupils. ...

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10264 Farmers Union Gin Company at the corner of Grove and Hill St. Local farmers Henry Kellerman, J. H. Barbee, A. H. Fleming, I. B. Rylander, and J. H. Williams purchased this site in 1908. Through their efforts ... 17822 First Baptist Church NBC of San Marcos 420 S. Mitchell Street In 1866 Rev. Moses Johns met with freedmen to organize the Colored Baptist Church Zion, San Marcos’ first African American congregation. In 1872 ... 10265 First Baptist Church of Buda 104 San Marcos In July 1882, the year after the founding of Du Pre, now Buda, M. Lawson, A. Teague and W. A. Hancock petitioned the San Marcos Baptist Association ... 10266 First Baptist Church of Dripping Springs corner of W US. 290 and San Marcos St. (new sanctuary 2010) Organized June 1872 with 12 charter members and the Rev. G. G. Rucker as pastor. Led in forming Pedernales Baptist Association, 1873. Members W. ... 10267 First Baptist Church of Kyle Nance and Center St. Founded at Mountain City, 1872. Original pastor: the Rev. J. C. Tally. A dynamic congregation, this church within two months of its origin licensed ... 10268 First Baptist Church of San Marcos 325 W. McCarty Street City's third oldest congregation. Pioneer in church-related education. Organized Oct. 25, 1857, by the Rev. Milton Caperton, a missionary. Charter ... 10269 First Christian Church of San Marcos 216 W. San Antonio St. Formed by the Rev. Henry Thomas in 1853 with only two members, the congregation had grown to fifty members by 1856. After the Civil War, it was reactivated ... 10272 First National Bank of San Marcos 123 N. Edward Gary Ed J. L. Green (1841-1924) came to San Marcos in 1859 from Arkansas. He saw the need for a bank, bought the lots on the south side of the Courthouse ... 10273 First Presbyterian Church Hutchison and Mary In 1848, Presbyterian settlers met in log courthouse to hear sermons by the rev. Nathaniel P. Charlot, teacher of area's first Sunday School. In ... 10271 First United Methodist Church 129 W. Hutchison St. First church in Hays County. Organized August 5, 1847, with 9 charter members, by circuit rider A. B. F. Kerr in home of John D. Pitts. Growing congregation ... 15508 Fisher Hall 1132 Belvin 10270 Founding of the First Methodist Church 231 Guadalupe St. On this site, in the log house of John D. Pitts (1797-1861), circuit rider A. B. F. Kerr (1823-81), on Aug. 5, 1847, organized the first church in ...

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18012 J. H. and Abbie Barbee House 220 N Johnson at the corner of Belvin J.H. AND ABBIE BARBEE HOUSE John Howard Barbee was born in Stringtown, a stretch of farms outside San Marcos, in 1854. Barbee was a businessman, ... 22391 Jacob's Well at the Natural Area's Interpretive Site, 250 yards northwest of the well 16275 Jacobs Well Cemetery Right side of Jacob's Well Road, 1/4 mile east of Intersection of 2325 and Jacob's Well Road Since 1883, Jacobs Well (Jacob’s Well) Cemetery has served as a final resting place for area residents. In 1876, three schools were organized nearby, ... 16422 James C. Lane House 306 Wimberley Square Wimberley builder James Calvin Lane (1902-1976) built this home in 1935 adjacent to a café operated by his wife, Rebecca (Cobb). Lane later built ... 10299 James Lafayette and Eliza Pitts Malone House 1236 Belvin St. This house was built in 1891-92 for James L. and Eliza Malone. The Malones, parents of 16 children, were among the early pioneer families in the ... 20190 James-Duran-Alba Cemetery 2620 Bell Springs Rd. 10296 John F. McGehee Home 832 Belvin St. Built in 1889 by John Francis McGehee (1838-1922), a veteran of Hood's Brigade in Civil War. The house, constructed of pine hauled from Bastrop, ... 10327 John Henry Saunders Homestead Square Born in Virginia, John Henry Saunders (1850-1919) served in the Confederate Cavalry and came to Texas in 1870, via Tennessee and Indian Territory. ... 10249 John Matthew Cape House 316 W. Hopkins This late Victorian style home was built in 1902 for the family of John Matthew Cape (1861-1933). Cape owned several cotton gins along the San Marcos ... 10257 John R. Dobie House approx. 150 yds. north of town square on Old Kyle Rd. Constructed about 1892 for Charles and Susannah Cock, this house was purchased by John R. and Martha Dobie in 1899. A native of Scotland, Dobie (1849-1924) ... 10243 John Wheeler Bunton corner of Burleson and Center St. (city square) Born in Sumner County, Tenn., John Wheeler Bunton migrated to Texas in 1833. To secure freedom for his new homeland, he signed the Texas Declaration ... 10317 Joseph B. Rogers House take RR 967 E approx. 4 miles The son of settlers who came to Texas in 1831, Joseph B. Rogers (1833-1912) served with Terry's Texas Rangers in the Civil War. In 1869 he bought ... 10263 Joseph W. Earnest Home SE corner Belvin and Travis streets A native of Tennessee, Joseph W. Earnest (1844-1920) migrated to Hays County with his parents in 1854. He was a veteran of the Texas Rangers and ... 10315 Julia Ann Ragsdale Home take RR 12 N to Summit Dr.; then east on Summit Dr. approx. .5 miles to Gumbert Ranch (private property) Widow of Dr. Frederick B. Ragsdale (1804-1851), Julia Ann Ragsdale (1821-1908) was a well-educated woman who taught school in Arkansas before she ...

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10310 Katherine Anne Porter at the Katherine Anne Porter childhood home (May 15, 1890 - September 18, 1980) Katherine Anne Porter, one of America's most distinguished writers of fiction, was born Callie Russell Porter ... 23275 King's Highway - Camino Real - Old San Antonio Road NE corner Old Bastrop Highway (CR 266) and Centerpoint Road (CR 234). Pink granite marker 75 of 128 placed in 1918. King's Highway - Camino Real - Old San Antonio Road. Marked by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the State of Texas A.D. 1918 10286 Kone-Cliett House 724 Burleson Edward Reeves Kone (1848-1933) served from the 1860s as Hays County attorney, sheriff, judge, and education superintendent, and from 1908 to 1914 ... 10287 Kone-Yarbrough House 903 Belvin This Victorian residence with its unusual central chimney was erected in 1886 for the growing family of Sam R. Kone, Jr. (1855-1941), a successful ... 14069 Kuykendall 101 Ranch Mausoleum Buda 10288 Kyle City Hall Square, 106 S. Main Two antebellum settlements, the Blanco or Nance community (7 mi. W) and Mountain City (3 mi. W), provided the early population and business for Kyle ... 10289 Kyle Auction Oak 204 S. Sledge When Kyle was founded along the International & Great Northern Railroad in 1880, this giant liveoak was site of a public auction of town lots. The ... 10290 Kyle Cemetery take CR 136 (Old Stagecoach Rd.) SW approx. 2.5 miles Many people instrumental in the early development of this area are buried in Kyle Cemetery. Colonel Clairborne Kyle, one of Hays County's original ... 22587 Kyle Depot Kyle Railroad Depot and Heritage Center. NE corner N. Front and E. Center streets. As the International and Great Northern Railroad (I&GN) extended from Austin to San Antonio, the Kyle and Moore families granted 200 acres for ... 18617 Kyle Family Pioneer Cemetery S. Old Stagecoach Rd., 800 feet S of Claiborne Kyle Log House Rd., 200 feet E of S. Old Stagecoach Rd., at S side of Kyle Cemetery Known locally as the Old Slave Cemetery or Kyle Slave Cemetery, the Kyle Family Pioneer Cemetery lay unnoticed and forgotten for many years, tucked ...

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10301 Martin Church of Goforth from IH-35, Buda, take FM 2001 E approx. 4.5 miles to CR 157; turn onto CR 157 and then take immediate turn onto Martin Church Rd.; then go approx. .2 mi. This church was started in 1874 to serve the pioneer settlers of the cotton-producing area around the Goforth community. Worship services were conducted ... 23504 Max and Anna Schiwitz Homestead 4037 Cotton Gin Rd. This 1933 vernacular-style home was the brainchild of Uhland natives Max (1892-1981) and Anna (Seeliger) (1898-1993) Schiwitz. Max Schiwitz was a ... 17245 McElroy-Severn House (Stagecoach House and Onion Creek Post Office) 150 feet north of Loop 4 (Main Street), one mile west of IH 35 The complex that includes the McElroy-Severn House/Stagecoach House and Onion Creek Post Office occupies a 51-acre tract of land on a high bluff ... 10293 McGehee Crossing NW corner of SH 80 and Old Bastrop Hwy. The Camino Real, also known as the Old San Antonio Road and the King's Highway, followed a route from Nacogdoches to the Rio Grande. Louis Juchereau ... 10303 Mexican War Camp 400 N. Hopkins St. -- 18537 Miss Lillie Dobie's House 450 River Road Born in 1881, Lillie Josephine Wagner married John Richard Dobie Jr. in 1901. They bought this land in 1911 and ran a dairy. He built the cottage ... 11982 Mt. Gainer 2 mi. SW of Dripping Springs on CR 190; 3 mi. S on CR 220 Pioneer rancher Joseph P. Gainer, known as Grandpa Gainer, settled 320 acres of land approximately three miles north of this site in 1858. The highest ...

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10320 San Marcos Cemetery from Courthouse take RR 12 N approx. 1.2 miles This cemetery lies within the Mexican land grant acquired by Thomas J. Chambers in 1834. Chambers died in 1865 and in 1867 his widow, Abbey, sold ... 10323 San Marcos Mill Tract 100 Sessom Dr. Located on land that was granted to Juan M. de Veramendi in 1831, this tract was purchased by edward Burleson (1793-1851) in 1844. A native of North ... 10325 San Marcos Springs Aquarena Springs Park Pouring forth millions of gallons of clear, icy water daily, these springs feed the san Marcos River and the 1,380-square-mile area which it drains. ... 10318 San Marcos-Blanco Cemetery from Post Rd./Lime Kiln Rd. intersection (San Marcos) take Post Rd. N approx. 2 miles In 1893 five trustees of the newly formed San Marcos and Blanco Cemetery Association purchased 10.62 acres of land from w. O. and Leonora Hutchison. ... 16486 San Pedro Cemetery 5 mi. S. of San Marcos at County Road 266/Old Bastrop Rd. Hwy. and Posey Rd. San Pedro Cemetery Established 1909 Historic Texas Cemetery - 2007 23635 San Vicente Cemetery S of 624 S. Old Stage Coach Rd This cemetery was officially established in 1907 to serve the Mexican community of Kyle during a period when burial grounds were typically segregated. ... 10326 Sanders-Grosgebauer House 827 W. San Antonio Built on historic San Antonio Street (originally the stagecoach road to San Antonio) by S. H. and Annie Sanders about 1913, this house was subsequently ... 10328 Sink Springs Spring Rd., 0.1 mi. NW of Post Rd. An important element in the development of San Marcos, the Sink Springs are a part of a system of springs in the area which feed the San Marcos River. ... 10253 Site of Coronal Institute 500 W. Hutchison Established 1868 by educator O. N. Hollingsworth. A private school, it was coeducational and offered military training to boys. So-named because ... 10274 Site of Hays County's First Public Building Moon Drive, Texas State University Early San Marcos settlers erected log house here in 1847. Of elm, cedar and cypress, and built for church and school, the cabin had a floor of dirt, ... 10324 Site of San Marcos National Fish Hatchery south end of walkway to the main Administration Building amongst the old fish ponds (First Federal fish hatchery in Texas) Established in 1893 on the 25-acre tract known as the W. D. Wood place. In early years the fish produced here ... 10314 Site of Sidney J. Pyland Blacksmith Shop Wimberley While still a young boy, Sidney J. Pyland accompanied his parents on their journey from Tennessee to Wimberley about 1880. In 1895, at the age of ... 10319 Site of the First Town of San Marcos from (IH-35) take RR 621 SE approx. 2.6 miles to Old Bastrop Rd. (CR 266); then NE on bastrop rd. approx. 1.3 miles Known officially as Villa de San Marcos de Neve. Established in 1807 by Mexican settlers. The population on January 6, 1808 was 81. A flood in 1808 ... 16941 Southside School Northwest corner of Lee and LBJ Streets During the first half of the 20th century, San Marcos, like most communities across the United States, segregated its school facilities. Mexican-American ... 18762 Stringtown 3300 block Hunter Road, northwest side near Kissing Tree neighborhood entrance, 0.6 mi. NE of W. Centerpoint Rd. and 0.4 mi. SW of E. McCarty Ln. John Drayton Pitts (1798-1861) was born, according to family lore, on a ship as his parents sailed to America. A civil engineer by profession, Pitts ...

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14235 Talbot, P.T., & Sons Building San Marcos 10246 The Calaboose corner of Martin Luther King and Fredericksburg Constructed as the first Hays County Jail in 1873, this small brick structure was later an annex for black prisoners. Known locally as the "Calaboose," ... 10336 The Century-Old Wimberley Cemetery NW corner Old Kyle Rd. and Blue Hole Rd. This land was first patented to Amasa Turner in 1847. Settlers erected a log cabin here which served as a church and school facility. Worship services ... 10280 The Courthouses of Hays County west side of Courthouse Square When Hays County originated in 1848, its one public building was a log church-schoolhouse that had to serve as the courthouse, along with its other ... 23772 The East Guadalupe Neighborhood marker pending marker pending 10300 The Marshall-Chapman Home 500 Mercer St. Burrell J. Marshall (1826-1872) built this residence in 1871 by adding rooms of native limestone to an existing frame structure. He used his home ... 10292 The Old Lime Kiln from Old Post Road take Lime Kiln Road north This site near the source of the San Marcos River was part of the Thomas J. Chambers grant of 1834. The tract was sold in 1848 to Gen. Edward Burleson ... 23480 The Veracruz Family of Kyle Marker pending marker pending 10333 Thompson Plantations San Marcos Part of the Thomas G. McGehee land grant of 1835, this site was the hub of the four Thompson plantations. Confederate veteran William A. Thompson ... 10332 Thompson's Island Homeplace Conway and River Road Dr. William Alexander Thompson (1803-1879) made an agreement with neighbors in 1850 to use the San Marcos River for irrigation and as a source of ... 10331 Thompson's Islands approx. 100' SW of the intersection of Cape St. and River Rd. William A. Thompson brought his family and slaves to Texas from Louisiana in 1850. They established plantations in Caldwell and Hays counties. With ...

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20107 W. T. Chapman 500 Mercer St. Born in Georgia, William Thomas Chapman (1835-1917) came to Texas after the Civil War during which he was wounded, incarcerated and released after ... 10334 Watkins Elm Marker reported missing Feb. 2009. This elm was planted in 1868 by Confederate veteran Samuel M. Watkins (1826-1920) here at site afterward occupied for a century by his family. 10335 Wesley Chapel A. M. E. Church 224 S. Fredericksburg St. traces its history to 1875, and is believed to be the oldest African American congregation in San Marcos. the first church building was erected on ... 22750 William B. Travis League 13551 RM 150 In 1835, 26-year-old attorney William Barret “Buck” Travis (1809-1836) finalized application for his one and only Mexican land grant of more than ... 10305 William W. Moon corner of C. M. Allen Pkwy. and Hutchison (March 25, 1814 - Jan. 7, 1897) Orphaned two days after his birth, William W. Moon grew up with two uncles in his native Alabama. He married Sophronia ... 10337 Wimberley Mills SW side RR 12, 100 feet E of River Rd. In 1848 William C. Winters (1809-64), a veteran of San Jacinto, came to this valley and built a grist mill and sawmill on Cypress Creek. A settlement ... 18536 Wimberley-Hughes House 14050-B Ranch Road 12 Zachary Taylor “Zach” Wimberley began construction on this house around 1877 for his first wife, Mary Elizabeth Franklin. Built of board and batten ... 12006 Winters-Wimberley House RR 12 at River Road William Carvin Winters (1809-1864) and his wife Lavinia Winters (1805-1891) came to Texas from Tennessee in 1834, along with other members of his ... 10338 Wonder Cave corner of Prospect (1200 block) and Allen In Balcones Fault, created by prehistoric earth shift. Said to have been campsite of Indians and Spaniards, especially priests who planted anaqua ... 13939 WPA Projects at Kyle School Blanco and Nance streets Public education in the Kyle area dates to the Texas Constitution of 1876 and its establishment of a statewide free school system. Under this legislation, ...