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9431 Acme Dry Goods Building 109 W. Main Built in 1892 by Llano builder and stonemason John Goodman (8152-1935), this turn-of-the-century commercial row structure has housed a succession ... 15150 Antlers Hotel The Antlers Inn. Marker is N side of King Ct., 100 feet W of N. Chamberlain St. The juncture of the Llano and Colorado rivers has attracted visitors for millenia. European settlers, including Martin D. King, began moving to ...

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9432 Baby Head Cemetery from Llano take SH 16 N approximately 9.5 mi., marker on E side 1.3 mi. N of CR 216 According to local oral tradition, the name Babyhead was given to the mountain in this area in the 1850s, when a small child was killed by Indians ... 9433 Badu House 601 Bessemer Built in 1891 during the city's iron production boom days, this structure originally housed the First National Bank of Llano. In 1898 it was purchased ... 12721 Bluffton Cemetery 14 miles east of the City of Llano on 2241, 4 miles west of New Bluffton Bluffton Cemetery This site was purchased in 1930 by the Emery, Peck and Rockwood Development Company and donated to the Bluffton Cemetery Association ... 11696 Board Branch Cemetery 1 mile east of Llano on SH 29, then 5.8 miles north on CR 2241, then 0.9 miles west on CR 216 This graveyard developed as a public burial ground for the Lone Grove community and surrounding area on the property of W. A. and Sallie Templeton. ... 15531 Bruhl's Drugstore, Former Site of Llano

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14617 C.S.A. Salt Works roadside park, northwest corner of SH 29 and SH 261 Located between Tow Valley and Old Bluffton, 15 miles NE. Since 1935 under Lake Buchanan. During Civil War made salt for table, curing meat and hides, ... 9434 Cassaday Grey Granite Company Office Building 501 Bessemer Llano businessman Tye Yates Hill built this structure in 1919 to house the office of the Cassaday Grey Granite Company, so named for the man whose ... 9436 Castell marker reported missing May 2008 On the Fisher-Miller land grant three settlements of the German Emigration Company directed by Commissioner General John O. Meusebach began in 1847. ... 12449 Castell School FM 152, Old School House Road, behind Trinity Methodist Church Education for students in Castell may have begun as early as 1852, according to local oral tradition. Earliest written records indicate that the ... 9442 Charles Haynes SH 71 at FM 2147 (September 12, 1814 - December 29, 1868) Born in Vermont, Charles Haynes came to Texas in 1836 with the "Buckeye Rangers" of Ohio to fight for independence. ... 12033 Chew Cemetery 8 mi. N of Llano on CR 405 to CR 438 Born in West Virginia in 1832, George Oliver Chew came to Texas in 1839. He married Nancy Taylor prior to 1870, and they settled in western Llano ... 9458 Community of Valley Spring SH 71 O. C. J. Phillips, first settler, arrived in 1853. Whistleville combined with Bugscuffle to form Valley Spring, with post office established 1878. ...

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14598 Dillard Cooper Llano, 1400 Hickory Street, Llano Street Cemetery South Carolina native Dillard Cooper came to Texas in Jan. 1836 with Capt. John Shackelford’s Red Rovers, landing at Copano Bay and joining Col. ...

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9437 Early Explorers in Llano County 15 mi. SE of Llano, on SH 71, near Honey Creek. By commission of the Governor of Spanish Texas, Bernardo de Miranda in 1756 examined Cerro del Almagre, a red ochre hill supposedly rich in silver. ... 12038 Edna J. Moore Seaholm House 1105 Wright St. Built in 1892 for Frank H. and Alice Hester Hargon with materials purchased from the Llano Brick and Lumber Company for $600, this house is a nicely ...

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12728 First Christian Church of Llano 1105 Oatman St. First Christian Church of Llano This congregation began worshiping together about 1882. Early services were held in a two-room schoolhouse. By 1886, ... 14106 First Known Religious Services Castell 9439 Ford Street Commercial Row 702, 704, 706 Ford St. These three attached structures are believed to have been built by John Goodman, a builder and stone mason who immigrated to Llano from Germany in ... 9456 Frank Teich Courthouse Square (Sept. 22, 1856 - Jan. 27, 1939) A native of Germany, Frank Teich studied under master German artists and sculptors before coming to the United States ...

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9440 German Settlements north side of Llano River bridge (low water), Castell 3 settlements were begun in 1847 on Fisher-Miller land grant by German Emigration Company, under Commissioner General John O. Meusebach. Castell: ... 9441 Grace Episcopal Church 1200 Oatman Begun as Llano Academy, 1881. Venture failed. Purchased 1883 by West Texas Missionary District, Episcopal Church. Building was completed and first ... 17902 Granite Industry in Llano County 12.9 miles East @ intersection of State Hwy. 29 and Highway 261 GRANITE INDUSTRY IN LLANO COUNTY Throughout Llano County, large granite outcrops exist. The first granite quarry in Llano County opened in 1888 on ...

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9444 Homesite of Emil Kriewitz Castell Arriving on the Texas coast from Potsdam, Germany, at the onset of the Mexican war in 1846, Emil Kriewitz began his Texas exploits by serving in ... 14119 Huffman Cemetery from Valley Spring, W on 71, S on CR 405, 1 mi. to sharp right -- take left, continue until road splits, take left (east), road ends at cemetery gate. James Jackson Larremore brought his family to Llano County in 1853. Daughter Martha met and married James S. Huffman in 1856, and the couple resided ...

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12934 Isaac Byler Maxwell ENE via SH 29 and RR 2241 to Bluffton Cemetery (Bluffton Cem. Rd.) Isaac Byler "Ike" Maxwell was born April 21, 1837, in Ripley, Tennessee to Isaac D. and Nancy Love Byler Maxwell. In 1844, after his mother died, ...

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17913 Lantex Theater 113 West Main Street This theater opened on May 19, 1927, on the north side of Llano’s courthouse square. S. D. Rainier and George Shaw hired J. R. Blackmore as their ... 9445 Lappe House private property Near busy Ft. Mason crossing, Colorado River, home of Maurice Lappe, 1884 Swiss emigrant to Texas. Seat of local court. Was among first in Llano ... 13488 Llano City Cemetery 1410 Hickory St. Area residents founded the city of Llano as the county seat for newly-formed Llano County in 1856. By August 1862, with internment of one-year-old ... 14149 Llano County Llano The name "Llano," first given by Spanish explorers in the 18th century to the river traversing the region, is a corruption of the French name given ... 9446 Llano County Courthouse Llano County Courthouse. Marker is affixed to the building at the east entrance facing Ford Street. Designed by Austin architect A.O. Watson, this building is the fourth courthouse for Llano County. Work on the structure began in 1892 and was ... 9447 Llano County Granite Industry in city park on south side of Llano River bridge Llano County's granite industry can be traced to 1888 when J. K. Finlay first polished a stone from his mill site and David Stewart opened a quarry ... 12034 Llano Woman's Culture Club 107 W. Sandstone Local music teacher Jennie Clopton (1861-1904) organized the Woman's Literary Society with 16 charter members in 1901. The club established a public ... 12907 Lone Grove School 8 mi. NE at int. of RR 2241 and CR 216 Lone Grove School Among the rural schools in early Llano County were Lone Grove, Flat Rock, Little Llano, McNutt and Spice Wood. These rural schools ...

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9449 Matthew Mark Moss Llano Was a soldier at San Jacinto in the Texas War for Independence, 1836. Erected by the State of Texas, 1962

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14653 Nine Miles West is the Enchanted Rock NW corner RR 965 and SH 16 From its summit, in the fall of 1841, Captain John C. Hays, while surrounded by Comanche Indians who cut him off from his ranging company, repulsed ...

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9450 O'Henry School Building 1500 Oatman The original section of this two-story schoolhouse was completed in 1887 to serve the Llano students living south of the river. Constructed of native ... 9455 Old Southern Hotel Building NW corner W. Main and Berry streets. Marker faces W. Main Street. J.W. Owen had this hotel building constructed about 1880. Stonemasons J.K. Finlay and John Goodman built the original two-story structure, which ... 9451 Oxford Cemetery from Llano take SH 16 south approx. 10 miles, marker is on east side of SH 16 opposite CR 113 The Oxford community was founded in 1880 when Confederate veteran A. J. Johnson came to Llano County and laid out the townsite. In 1881, a burial ...

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9452 Packsaddle Mountain from Llano take SH 71 southeast 15.2 miles, near intersection of SH 71 and CR 309. Two and one half miles east on the Packsaddle Mountain, in a battle fought August 4, 1873, Captain J. R. Moss, Stephen B. Moss, William B. Moss, ... 15169 Packsaddle Mountain Near SH 71, about 15 miles southeast of Llano, private marker placed in 1938 atop Packsaddle Mountain. Packsaddle Mountain Indian Battle Fight, August 5, 1873. In honor of pioneers who fought Llano County's last Indian battle: James Moss - Robert Brown ...

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4264 Richmond Alexander McInnis 1004 Bayley Street, Llano Mississippi native Richmond Alexander (R. A.) McInnis (1852-1922) moved to Llano as a young man in the 1870s. He owned and operated Llano Furniture ... 18463 Robert F. Rowntree House 20 miles SW of Llano, less than 1 mile northeast of Prairie Mountain School on RR 2323 Early Llano County leader, Robert Flack (Bob) Rowntree (1847-1893), built this majestic two-story house in the Prairie Mountain community from 1875 ...

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12036 Salem Cemetery 2.8 mi. W of Llano on Sh 29; 8 mi. N on SH 71; 2 mi. S on CR 402A William Leggette Lewis, a physician and ordained Methodist minister who served in the Civil War, came to Texas with his family in 1878. Lewis land ... 17421 Sandy Mountain Cemetery Circle Dr., S side W of Deer Dr. The Sandy Mountain community boasted a post office as early as 1859, but records of the first use of this site for burials may have been lost when ... 12458 Site of Prairie Mountain School 20 miles southwest of Llano on Ranch Road 2323 German immigrants and pioneer settlers established the Prairie Mountain community, once known as Starks, in the mid 1800s. In 1906 the Putman School ... 9454 Six Mile Cemetery from Llano take FM 2323 SW 7.5 miles to cemetery Six Mile Cemetery has served residents of Six Mile since the early 1880s. William A. and Jane E. Stephens, early residents of this farming and ranching ... 12037 Six Mile School 7.5 mi. S of Llano on CR 2323; E on local road Six Mile community was established in the 1880s. Most residents farmed, ranched or worked in granite quarries. The land around this site was donated ... 12035 St. James Lutheran Church 1401 Ford St. Founded in 1897, St. Jakobi Evangelish Lutherisch Kirche was organized to serve German Lutherans in the growing community of Llano. Pastor Hugo Krienke, ... 9453 St. John Lutheran Church from Castell take FM 152 east .5 mile German Lutherans in this area were served by circuit-riding lay minister Dietrich Rode as early as 1870. A congregation was organized in 1893 on ... 17418 St. John Lutheran Church Cemetery Located 15 miles west of Llano on Co. Rd. 152 The congregation of St. John Lutheran Church had been meeting in its new sanctuary for some four years when the death of one of its members, Anna ...

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9448 The Llano County Jail 700 Oatman St. This building was erected in 1895 by the Pauly Jail Building and Manufacturing Co. of St. Louis, Mo. The gray granite for the exterior was quarried ... 24274 Thomas Henry Davis marker pending marker pending 17419 Tow Cemetery 1/2 mi W of the Tow Post Office off of FM 2241 The 1850 death date of eight-year old Margaret R. Thorp, said to have died from a snakebite, documents the age of this burial ground in the community ... 18029 Trinity Methodist Church Old Schoolhouse Road, off FM 152 12412 Trinity United Methodist Church Cemetery FM 152 The oldest documented grave in this burial ground, that of two-year-old Feodor Leifeste, dates from 1871. Two years later, Carl Lehmberg deeded land ...

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5631 Valley Spring Cemetery CR 409, 0.2 miles north of SH 71, Valley Spring This hilltop cemetery has served the local community since 1867 when Martha Epperson Eaker and Hattie Phillips, daughters of pioneer settlers in ... 9457 Valley Springs Primitive Baptist Church from Valley Spring take US 71 SE 3 miles to CR 407, then north on CR 407 2 miles Constituted in August 1882, this congregation elected one of its eleven charter members, Elder S. R. Woods, as its first pastor. The membership met ...

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9459 Watkins House 210 Sandstone St. Merchant and civic leader George M. Watkins (1863-1945) and his second wife, Lutie (McLean) (d. 1921), first president of Llano's Woman's Culture ... 23979 Wilson-Schrank House 807 Wright St. Robert E. Wilson (1862-1915) and his wife, Nancy (Byfield) (1866-1930), built this two-story home in 1912. Robert had previously been a successful ...