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Arroyo de Juan Lorenzo
on US 190 at the Celery Creek Bridge, about 1.5 miles W of Menard
Name used by Spaniards of Presidio de San Saba (in existence from 1757 to 1770) for this stream now called Celery Creek. Stone to build Presidio ...
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Bank of Menard, 1903
at the corner of Bevans and San Saba Sts., Menard
Built of native stone for settlers then keeping money in merchants' safes or riding 60 robber-infested miles to do banking. Recorded Texas Historic ...
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1998
Fort McKavett, C.S.A.
Courthouse lawn (corner of Canal and Gay Streets) Menard
Located 21 miles west. Upon secession, Confederate cavalry occupied this post to give protection against Indians. Early in 1862 this fort confined ...
2068
Frisco Depot
near the intersection of US 190 and US 83 in Menard
Seeking a rail line to speed marketing of their livestock, residents of this area in 1909 asked the Ft. Worth & Rio Grande Railroad, a branch of ...
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Menard County
Menard County History Museum (Santa Fe Depot), US 83
Formed from Bexar county Created: January 22, 1858 Organized: June 25, 1866 Named in honor of Michel Branamour Menard 1805-1856. Signer of the Texas ...
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Menard County Courthouse
Menard
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Mission Santa Cruz de San Saba
on grounds of Menard Country Club about .5 mile off US 190, about 1.5 miles W of Menard
This building was originally built as a presidio or fort and the Mission was apart from it. After the Mission was attacked and burned by Indians, ...
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Paso de la Santa Cruz
Menard County Museum, near intersection of US 190 and US 83
(Holy Cross Ford) Spot where in 1753 Juan Galvan, Spanish explorer, put up a huge cross, to show his choice of site for Mission San Saba. Indians ...
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Pegleg Crossing on the San Saba
on SH 29 ROW, about 10 miles SE of Menard
An hourglass-shaped pass through the hills where McDougal Creek joins San Saba River. For years a favored Indian campground, it entered written history, ...
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Pioneer Rest Cemetery
on US 83 (W side of road) on southern edge of Menard
Burial plot was begun by Adam Bradford, who buried his father, Jack Bradford, here in 1863. As the town and cemetery grew, the city bought the tract ...
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Puerto de Baluartes (Haven of the Strong Points)
on US 83, 1 mile S of Menard in Roadside Park
In this pass between the hills--location of present day Menard--a site for an important Spanish mission to the Apaches was chosen in 1754 by Don ...
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Real Presidio de San Saba
1.5 miles W of Menard off US 190 about .5 mile (on grounds of Menard Country Club)
Originally established on the San Gabriel River as the Presidio of San Francisco Xavier in 1751 moved to the present site in 1757 as a protection ...
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4431
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
at the corner of Canal and Bevans Streets Menard
Roman Catholic worship services were held in Menard as early as 1872, when J.J. Callan set aside this lot of land for the construction of a Catholic ...
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Sentry Building
Fort McKavett State Historic Site. Marker reported in storage Nov. 2020.
Officer-of-the-day station and sentry post on north road to Fort Concho. Constructed 1852, by 8th Infantry; Fort McKavett provided protection for ...
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Site of Fort McKavett
at entrance to Ft. McKavett from Menard take US 190 17 miles W to FM 864, take 864 6 miles SW to Fort McKavett.
Established March 14, 1852 by the United States war department as a protection to frontier settlers against hostile Indians. Named in honor of Captain ...
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Site of Mission Santa Cruz de San Saba
on FM 2092 about 3 miles E of Menard
Founded among the Lipan Apache Indians by Franciscan Missionaries in 1757 through the financial aid of the Count of Regla. Sacked and left in ruins ...
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The Ditch
on US 83 at Canal Street in Menard
The Vaughn Agricultural and Mechanical Canal Company was chartered in 1874 by William J. Vaughn, President; William Tipton, Director; and James H. ...
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Waddell Cemetery
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