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211 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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297 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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3328 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 ... 14993 Menard County Courthouse Menard 3417 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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3952 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 ... 3976 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, ... 4032 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 ... 4136 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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4212 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 ... 4642 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 ... 4795 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 ... 4835 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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12 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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23453 Waddell Cemetery marker pending marker pending