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Webster Massacre

Leander, Williamson County

Marker Text

1 3/4 miles east to the graves of the victims of the Webster Massacre, which occurred August 27, 1839 when John Webster and a party of about thirty, en route to a land grant in Burnet County, were attacked by a band of Comanche Indians. After attempting to flee under cover of darkness, they were trapped on an open prairie. Mrs. Webster and her two children were made prisoners, all the others were killed. In death they rest together in one grave. (1936)

Marker Details

Address 211 S. U. S. Highway 183
Location Description west side of U.S. 183, south of Atkin St.
Marker # 9368
Dedicated 1936
Size, Type 1936 Centennial - Highway Marker (pink granite)
Code pioneers; Native Americans
Latitude, Longitude 30.576772, -97.852215

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