Historical Markers in Columbus, Texas

Start with these Columbus stories

• Stafford-Miller Houseplaced 1973

  Ornate Victorian house built for millionaire cattleman - banker Robert E. Stafford (1834-90), one of the organizers of Columbus Meat & Ice…

• Site of Robson's Castle and Columbus, Texas, Meat and Ice Companyplaced 1973

  Robert Robson (1804-1878), one of many Scotsmen seeking fortune in North America, came to the Texas Republic in 1839.

• Capt. William G. Hunt Houseplaced 1973

  On land originally owned by Bluford DeWeese, founder of Columbus, Capt. William G. Hunt (1813-1898) purchased this house in August 1859, and lived…

• Colonel Joseph Worthington Elliott Wallaceplaced 1970

  United States Consul to the colonies in Texas, 1829-1832. A native of Philadelphia, PA. He later joined Austin's Colony, serving in campaigns leading…

• Columbus Odd Fellows Rest Cemeteryplaced 2000

  John Toliver deeded a tract of land to Columbus Lodge No. 51, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in July 1871 for use as a cemetery.

• Columbus' Old City Cemeteryplaced 1973

  Date of earliest burial is not known: oldest headstone, 1853. Site (7 A.) was deeded to the city in 1870 as an existent graveyard.

Columbus on the Texas history calendar

• April 14: Stafford-Miller House

All 83 historical markers in Columbus

• 1890 Cornerstone Ceremony1990
• Abram Alley Log Cabin1977
• Alleyton, C.S.A.1963
• Asa Townsend1997
• Bartels-Wirtz House1973
• Beason's (Beeson's) Crossing1993
• Ben Marshall Baker1973
• Benjamin Beason's Crossing of the Colorado River1936
• Brick Store House1973
• Brunson Building1973
• Caledonia Lodge No. 68, A. F. & A. M.1973
• Capt. William G. Hunt House1973
• Carriage Step on Prairie Street2012
• Charles William Tait Home1965
• City of Columbus1973
• Colonel Joseph Worthington Elliott Wallace1970
• Colorado County1936
• Colorado County Courthouse1969
• Colorado County, City of Columbus1936
• Columbus Church of Christ1973
• Columbus Oak1936
• Columbus Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery2000
• Columbus State Bank1973
• Columbus Waterworks1999
• Columbus' Old City Cemetery1973
• Confederate Memorial Museum1966
• Dick-Gillette House2000
• Dilue Rose and Ira Albert Harris House1966
• Dilue Rose Harris1996
• District Court Tree1969
• Early Site of Dr. Logue's Drugstore1973
• Ehrenwerth-Ramsey-Untermeyer Building1973
• Exum Philip Whitfield1973
• Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration of the American Declaration of Independence1976
• First United Methodist Church of Columbus1974
• George Glenn2003
• Hahn House1973
• Hancock-Heller Home1970
• Harrison-Hastedt House1993
• Hebrew Benevolence Society Cemetery1989
• Home of Texas Attorney General George McCormick1968
• Home of William Christian Papenberg1973
• Homesite of Fannie Baker Darden1973
• Ilse-Rau House1970
• Jesse H. Johnson1994
• Joseph Jefferson Mansfield1974
• Joseph V. Frnka1994
• Kaiser Cemetery2011
• Keith-Traylor House1994
• Maigne-Walther House1973
• Mentz-Bernardo Community1982
• Old General Store1969
• Old Stafford Opera House1969
• Riesing Cemetery2005
• Robert Henry Harrison, M.D.1994
• Rosenfield Building1994
• Saint John's Episcopal Church1990
• Simpson-Williamson House1986
• Site of Columbus Female Seminary1973
• Site of Railway Hospital1973
• Site of Robson's Castle and Columbus, Texas, Meat and Ice Company1973
• Site of the Camp1936
• Stafford-Miller House1973
• Stage Lines Through Columbus2002
• Stein-Girndt House2002
• Tait Compound1973
• Tate-Senftenberg-Brandon Home1969
• The Colorado County Citizen1973
• The Columbus Tap Railway1973
• The Isgrig House1973
• The Montgomery House1973
• The Rangers of Austin's Colony1986
• The Rev. Jacob Scherer1973
• Toliver-Cone House1986
• Townsend-Koliba House1971
• Townsend-West House1973
• Tumlinson Family1998
• William B. DeWees1971
• William Demetris Lacey2001
• William Menefee1994
• William Shelby Delaney1994
• Youens-Hopkins House1973
• Zimmerscheidt-Leyendecker Cemetery2013

Historical markers near Columbus

• Frelsburg5 stories · 12 mi
• Weimar11 stories · 14 mi
• New Ulm7 stories · 14 mi
• Eagle Lake8 stories · 15 mi
• Fayetteville24 stories · 16 mi
• Industry21 stories · 19 mi

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