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Historical Markers in Lockhart, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 27 Texas historical markers in Lockhart, in Caldwell County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Texas Revolution, Outlaws & Lawmen, Native History, and Civil War. The markers on this list were placed between 1936 and 2018. 10 are Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks.
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- Battle of Plum Creekplaced 1978
The harsh anti-Indian policies of President Mirabeau B. Lamar and Mexican efforts to weaken the Republic of Texas stirred Indian hostilities.
- Caldwell Countyplaced 1936
A part of De Witt's Colony, 1825-1836. A part of Gonzales County to 1848. First settlements were on Plum Creek and the San Marcos River.
- Caldwell County Courthouseplaced 1976
The first Caldwell County Courthouse was erected on this site in 1848, when the county was organized and named for Mathew Caldwell, a Texas Ranger…
- Isham Jones Goodplaced 1985
Born in Georgia, Isham Jones Good (1813-1866) came to Texas in 1835 with a group of volunteers to join the Texian forces in their war for…
- Caldwell County Jailplaced 1977
Organized in 1848, Caldwell County lost its original log jail in an 1858 fire, then kept prisoners in the Courthouse basement until 1873, when…
- Cardwell Homeplaced 1980
John Madison Cardwell (1838-1917) moved to Caldwell county at the age of eighteen. After serving in the Civil War, he returned to Lockhart and opened…
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All 27 historical markers in Lockhart
- Andrew Lee Brock2011
- Battle of Plum Creek1978
- Caldwell County1936
- Caldwell County Courthouse1976
- Caldwell County Jail1977
- Cardwell Home1980
- Cementerio Navarro Historico2008
- Clark Cemetery2002
- Clark's Chapel Cemetery2004
- Clear Fork Cemetery2009
- Clearfork Baptist Church1973
- Dr. D. Port Smythe1965
- Dr. Eugene Clark Library1963
- Emmanuel Episcopal Church1962
- First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) of Lockhart1985
- First Presbyterian Church of Lockhart2011
- Isham Jones Good1985
- Jeffrey Cemetery2004
- Karbach-Flowers Home1980
- Lane Cemetery2018
- Lincecum Cemetery1993
- Lockhart Vocational High School (Carver HS)2008
- Mebane House1986
- Polonia Cemetery1998
- Saint John Colony1990
- Susanna Dickinson Hannig - Messenger of the Alamo1978
- The Coopwood House1979
Historical markers near Lockhart
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