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Burnet County, Texas
Historical Markers in Marble Falls, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 22 Texas historical markers in Marble Falls, in Burnet County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Civil War, Texas Revolution, Strange But True, and Cowboys & Cattle. The markers on this list were placed between 1936 and 2015. 10 are Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks.
Start with these Marble Falls stories
- Captain Jesse Burnamplaced 2014
Texas Patriot Jesse Burnam (also spelled Burnham), born in Madison county, Kentucky, was the youngest son of seven children.
- Dead Man's Holeplaced 1998
Entomologist Ferdinand Lueders made the earliest recorded discovery of this cave in 1821. Notorious in the Civil War era, the hole is believed to…
- Brandt Badger Houseplaced 1974
Brandt Badger (1839-1920), a veteran of the Confederate Army, moved to Burnet from Gonzales in 1885, and in 1887, helped found Marble Falls.
- Governor O. M. Roberts' Houseplaced 1978
President of the 1861 Secession Convention and a Confederate officer, Oran M. Robert (1815-1898) served as governor of Texas from 1879 to 1883.
- Marble Falls Depotplaced 1979
The town of Marble Falls was laid out in 1887. Texas Mining & Improvement Co. deeded land for a depot to Austin & Northwestern Railroad.
- Site of Mormon Settlementplaced 1936
Site of a settlement made in 1851 by 20 Mormon families under the leadership of Lyman Wight (1796-1858).
Marble Falls on the Texas history calendar
All 22 historical markers in Marble Falls
- 1910 Post Office Building1989
- Brandt Badger House1974
- Captain Jesse Burnam2014
- Christian-Matern House1996
- Crownover Chapel1972
- Dead Man's Hole1998
- Governor O. M. Roberts' House1978
- Granite Mountain1968
- Granite Mountain1936
- Henry Thomas Lodge, A.F. & A.M.1967
- Hoag-Faubion-Fuchs House1994
- Marble Falls Depot1979
- Marble Falls Factory Site1977
- Marble Falls School Building1980
- Michel's Drug Store1984
- Otto Ebeling House1983
- Site of Mormon Settlement1936
- St. Frederick Baptist Church2015
- St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church2008
- Struve House1973
- The Roper Hotel1981
- The Tobey Community Cemetery1976
Historical markers near Marble Falls
- Round Mountain5 stories · 10 mi
- Burnet28 stories · 14 mi
- Bertram17 stories · 20 mi
- Johnson City14 stories · 22 mi
- Liberty Hill17 stories · 23 mi
- Leander15 stories · 25 mi
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