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Burnet County, Texas
Historical Markers in Marble Falls, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 8 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 Ghost Towns. The markers on this list were placed between 1936 and 2014. 2 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…
- 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.
- Site of Mormon Settlementplaced 1936
Site of a settlement made in 1851 by 20 Mormon families under the leadership of Lyman Wight (1796-1858).
- Struve Houseplaced 1973
Amand Von Struve (1838-1902) came to Texas in 1848 with his father, a former Imperial Russian officer.
- Granite Mountainplaced 1968
This 866-foot dome of solid pink granite, covering 180 acres, contains the largest quarry of its kind in the United States.
Marble Falls on the Texas history calendar
All 8 historical markers in Marble Falls
Historical markers near Marble Falls
- Burnet11 stories · 14 mi
- Johnson City9 stories · 22 mi
- Liberty Hill7 stories · 24 mi
- Leander5 stories · 25 mi
- Llano9 stories · 25 mi
- Round Rock23 stories · 35 mi
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