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Hays County, Texas
Historical Markers in San Marcos, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 33 Texas historical markers in San Marcos, in Hays County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Civil War, Native History, Texas Revolution, and Texas Music. The markers on this list were placed between 1936 and 2019. 9 are Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks.
Start with these San Marcos stories
- William W. Moonplaced 1975
(March 25, 1814 - Jan. 7, 1897) Orphaned two days after his birth, William W. Moon grew up with two uncles in his native Alabama.
- First United Methodist Churchplaced 1970
First church in Hays County. Organized August 5, 1847, with 9 charter members, by circuit rider A. B. F. Kerr in home of John D. Pitts.
- Pitts Cemeteryplaced 1995
John Drayton Pitts was born at sea on August 26, 1798, during the voyage of his parents, John and Jane Pitts, from England to Charleston, South…
- Appoximate Site of the Missionsplaced 1936
San Francisco Xavier de los Dolores, Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria, San Ildefonso. Originally established on the San Gabriel River by Franciscan…
- Burleson Homeplaced 1967
Home of Gen. Edward Burleson (1793-1851), officer in Texas War for Independence; vice president of Republic of Texas, 1841-1844; leader in frontier…
- Don Felipe Roque de la Portillaplaced 1976
At the request of Manuel Antonio Cordero y Bustamante, interim Governor of the Province of Texas, Spanish-born Army captain and rancher, Felipe Roque…
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All 33 historical markers in San Marcos
- Alexander Gates & Lillian Johnson Thomas House1997
- Appoximate Site of the Missions1936
- Beverly Hutchison House1968
- Burleson Home1967
- Cementerio del Rio2010
- Cheatham-Hohenberg Cemetery2018
- Don Felipe Roque de la Portilla1976
- Eddie Durham2013
- Eli T. Merriman Home1965
- First Baptist Church NBC of San Marcos2014
- First Baptist Church of San Marcos1974
- First National Bank of San Marcos1979
- First United Methodist Church1970
- George Henry Talmadge Home1978
- Hector Family Cemetery1999
- La Sociedad Mutualista Cuauhtémoc2019
- McGehee Crossing1987
- Peter Cavanaugh Woods1999
- Pitts Cemetery1995
- Post San Marcos1973
- Ragsdale-Jackman-Yarbrough House1972
- San Marcos Cemetery1993
- San Marcos Mill Tract1986
- San Marcos-Blanco Cemetery1997
- Site of Hays County's First Public Building1967
- Site of San Marcos National Fish Hatchery1968
- Southside School2011
- Stringtown2017
- The Calaboose1990
- The Courthouses of Hays County1974
- Ulysses Cephas1989
- William W. Moon1975
- Wonder Cave1972
Historical markers near San Marcos
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