Historical Marker
James Goucher
Historical marker location:
Giddings, Texas
( 4 mi. S. Giddings off FM 448)
Marker installed: 1936
In this grave rest James Goucher and five members of his family murdered by Indians November 26, 1836. With the true pioneering spirit he had opened the first road from San Felipe to the settlements on the Colorado known for many years as "Goucher's Trace.".