Historical Markers in
Travis County, Texas

1933 Austin Public Library Abner Hugh Cook Adams-Ziller House Addcox House Adjutants General African Americans in the Texas Revolution All Saints' Episcopal Church Anderson's Mill Andrew Jackson Hamilton Andrew Jackson Zilker Annie Webb Blanton Approximate Location of the Missions Ashford McGill House (Zilker Park Refectory) Austin High School Austin High School, Rio Grande Campus Austin High School-- John T. Allan Campus Austin Lodge No. 12, AF & AM Austin Memorial Park Cemetery Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary Campus Austin State Hospital Austin State Hospital Cemetery Austin Woman's Club Austin's Moonlight Towers Austin, C.S.A. B. J. Smith Property Bailey Hardeman Baker Family Cemetery Balcones Fault Aids Colonization of Texas Barr Mansion Barton Springs Becker School Beriah Graham House Bethany Cemetery Blackshear Elementary School Bloor House Boardman-Webb House Boggy Creek Masonic Cemetery Bohls House Boyce Family Cemetery Brackenridge Hospital Bratton Cemetery Brizendine House Brown Building Brueggemann-Sandbo House Buddington-Benedict-Sheffield Compound Buen Retiro Camp Mabry Caperton Family Cemetery Capt. & Mrs. Chauncey Johnson Capt. Jesse Billingsley Capt. John R. Hughes Captain Andrew Briscoe Carlson Carrington Bluff House Carrington-Covert House Catherine Robinson House Cementerio Mexicano de Maria de la Luz Central Christian Church Central Presbyterian Church Christianson-Leberman Home City of Manor Clara Driscoll Clarksville Claudia Taylor Johnson Hall Clayton Vocational Institute Col. Lewis Miles Hobbs Washington Collins Cemetery Colonel Stephen Heard Darden Colored Teachers State Association of Texas Building Community of Nameless Confederate Men's Home Confederate Texas Legislatures Congregation Beth Israel Congress Avenue Cranfill Apartments Crusemann-Marsh-Bell House Daniel H. Caswell House Daniel Shipman David Crawford Edmiston Davis Cemetery Davis-Sibley House Dawson Stone House Decker Swedish Evangelical Free Church and Cemetery Decker United Methodist Church and Community Deep Eddy Bathing Beach Del Valle Army Air Base (Bergstrom Air Force Base) Denny-Holliday House Desegregation of Lions Municipal Golf Course Desegregation of Texas Public Schools Dessau Cemetery DeWitt Clinton Baker Home Site Diocese of Austin Donnan-Hill House Downs Field Doyle Farm Dr. George Moffit Patrick Dr. Gideon Lincecum Dr. Jacob Tally Wilhite Dr. Lewis and Carolyn Mitchell Dr. Thomas Jefferson Gazley Driskill Hotel E. H. Carrington Grocery Store and Lyons Hall Eanes Cemetery Eanes School and Chapel Eanes-Marshall Ranch Ebenezer (Third) Baptist Church Edmund and Emily Miller House Education in Manchaca Edward Clark House Outbuilding Elisabet Ney Elisabet Ney Home Elroy Elvira T. Manor Davis House Emma West Flats Esperanza School Building Espinosa-Olivares-Aguirre Expedition, Site reached Espinoza, Olivares and Aguirre Expedition Eugene Bremond House Evangelical Lutheran Church of Dessau F. Weigl Iron Works First Capitol in Austin First Classes of the University of Texas Law School First Colored Baptist Church First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Austin First Presbyterian Church of Austin First United Methodist Church of Austin Fischer House Fiskville Fort Magruder, C.S.A. Fortress Home Frances & Benjamin McCulloch French Legation G. W. Carver Branch Library Gen. Alexander Watkins Terrell Gen. George W. Terrell General Land Office General Moseley Baker General Xavier Blanchard Debray George A. Peterson House George H. Kinsolving Crypt George Self George W. Sampson Home George Washington Glasscock George Weedon Gerhard-Schoch House German Free School Gethsemane Church Gilfillan House Goodall Wooten House Goodman Building Gov. Andrew Jackson Hamilton Gov. Elisha M. Pease Governor Edmund Jackson Davis Governors James E. & Miriam Ferguson Granger House and The Perch Green Pastures Grinninger Fence H&TC and I&GN Depots Hale Houston Home Hancock Recreation Center Hardin R. Runnels Haynie Chapel Methodist Church Headquarters of US Army, 5th Military Dist. Helena and Robert Ziller House Henry G. Madison Cabin Henry H. and Bertha Sterzing Ziller House Henry Smith Herblin - Shoe House Hezikiah Haskell House Hirshfeld Cottage Hirshfeld House Hodnette House Hofheintz-Reissig Store Holy Cross Catholic Church and Community Hornsby Cemetery Hotel Provident & Heierman Bldg. Houston Family Cemetery Hudson Bend Hugh B. Hancock House Hyde Park I. V. Davis Homestead Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church In Memory of Thomas Christian, William Strother and Josiah Wilbarger Ira Hobart Evans Ireland and Mary Graves House J. Frank Dobie House J. L. Buaas Building J. L. Foster Gravesite J. P. Schneider Store J.W. & Cornelia Rice Scarbrough House Jacob Fontaine Jacob Larmour House Jacob Leser House James Allison York James and Leana Walsh House James Euwin Edmiston James G. Wilkinson James L. Farmer, Jr. James Loraine Dallas James Wales Jones Jane Yelvington McCallum Jeremiah Hamilton House Jesse and Rosanna Grimes John A. Wharton John Bremond, Jr. House John Crittenden Duval John Edward Lewis John Elbridge Hines John Hawkins Singleton John Ireland John Litton John M. King Log House John Williams and Howell Haggett Johnson Home Joseph and Mary Robinson Martin House Joseph Baker Joseph J. Manor Cemetery Josephus Hornsby Judge Abner Lipscomb Judge Calvin M. Cureton Judge Edwin Waller Kappa Kappa Gamma House Keith House Kimbro Kincheonville King-Tears Mortuary King-Von Rosenberg House Kopperl House Kuempel Home L. C. Anderson High School and Integration of Austin's Public Schools Laguna Gloria Las Ventanas Laurine Cecil Anderson Lilia and Josephine Casis Littig Cemetery Littlefield Building Littlefield Home Live Oak Cemetery Lockwood Cemetery Lohmans Crossing Lund M. M. Long's Livery Stable & Opera House Major John B. Jones Major William Cooke Major William Martin "Buck" Walton Malcolm and Margaret Badger Reed Estate Manchaca United Methodist Church Manda Manor Cemetery Martin Parmer Mary Street Stone House Mathews School Matsen House Maud Anna Berry Smith Fuller Mauthe-Myrick Mansion Maxey Cemetery McClendon-Price House McHorse, John W. McNeal Home Merrilltown Cemetery Methodist Episcopal Church of Mount Salem Cemetery Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church Michael Butler and Butler Brick Company Michael Paggi House Millbrook (Roy-Hardin House) Millett Opera House Moore's Crossing Bridge Moore, Robert Lee Moore-Flack House Moore-Hancock Farmstead Moses Austin Mount Bonnell Mount Olive Baptist Church Mrs. Alfred Robinson, Sr. Home Mueller Airport Neill-Cochran Home New Sweden Evangelical Lutheran Church Norwood Tower O. Henry O. Henry Hall Oak Hill Oakwood Cemetery Oertli Dairy Okewell Old Courtroom of the Supreme Court of Texas Old Depot Hotel Old Land Office Building Old Lundberg Bakery Old Quarry Site Old Rock Store Oliver Cemetery Ollie O. Norwood Estate Onion Creek Lodge 220, AF & AM Openheimer-Montgomery Building Organization of First Protestant Worship in Austin Original Site of First Baptist Church of Austin Original Site of First Methodist Church of Austin Original Site of First Presbyterian Church Paggi Carriage Shop Palm School Paramount Theater Parque Zaragoza Pease Park Pease School Pease School Building Pemberton Castle (Fisher-Gideon House) Penn and Nellie Wooldridge House Peter and Clotilde Mansbendel House Peter Henry Oberwetter Pfluger Cemetery Pflugerville Pflugerville Schools Philip Walker Philquist-Wood House Pierre Bremond Home Pilot Knob Platt-Simpson Building Price Daniel R. K. Smoot Home Railroad Commission, 75th Anniv. Rainey House Randerson-Lundell Building Rebecca Kilgore Stuart Red Rector Cemetery Reuter House Richard Ellis Richland School Robert Crudup Robert Eanes Robert Potter Robert Rankin Robert S. Stanley House Roberts-Teague Cemetery Robinson-Macken House Rocky Cliff Rose Hill Cemetery Saint David's Episcopal Church Saint Edward's University Main Building Saint Mary's Cathedral Sampson Building Santa Maria Cemetery Santiago Del Valle Grant Scarbrough Building Schneider Flour House & Vault Scholz Garten Scottish Rite Temple Seaholm Power Plant Second Travis County Courthouse, Walton Bldg. Seiders Oaks Simpson United Methodist Church Site of Edward Mandell House Home Site of Fort Colorado Site of Haynie-Cook House Site of John Bremond & Company Site of Old Anderson High School, Kealing Junior High School Site of Pecan Springs School Site of Republic of Texas President's House Site of Saint Martin's Evangelical Lutheran Church Site of Samuel Huston College Site of Swedish Evangelical Free Church Site of Temporary Texas State Capitol of 1800's Site of Tenth Street Methodist Church Site of Texas Wesleyan College Site of the Home of Reuben Hornsby Site of the Official Residence of Mirabeau B. Lamar Site of Willow Ranch School Sixth Street Smith-Clark-Smith House Snead-Rieck House Southgate-Lewis House Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Bldg. Sparks House Splitrock (Burns-Klein House) St. Charles House St. David's Rectory St. John Church St. Mary Missionary Baptist Church St. Stephen's Missionary Baptist Church Stanley and Emily Finch House State Bar of Texas State Cemetery of Texas Stephen F. Austin Hotel Stuart Female Seminary Susanna W. Dickinson Swante Palm Swedes of Texas Swedish Central Methodist Church, Site of Swedish Consulate and Swante Palm Library Swedish Hill Swedish Log Cabin Sweetbrush (Swisher-Scott Home) Taylor Lime Kiln #1 Texas and the Civil War Secession Convention Texas and the Civil War State Military Board Texas Confederate Woman's Home Texas Dental Association Texas Highway Department Texas in the Civil War - Federal Forces Texas Land Commissioner, Johann Jacob Groos Texas Newspapers, C.S.A. Texas School for the Deaf Texas State Capitol The Academy The Archive War The Austin Statesman The Gant Family The Gault Homestead The Governor Horton Place The Governor's Mansion The Homesite of Gordon and Margaret Catterall Mills The John Wahrenberger House The Old Zimmerman Home The Radkey House The Shipe House The Sing Family in Austin The Texas Federation of Women's Clubs Headquarters The Walter Tips Company Building The Woman Suffrage Movement in Texas Third Site for Travis County Government Thomas Jones Hardeman Thomas Pliney Plaster Thompson Home Tillotson College TMI Castle Travis County Travis County Courthouse, First Tyler Rose Union Lee Baptist Church University Interscholastic League USS Texas, BB 35, Scale Model of the Victory Grill Walnut Creek Baptist Church Walter and Mae Simms House Walter Bremond Home Walter Tips House Ward Memorial United Methodist Church Waters Park Webberville Webberville Ebenezer Baptist Church Wells-LaRue House Wesley United Methodist Church West Hill West-Bremond Cottage Westgate Tower Whitley-Keltner House William Atkinson William C. Crane William E. Collard William Green Hill House William P. Hardeman William Pfluger Home William Steele William T. and Valerie Mansbendel Williams House William Tom William Vanoy Criswell Williams-Weigl House Williamson Creek Cemetery Willis Avery Winslow Turner Wood Street Settlement at Shoal Creek Woodlawn Wooldridge Park Z. N. Morrell Zachary Taylor Fulmore Zavala Elementary School Zeta Tau Alpha House
The cattle industry played a significant role in the development of Texas, with cowboys driving cattle from Texas to railheads in Kansas during the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Texas random facts
Travis County, Texas, is located in the central part of the state and encompasses the capital city of Austin. The county has a rich history that spans centuries, beginning with the indigenous Native American tribes who inhabited the area long before European settlement.

European exploration of the region began in the 17th century when Spanish explorers ventured into what is now Travis County. However, it was not until the early 19th century that permanent settlements were established. In 1835, the area became part of the Republic of Texas after gaining independence from Mexico, and the county was officially created in 1840.

Travis County was named after William Barret Travis, a Texas Revolution hero who commanded the Texan forces during the Battle of the Alamo in 1836. Throughout the 19th century, the county experienced significant growth and development, driven by factors such as the arrival of immigrants, the expansion of the railroad, and the establishment of institutions like the University of Texas at Austin in 1883.

During the 20th century, Travis County continued to evolve and modernize. Austin, the county seat and state capital, grew into a vibrant and culturally diverse city, known for its live music scene, technological innovations, and progressive policies. The county became a center for government, education, and business, attracting a wide range of industries and residents.

Today, Travis County is one of the most populous and economically vibrant counties in Texas. It is home to a diverse population and a wide range of cultural, educational, and recreational opportunities. The county's history, coupled with its present-day dynamism, contributes to its unique character and makes it a significant region in the Lone Star State.

This timeline provides a concise overview of the key events in the history of Travis County, Texas.

  • Pre-19th Century: The area that would become Travis County was inhabited by various Native American tribes, including the Tonkawa and Lipan Apache.

  • 1691: Spanish explorers, including Domingo Terán de los Ríos and Alonso de León, explored the region.

  • 1835: Texas Revolution against Mexico begins, and the area becomes part of the Republic of Texas.

  • 1839: Waterloo, a small village settled near the Colorado River, is selected as the site for the new capital of the Republic of Texas.

  • 1840: Travis County is officially established and named after William Barret Travis, a hero of the Texas Revolution.

  • 1842: The capital is officially named Austin after Stephen F. Austin, "The Father of Texas."

  • 1871: The Houston and Texas Central Railway reaches Austin, facilitating transportation and spurring growth.

  • 1883: The University of Texas at Austin is founded.

  • 1891: The Texas State Capitol building, an iconic landmark, is completed.

  • 1930s-1940s: The construction of dams, including Mansfield Dam and Tom Miller Dam, on the Colorado River provides flood control and creates Lake Travis and Lake Austin, respectively.

  • 1970s-1990s: Austin experiences significant growth and becomes known for its live music scene, technology industry, and progressive culture.

  • 2000s-Present: Travis County continues to grow in population and economic significance, with Austin being recognized as one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States.