Historical Marker
Fowler House
Historical marker location:
1301 N. Stagecoach Rd., Salado, Texas
( US 81, 1 mile north of Salado.)
Marker installed: 1968
Built 1872 by Josiah Fowler, a settler from Tennessee, Confederate veteran, co-editor of "Fowler's Arithmetic", and a college teacher.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1968.
Texas was once an independent country: After winning its independence from Mexico in 1836, Texas became its own country, known as the Republic of Texas. It existed as an independent nation for nine years before being annexed by the United States in 1845.