Historical Marker
Town of Chriesman
Historical marker location:
Caldwell, Texas
( on FM 1363 about 3/10 mi W of its intersection with SH 36, about 6.2 mi. N of Caldwell)
Marker installed: 1968
(Originally "Yellow Prairie" 0.5 mile)
Settled by Alexander Thomson, Jr., early Texas patriot and partner of the colonizer Sterling C. Robertson. When railroad came through in 1880, the settlers moved to tracks.
Renamed, 1884, after Capt. H.C. Chriesman, surveyor for Stephen F. Austin. Now serves surrounding ranches. (1968).