Watkins Elm

Historical marker location:

207 Hopkins St., San Marcos, Texas

( Marker reported missing Feb. 2009.)

Marker installed: 1972

This elm was planted in 1868 by Confederate veteran Samuel M. Watkins (1826-1920) here at site afterward occupied for a century by his family.

lumber topics

The first oil well in the United States was drilled in Texas in 1859. The discovery of oil transformed the economy of the state and helped to make Texas one of the wealthiest states in the nation.