Lowell Smith Home

Historical marker location:

FM 916, Rio Vista, Texas

( from Rio Vista, take FM 916 west 1 mile; private property)

Marker installed: 1965

Of pine and poplar lumber and other materials from an 1850 house acquired by John Wesley Smith, Civil War veteran and banker who came to Johnson County in 1868. Built this home 1887. Used square iron nails.

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The state flower of Texas is the bluebonnet. The flower blooms in the spring and is a common sight along the highways and in fields throughout the state.