Historical Marker
Isaac Kountz
Historical marker location:
Rocksprings Rd., Junction, Texas
( on US 377 S about 2 miles SW OF Courthouse)
Marker installed: 1967
Killed on this spot by Indians on Christmas Eve, 1867. He was 16 years old, and herding sheep for his father, Dr. E. K. Kountz. A brother, Sebastian, age 11, escaped. a posse and Texas Rangers chased the Indians to the Guadalupe River. Young Kountz was buried in Junction Cemetery.
1967.