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.
The state of Texas was once an independent country known as the Republic of Texas. It gained independence from Mexico in 1836 and was a separate nation until it was annexed by the United States in 1845.