Eanes-Marshall Ranch

Historical marker location:

903 S Capitol of Texas Hwy (Loop 360), Austin, Texas

( SH 360, east side between Lost Creek Blvd and Las Cimas Pkwy)

Marker installed: 1986

Alexander Eanes (1806-1888) moved to Texas from Mississippi in 1845 and acquired this ranch by 1857. In 1873 he sold the property to his brother, Robert Eanes (1805-1895), who had moved to the area following the Civil War. A log cabin built on the Eanes ranch was the first Eanes school, and the community also assumed the Eanes name. Robert Eanes sold the ranch to his son-in-law, Hudson Boatner Marshall (1862-1951) in 1883. Marshall dismantled the ranch house and moved it to a site adjacent to the nearby creek.

Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986.

ranching

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.