Historical Marker
General Moseley Baker
Historical marker location:
Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Texas
( Republic Hill section)
Marker installed: 1936
Commanded Co. D. First Regiment of Texas Volunteers at San Jacinto A member of 1st and 3rd Congresses of the Republic and later a Brigadier General of Militia Born in Virginia Sept. 20, 1802 Died in Houston, Texas Nov. 4, 1848 His wife Eliza Ward Baker died in Houston, Texas Feb. 4, 1849 Erected by the State of Texas
1936.
Texas has been a major oil-producing state for over a century. The first big oil discovery in Texas was the Spindletop field near Beaumont in 1901, which set off a massive oil boom that transformed the state's economy and made Texas one of the wealthiest states in the country.