Liendo Plantation

Historical marker location:

5 mi. N on FM 1488 to Wycliff Chapel Rd., Hempstead, Texas

( 5 mi. N of Hempstead on FM 1488 to Wycliff Chapel Rd.)

Marker installed: 1964

1853 - named for Spanish grantee Justo Leindo, first to own this land. Mansion built by Leonard W. Groce, who surrounded it with model plantation industries.

In Civil War, site of Camp Groce, a camp of instruction and then P.O.W. center. Occupied in 1865 by Gen. Geo. W. Custer, later to be a central figure in the Little Big Horn tragedy.

Owned, 1873-1911, by family of sculptress Elisabet Ney, commemorated with a marker on grounds.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1964.

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The cattle industry played a significant role in the development of Texas, with cowboys driving cattle from Texas to railheads in Kansas during the late 1800s and early 1900s.