Historical Marker

Manuel Flores

Historical marker location:
CR 260, Liberty Hill, Texas
( CR 260, N of SH 29, west side)
Marker installed: 1936

In this vicinity, Manuel Flores, an emissary of the Mexican government, with a small group of men conveying ammunition to the Indians on the Lampasas River, was surprised by Rangers under Lieutenant J. O. Rice in May, 1839, and killed.