Historical Marker

Webster Massacre

Historical marker location:
211 S. U. S. Highway 183, Leander, Texas
( west side of U.S. 183, south of Atkin St.)
Marker installed: 1936

1 3/4 miles east to the graves of the victims of the Webster Massacre, which occurred August 27, 1839 when John Webster and a party of about thirty, en route to a land grant in Burnet County, were attacked by a band of Comanche Indians. After attempting to flee under cover of darkness, they were trapped on an open prairie. Mrs. Webster and her two children were made prisoners, all the others were killed. In death they rest together in one grave. (1936).