Judge Calvin Maples Cureton

September 1, 1874 – April 8, 1940

Born in Bosque County of a noted pioneer family. A legislator (1909-13); first Assistant Attorney General (1913-18); Attorney General (1918-21). As Chief Justice (1921-40) Texas Supreme Court, recorded longest service in court’s first century.

With ...

Site of J. E. B. Stuart's Death

Major General James Ewell Brown Stuart, C.S.A., Commander of the cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia, died here on May 12, 1864, in the home of his brother-in-law, Dr. Charles Brewer. Cause of his death was a wound received ...

James Edward Hanger

Born near Churchville on 25 Feb. 1843, Hanger joined the Churchville Cavalry at Phillipi, W.Va., on 2 June 1861, where the next morning he was wounded. The resulting amputation of his leg was probably the first of the Civil War. ...

1st New Jersey Brigade

(Front):First Brigade,

New Jersey Volunteers.

Brig. Gen. Alfred T.A. Torbert

1st. 2nd. 3rd. 4th. and 15th.

Regiments Infantry

1st. Brig. 1st. Div. 6th. Corps.

July 2, in reserve, July 3 and 4

detached from the Corps,

held this position.

Erected by the State of

New Jersey, A.D. 1888,

in testimony of ...

Lilia and Josephine Casis

Josephine (1873-1947) and Lilia (1869-1947) Casis were reared in Jamaica, where their European parents educated them in the classics, languages, and music, before they moved to Texas in 1890. Josephine earned a teaching degree and taught at Austin’s Palm School ...

John Kiger's Second Lot

Sperryville Historic District

(Upper Plaque):This property

has been place on the

National Register

of Historic Places

(Lower Plaque):The Second of Two Lots

Owned by John Kiger

This Building Was A Blacksmith shop.

Conestoga Wagons Were Made Behind

This Building Near The Thornton River.

Marker is on Main Street, on the ...

Lester J. and Dellora A. Norris

In grateful appreciation to

Lester J. and Dellora A. Norris

Acquisition of this park was made possible when Lester J. and Dellora A. Norris arranged the purchase of the land on April 24, 1964, through their St. Charles, Illinois charities.

The Board of ...

Joshua Fry Bell

Bell County formed from Harlan and Knox Counties, 1867. Named for Joshua Fry Bell, 1811-70, congressman, Ky. Sec. of State, comr. to peace conference in 1861 and state legislature. He was g. grandson of Dr. Thomas Walker, explorer of Ky. ...

J. L. Buaas Building

Norwegian immigrant John L. Buaas moved to Austin in 1839 and in 1872 was appointed city alderman by reconstruction Governor E.J. Davis. In 1875 he built a mercantile store here. The two-story Italianate commercial structure was designed with two facades, ...

Capt. Jesse Billingsley

A soldier in the Army of Texas, 1835. Commander of Company C. First Regiment, Texas Volunteers at San Jacinto. Member of the 1st and 2nd Congresses of the Republic. Participated in the Woll Campaign, 1842. Member of the Senate, 5th ...