Naruna Cemetery
William M. Spitler became Naruna?s first postmaster in 1878, and he named the town after the riverboat that carried him to Texas from Tennessee. At that time, Naruna was an agricultural community with store, school, churches, f... hmdb.org
Mr. And Mrs. Jacob Wolf
Jacob Wolf (1812-1874) and wife Adeline Faulkner Wolf (1814-1870) came from Tennessee to Texas about 1850. Obtaining land grant in Burnet County, they settled at Dobyville, and were pioneers, supplying their own provisions, bui... hmdb.org
Naruna Baptist Church
Naruna Baptist Church Settlers came to the Naruna area as early as the 1840s, and the town was named by its first postmaster, William M. Spitler, who came to Texas on the riverboat Naruna. Residents formed Providence Baptist Ch... hmdb.org
Lake Victor
History in a Pecan Shell Lake Victor was a mere railroad camp along the Houston and Texas Central Railway at the turn of the 20th Century. The community's name may have been a joke since the "Lake" was actually a borrow... texasescapes.com
Nix
History in a Pecan Shell Present-day Nix was originally settled along one of the mail /stage routes out of Lampasas in the 1880s. Prior to that the only activity was being part of the Fort Phantom Hill road (1850s). A b... texasescapes.com
Shady Grove
History in a Pecan Shell Shady Grove sits at a former crossroads where the Austin-Lampasas road and Burnet-Belton road crossed the Middle Fork of the San Gabriel River. The community was first known as Russell Gabriel (... texasescapes.com
Watson
History on a Pinhead Watson, aka Watson's Store was named for Ed Watson, the man who ran the local store. A school was opened around 1879 and a second school called Pleasant Hill, or Redbud School, was built around 1908... texasescapes.com
Copperas
History on a Pinhead While the creek of the same name rises NE of Roosevelt, Texas and flows into the North Llano River, the settlement of the same name has an extremely brief entry in the Handbook of Texas. Northerners... texasescapes.com
Black's Fort
Built as a defense against the Indians in 1851 by William Black (1815-1907) on land owned by him. In the stockade, constructed of cedar logs, sentries were kept on guard on moonlight nights. Guns and ammunition for public use w... hmdb.org
Joppa Community
Some of the first settlers in this farming and ranching community were the William Alexander Faires family in 1874 and the Martin Luther Ater family the next year. The settlement was called "Pool Branch" for a nearby pool forme... hmdb.org
Shady Grove Community
In the 1850s and 60s families settled on this farm and ranch land along the Middle Gabriel river. The Old Austin-Lampasas and Burnet-Belton roads intersected here. Six acres deeded by Alexander M. Barton in 1877 later became th... hmdb.org
The Community Of Briggs
Pioneers mainly from the Old South settled here on the Aaron Boyce land grant in the 1860s and 70s. They had a school, and held church services, at Gum Springs in the 1880s. In 1888 a post office opened at Taylor's Gin Store; t... hmdb.org
Lake Victor Lodge No. 1011, A. F. & A. M.
Sponsored by the nearby Robert E. Lee Lodge, Lake Victor Lodge No. 1011, A. F. & A. M. was formally established in December 1909 during the 73rd Annual Grand Communications of the Grand Lodge of Texas. The first meeting of the ... hmdb.org
Site Of Town Of Strickling
Once a busy rural community. Named for Mrs. Martha (Webster) Strickling, who settled here in 1853 with husband Marmaduke. As child, she survived killing of some 30 settlers in infamous Webster Massacre near Leander, and months ... hmdb.org
Smith Cemetery
James Gibson Smith, Jr., a native of Tennessee, married Sarah A. James, a native of Arkansas, soon after settling in this part of Burnet county in 1850. Together they raised eight children and set aside this site as the family ... hmdb.org
Tobey Cemetery
This cemetery, which began with the burial of Mary J. Tobey in 1872, overlooks a stretch of the Lampasas River valley named for Nathaniel Wheeler Tobey (1810-1892). A blacksmith from Connecticut, Tobey settled on several hundre... hmdb.org
Briggs State Bank
The Briggs State Bank was chartered on May 27, 1909. Constructed that spring, this limestone and brick building is typical of a commercial architecture style once popular in Texas. It features a three-bay front with central ent... hmdb.org