Original Site of First Methodist Church of Austin

Established in 1840 by the Rev. John Haynie (1786-1860), the First Methodist Church was Austin’s second Protestant congregation. Services were held in temporary quarters until members erected their first meeting house in 1847 at this site, then the corner of ...

First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Austin

In 1853, missionary Rev. E.B. Crisman formally organized the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Austin. Members met in a frame building at 7th and Lavaca streets until 1892, when they replaced it with a stone structure. In 1906, a dispute over ...

The Historic Village of Thornton

of Thornbury Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania

A crossroads village. Thornton served as a rest stop for travelers between York and Philadelphia, providing livery, blacksmith, and wheelwright services as well as Inn accommodations at the Historic “Yellow House” built by George Gray, ...

House of Four Pillars

Ohio Historical Marker

Theodore Dreiser wrote in 1900 his famous novel, Sister Carrie, in this house. It was built in 1835 and altered to Greek Revival Style in 1844. Dreiser acquired it in 1899. The house possesses most of the features ...

The Campaign of 1781

Lafayette's Maneuvers

In the campaign of 1781, the Marquis de Lafayette marched through the Wilderness to rendezvous with Brig. Gen. "Mad Anthony" Wayne. On 3 June 1781, Lafayette's army camped to the south of the Wilderness Bridge across Wilderness Run from ...

First Church of Hawley

Site of the

First Church of Hawley

Erected 1793

Reverend Jonathan Grout 1st Pastor

This memorial placed by the

sons and daughters of Hawley

August 10, 1935

Marker is on East Hawley Road, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Stanley and Emily Finch House

Constructed in 1927 and 1928 for $13,500, this house has associations with several prominent Austinites. Its original owners were University of Texas Civil Engineering Professor Stanley P. Finch and his wife Emily (Rice). Finch’s UT colleague, architect Raymond Everett, designed ...

Fort Sherman

Completed in 1862, this large earth fort

was designed to defend the great Union

blockade base on Hilton Head against

Confederate land attack. Named after

the first Union commander here, Gen.

Thomas W. Sherman, the fort consists

of two miles of earthworks enclosing

a 14-acre area. ...

Governor James Edward Ferguson August 31, 1871 -September 21, 1

Governor Miriam A. Ferguson June 13, 1875 - June 25, 1961

James Ferguson, son of a Methodist preacher, and Miriam Wallace, daughter of a wealthy farmer, were Bell County natives. They married in 1899 and later settled with their two daughters ...

Madonna of the Trail

In 1912, Congress appropriated funds for a new highway, the National Old Trails Road, or Ocean-to-Ocean Highway. The route crossed 12 states from Maryland to California following much of the National Road and the Santa Fe Trail. To celebrate the ...