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 of Indian captivity.
Post office opened here, 1857, and Strickling became a mail terminal and stage stop. Tons of lumber and buffalo hides were hauled through here. The town had a school, churches, a doctor’s office, and stores.
Strickling gradually declined when bypassed by the railroad, 1882. Only the cemetery remains.
Marker is on FM-1174 just from CR-210A, on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
