Burnet

15 historical markers in Texas

Airy Mount Barn

Burnet, TX

Kentucky native Adam Rankin Johnson (1834-1922) came to Texas in 1854.

Bertram

Bertram, TX

The town of Bertram was founded in 1882 when the Austin and Northwestern Railroad established a route through the area.

Brandt Badger House

Marble Falls, TX

Brandt Badger (1839-1920), a veteran of the Confederate Army, moved to Burnet from Gonzales in 1885, and in 1887, helped found Marble Falls.

Captain Jesse Burnam

Marble Falls, TX

Texas Patriot Jesse Burnam (also spelled Burnham), born in Madison county, Kentucky, was the youngest son of seven children.

General Adam R. Johnson

Burnet, TX

Home County of Texas Confederate Joined C. S. Army 1861.

Governor O. M. Roberts' House

Marble Falls, TX

President of the 1861 Secession Convention and a Confederate officer, Oran M. Robert (1815-1898) served as governor of Texas from 1879 to...

Granite Mountain

Marble Falls, TX

This 866-foot dome of solid pink granite, covering 180 acres, contains the largest quarry of its kind in the United States.

Holland Springs

Burnet, TX

Indians had probably visited these clear, cool springs for centuries when, in 1847, Henry E. McCulloch established a Ranger camp here, on...

Logan Vandeveer House

Burnet, TX

(1815-55) Came from Kentucky in 1833.

Mahomet-Sycamore Springs Community

Bertram, TX

Settlement in this part of Burnet County began in the 1850s.

Oldest Commercial Building in Burnet

Burnet, TX

Logan Vandeveer (1815-55), a hero of the 1836 Battle of San Jacinto, came here about 1849 as a Fort Croghan beef supplier.

Peter Kerr

Burnet, TX

1795-1861 One of "Old 300" of Stephen F. Austin's first colony; from Pennsylvania.

Site of Town of Strickling

Bertram, TX

Once a busy rural community.

The Burnet Bulletin

Burnet, TX

Established in the early 1870s, this weekly newspaper has been in continuous operation for more than one hundred years.

The Galloway House

Burnet, TX

The original part of this house was built in 1856.

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