Colorado
Abram Alley Log Cabin
Columbus, TX
In the 1820s, Abram Alley (d. 1862) came from Missouri to join his brothers in Stephen F. Austin's "Old 300" Colony.
Alleyton, C.S.A.
Columbus, TX
Born as War clouds gathered.
Beason's (Beeson's) Crossing
Columbus, TX
Benjamin Beason, one of Stephen F. Austin's original 300 colonists, settled by a widely used Colorado River crossing near here in 1822.
Ben Marshall Baker
Columbus, TX
(1837-1907) Influential owner-editor of "Colorado Citizens," whch he and brothers, Hicks and James, founded in 1857.
Capt. William G. Hunt House
Columbus, TX
On land originally owned by Bluford DeWeese, founder of Columbus, Capt. William G. Hunt (1813-1898) purchased this house in August 1859,...
City of Columbus
Columbus, TX
Oldest surveyed and platted Anglo-American town in Texas.
Colonel Joseph Worthington Elliott Wallace
Columbus, TX
United States Consul to the colonies in Texas, 1829-1832.
Colorado County Courthouse
Columbus, TX
This classic revival building--erected in 1890-1891 in form of a Greek cross--is now one of 28 oldest existing courthouses in Texas' 254...
Colorado County, City of Columbus
Columbus, TX
Site of projected capitol of Stephen F. Austin's colony, 1823.
Columbus Waterworks
Columbus, TX
In 1824 the Mexican government granted Elizabeth Tumlinson and her heirs the land and water rights to this area in the center of Stephen...
Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration of the American Declaration of Independence
Columbus, TX
Most of the "Old Three Hundred" settlers in Stephen F. Austin's first Texas colony in the early 1820s came from the United States and...
Frelsburg
Frelsburg, TX
First German settlement in Colorado County.
George Glenn
Columbus, TX
George Glenn George Glenn, son of Wash Glenn, was born into slavery in March 1850 and raised on the ranch of local cattleman Robert B....
Glidden
Glidden, TX
Before the railroad came to Colorado County, this area was the origin of several cattle drives to northern markets.
John Pettit Borden
Weimar, TX
(December 30, 1812 - November 12, 1890) Born in New York.
Joseph Jefferson Mansfield
Columbus, TX
(Feb. 9, 1861 - July 12, 1947) Born in Wayne County, West Virginia, as Beauregard Mansfield.
Mentz-Bernardo Community
Columbus, TX
As early as the 1830s German immigrants had begun to settle in the general vicinity of Cat Spring.
Methodism in Eagle Lake
Eagle Lake, TX
Methodism in Eagle Lake The United Methodist Church of Eagle Lake is the oldest Protestant congregation in the community.
Mike Muckleroy
Frelsburg, TX
(Sept. 27, 1808 - July 28, 1896) Pioneer, farmer, soldier, and county official Mike Muckleroy was born in Franklin County, Tennessee, and...
Nada
Nada, TX
Located on land once included in Stephen F. Austin's colony, the community of Nada was first settled in the 1880s by German and Czech...
Navigation of the Colorado River
Eagle Lake, TX
Because overland travel in early Texas was an enterprise often fraught with hardship, frustration, and danger, many individuals looked to...
Oakland
Oakland, TX
Originally known as Prairie Point, a town was platted at this site in 1856 by A. C. Hereford.
Old Osage
Weimar, TX
Site of 1820 trading post of Jesse Burnam.
Robert Henry Harrison, M.D.
Columbus, TX
(November 13, 1826 - October 17, 1905) A Georgia native and a doctor's son, Robert Henry Harrison received his medical degree in Ohio in...
Site of Robson's Castle and Columbus, Texas, Meat and Ice Company
Columbus, TX
Robert Robson (1804-1878), one of many Scotsmen seeking fortune in North America, came to the Texas Republic in 1839.
Stage Lines Through Columbus
Columbus, TX
Stage Lines Through Columbus Nineteenth-century stagecoach operations in Texas were closely tied to mail delivery, and contracts with the...
The Columbus Tap Railway
Columbus, TX
The Buffalo Bayou, Brazos & Colorado--first railway built in Texas--in the 1850s mapped its route from Houston to Austin through Alleyton...
Tumlinson Family
Columbus, TX
John (1776-1823) and Elizabeth Plemmons (1778-1829) Tumlinson were born in Lincoln County, North Carolina and lived in Tennessee,...
Weimar Railroad Depot
Weimar, TX
Weimar was founded in 1873 when T. W. Peirce, president of the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railroad, built a depot here on...
William Menefee
Columbus, TX
William L. Menefee, born ca.
William Shelby Delaney
Columbus, TX
(September 18, 1825 - December 16, 1900) Kentucky native William S. Delaney was a college professor before being admitted to the bar in...