Fayette
Bernard Scherrer
Round Top, TX
(1807 -1892) Bernard Scherrer left his native Switzerland at the age of 22 for extended travels before reaching Texas in 1833.
Birthplace of the SPJST
La Grange, TX
On December 28, 1896, twenty-five Czech-Texans gathered in the district courtroom of this courthouse to establish a new fraternal benefit...
Brookfield-Evans-Cremer House
Hostyn, TX
Samuel bought the 1832 David Berry league, where this house stands, in 1835.
Cesko Narodni Hrbitov
Ellinger, TX
The Cechomoravan Lodge No. 105 formed in Ellinger in 1884 as part of the national Cesko-Slovanska Podporujici Spolecnost (C.S.P.S.)...
Col. William F. Upton
Schulenburg, TX
(1832 - 1887) Coming to Texas in 1853, W. F. Upton settled near High Hill.
Fayette County Courthouse
La Grange, TX
About 1890, the structural safety of Fayette County's third courthouse came into question, and plans began for the building of this...
Fayette County Jail
La Grange, TX
When the congress of the Republic of Texas established Fayette County in 1837, La Grange became its seat of government.
Fayette County, C.S.A
La Grange, TX
Although voted 600 against to 580 for secession, began Confederate recruiting in June 1861.
Fayetteville
Fayetteville, TX
Stage station on the Old San Felipe Trail founded by James J. Ross, John Crier, James Cummins - members of Austin's first colony.
Flatonia
Flatonia, TX
Market town for rich agricultural area, on one of this state's earliest railroads (chartered 1841 by the Republic of Texas).
Gotcher Trace
La Grange, TX
Opened about 1828 by James Gotcher from Alabama, a settler on Rabb's Creek in present Lee County, as route from San Felipe, in Stephen F....
Hamilton Ledbetter House
Round Top, TX
North Carolina native Hamilton Ledbetter (1808-1888) and his wife Jane Amanda ( Peacock) (1813-1884) settled in Victoria County in 1839.
Isaac Lafayette Hill
Round Top, TX
Born in Jasper County, Georgia.
Monument Hill Tomb
La Grange, TX
Monument Hill Tomb In September 1848, the remains of Texans killed in the 1842 Dawson Massacre and the 1843 "Black Bean Death Lottery"...
Muldoon Community
Muldoon, TX
Located in southwest Fayette County, the Muldoon area was first settled in the 1830s.
Nassau Plantation
Round Top, TX
An extensive tract of land purchased in 1843 for colonization by German emigrants.
Old Anderson Place
Schulenburg, TX
Area's oldest occupied house.
Rabb's Prairie
La Grange, TX
This portion of Fayette County is named for William Rabb (1770-1831), a prosperous miller from Pennsylvania who came to Texas in 1821...
Round Top
Round Top, TX
On the Old San Felipe Trail, in memory of John C. Robison, participant of the Battle of Velasco; Joel W. Robison, McHenry Winburn, Isaac...
Round Top Community
Round Top, TX
Home of the Townsends, Hills and McH.
Rutersville
Rutersville, TX
Founded in 1838 upon the recommendation of Dr. Martin Ruter (1785-1838), as a site for an institution of higher learning.
Site of a Twin Blockhouse
La Grange, TX
Built about 1828; used as a place of defense against the Indians and known as Moore's Fort in honor of its builder and owner, John Henry...
The Reverend Joseph Chromcik
Fayetteville, TX
Czech Catholics, who settled in Fayette County in the mid-1850s, were initially served by area priests.