Bryan, Texas.
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Center of cultural and civic activities in Bryan since 1903. Established through inspiration of the mutual improvement club (renamed the Woman's Club, 1909), under the leadership of Mmes. Lucy Miley Brandon and Rose Fountain . . .
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Center of cultural and civic activities in Bryan since 1903. Established through inspiration of the mutual improvement club (renamed the Woman's Club, 1909), under the leadership of Mmes. Lucy Miley Brandon and Rose Fountain . . . (Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
(side 1) Camp Montel C.S.A. Site 25 mi. West on Hy. 470, 1 mi. South. Established 1862 as part of Red River-Rio Grande defense line. Named for Captain Charles DeMontel, surveyor and colonizer of Bandera, leader of county . . . 
Chosen commissary by General Andrew Jackson, War of 1812 Edward Burleson, his son, accompanied him as book-keeper Participated in the Battle of New Orleans January 8, 1815 Served under his son, Edward, Army of Texas, in the . . . 
First permanent courthouse for county, which was organized in 1856, but used makeshift quarters for offices and courtrooms until this building was erected 1890-91. Style is local version of the Second Renaissance Revival. . . . 
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, San Marcos firemen were summoned to a blaze by the clanging sound of a huge triangle which hung from a tree limb at the right of this entrance to the Hays County Courthouse. The . . . 
When Hays County originated in 1848, its one public building was a log church-schoolhouse that had to serve as the courthouse, along with its other uses. Although the San Marcos townsite, platted in 1851, contained a court . . . 
Built in 1899 and dedicated on July 6, 1900, this library was financed with funds bequeathed by Dr. Clark, who was a prominent physician of Lockhart and San Antonio. A native of New Orleans, he was a graduate of Tulane . . . 
Born in San Antonio, Jose Antonio Navarro (1795-1871) held several offices in the Mexican government before becoming an active participant in the movement for Texas independence. Navarro possessed numerous landholdings in . . . 
(side 1) Built in 1920, the former house at 528 E. Washington Street was once home to Nobel Peace Prize winner John Raleigh Mott (1869-1955). As general secretary of the National War Work Council, a World War I era Young . . . 
Mission Nombre de Dios featured a stone chapel of La Leche as early as 1702. That chapel was damaged and subsequently dismantled, rebuilt, and destroyed in 1728. Another reconstruction was undertaken in 1875 by Bishop . . . 
The present chapel is the fourth building on this foundation. Erected first by 1615 this Shrine of Our Lady fell victim three times—to war, pirates and storms. The last reconstruction began in 1918. The devotion to Our Lady . . . 
VETERAN: The term brings to mind the foremost notion of American patriotism and self-sacrifice. Dating back to our Revolution, near 50 million men and women joined the armed forces to defend our nation and its interests, . . . 
Bernardino Rivadavia Primer Presidente de la Republica Argentina La ciudad de Cholula de Rivadavia toma su nombre en 1895 Gobernador del Estado de Puebla Lic. Mariano Piña Olaya Presidente Municipal de Cholula C. Jose . . . 
Cherokee Indians And Muster and Drill Ground Georgia Militia For Gritter District
The idea to create lakes from the old Perkins Swamp originated in a Chamber of Commerce meeting in 1933, when thousands of men needed work and the relocation of the LSU campus had created momentum for growth of the city . . . 
1913 2004 A la memoria del Hijo Prediltecto de Cholula Dr. Alfredo Toxqui Fernández de Lara Politico, Humanista, Investigador, Amante de la Cultura Cholulteca y Orgullo de esta Ciudadd “Cancelemos odios y rencores, para el . . . 
Cholula significa "Lugar de los que huyeron" o "Agua que cae en un lugar de huida". Se trata de un importante asentamiento prehispánico localizado en el estado de Puebla que goza de una ocupación ininterrumpida hasta . . . 
This tablet marks the Isaac Parker Inn on stage coach route from Barkesdale’s Ferry on the Savannah River to Whatley’s Ferry on the Chattahoochee via “Rock Mountain”
The Memorial Union is the university’s premier gathering place, serving as a welcoming living room for the entire campus community. Built in the Italian Renaissance Revival style (1928) with an International style theater . . . 
Here cattlemen loaded herds into boxcars bound for Portland; while cowboys and rustlers haunted saloons. Railhead warehouses of the 1880's were town down in the 1990's and with salvaged materials the park project began. With . . . 
