Black's Fort · 1936
Built as a defense against the Indians in 1851 by William Black (1815-1907) on land owned by him. In the stockade, constructed of cedar logs, sentries were kept on guard on moonlight nights. Guns and ammunition for…
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Historical Markers in Bertram, Texas
Bertram is home to 18 official Texas Historical Commission markers — each one telling a piece of the city’s story. Browse the markers below, then find them on the map and discover more nearby with RoadHistorical.
Early Oatmeal School · 1968
This building, once a combined school and church, was erected in 1869 in Oatmeal, second oldest community in Burnet County. The settlement, founded in 1849, had a post office from 1853 to 1876. This limestone structure…
View on map ↗Site of Town of Strickling · 1970
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…
View on map ↗The Village of South Gabriel · 1974
The South Gabriel Post Office opened in Postmaster Thomas Lewiston's mercantile store on Sept. 29, 1871. The village, named for the South San Gabriel River, was also called Lewiston. Located on the Austin-Burnet Road,…
View on map ↗Bertram School · 1976
When Bertram was founded in 1882 along the Austin & Northwestern Railroad, one of the first structures erected was a combination school, Sunday School, and Masonic Lodge hall. Rudolph Bertram, Austin Railroad executive…
View on map ↗Joppa Community · 1979
Some of the first settlers in this farming and ranching community were the William Alexander Faires family in 1874 and the Martin Luther Ater family the next year. The settlement was called "Pool Branch" for a nearby…
View on map ↗Shady Grove Community · 1979
In the 1850s and 60s families settled on this farm and ranch land along the Middle Gabriel river. The Old Austin-Lampasas and Burnet-Belton roads intersected here. Six acres deeded by Alexander M. Barton in 1877 later…
View on map ↗Stewart Pioneer Home · 1980
Benjamin Hansford Stewart (d. 1932), a native of Tennessee, came to Texas in 1851. A farmer and rancher, he also served as Burnet County sheriff, 1874-75. He constructed this frame house in 1905 as a residence for his…
View on map ↗Bertram · 1982
The town of Bertram was founded in 1882 when the Austin and Northwestern Railroad established a route through the area. The community was named for Rudolph Bertram, an Austin merchant who was instrumental in the…
View on map ↗The Bryson Place · 1982
John H. Bryson (1850-1930) and his wife Milda (Barton) (1852-1952) had this home constructed on their land in 1906 by local builder Marcus Langford. It is located on a site purchased in 1855 by Milda's uncle Welborn…
View on map ↗Mahomet-Sycamore Springs Community · 1985
Settlement in this part of Burnet County began in the 1850s. Two early communities were Mahomet and Sycamore Springs, originally located 8 miles from each other. Pioneers of Mahomet were George Ater, William G. Hall,…
View on map ↗Mount Zion Cemetery · 1989
John Jennings (1802-1867), his wife Sarah C. (Sally) (1806-1879), and their family came to this area in 1851. The settlement which grew up around their farm became known as Jennings Creek community. After Burnet County…
View on map ↗Oatmeal Cemetery · 1990
Some of the earliest pioneers of the Oatmeal community are interred in this cemetery. The oldest documented burials are those of Mary Smith and her year-old daughter, Fanny, both of whom died on September 16, 1854. Mr.…
View on map ↗Site of Prairie Point Community · 1993
Anglo settlement of this part of Burnet County began in the 1850s. By the 1870s settlers had established cattle and sheep ranches as well as a number of family farms. A community school opened in 1882 and remained in…
View on map ↗Mahomet Cemetery · 1994
This cemetery, with interments dating back to the 1850s, became a community graveyard for the Sycamore Springs and Mahomet rural communities. In 1909 J. W. Williams and J. W. and Nellie Greer deeded the cemetery…
View on map ↗Mount Blanc School · 2009
5818 CR 330
View on map ↗Joppa Iron Truss Bridge · 2017
The small community of Joppa was established for a church and school in the 1880s. With the growing population in Burnet County and business generated from the railroad, the county decided to construct several bridges…
View on map ↗Russell Fork Iron Truss Bridge · 2017
Two miles south of the Joppa Community Church and Center, and six miles northeast of Bertram, stands an Iron Truss Pratt bridge over the Russell Fork of the North San Gabriel River. On September 5, 1910, the Burnet…
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