Austin County, Texas
Cat Spring is home to 3 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.
Austrian-born Henry Hess (1851-1914) and his wife Fransiska (Schlapota) (b. 1854) built this cottage in 1876-77 in the German settlement of Cat Spring. Purchased by Charles (b. 1875) and Fannie (b. 1879) Kollatschny in…
View on map ↗(September 25, 1805 - May 15, 1887) Austin County pioneer and Texas War for Independence veteran, Elemelech Swearingen, was born in Shepherdsville, Kentucky (Bullitt Co.) in 1805. He married Angelina Weeks (1811-1883)…
View on map ↗FRIEDRICH FERDINAND ENGELKING CAME TO TEXAS IN 1839 FROM SCHLÜSSELBURG, WESTPHALIA, PRUSSIA. IN 1842, HE PURCHASED 177 ACRES IN AUSTIN COUNTY AND LATER THAT YEAR MARRIED OTTILIE ELIZABETH CAROLINE LOUISE (LINA) VON…
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