Strunk-Woolsey House · 1963
N/A - on Application Built about 1875. Early Texas open-hall or breezeway type of construction. Home of John Monroe Woolsey while a member of the 20th Legislature representing Colorado County.
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Historical Markers in Oakland, Texas
Oakland is home to 5 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.
Route of the Texas Army · 1969
In Texas Revolution, Gen. Sam Houston and his Texas Army crossed Rocky Creek near this spot, March 15, 1836, retreating eastward from town of Gonzales. Their victory 5 weeks later over Santa Anna's Mexican Army, in…
View on map ↗Oakland · 1988
Originally known as Prairie Point, a town was platted at this site in 1856 by A. C. Hereford. A native of Virginia, Hereford was a veteran of the Mexican War who had arrived in this area in the early 1850s. Located on…
View on map ↗Oakland Normal School · 1990
Founded in 1882, the Oakland Normal School provided professional training for black schoolteachers for three decades. G. R. Townsend served as first principal, but for most of the school's existence it was directed by…
View on map ↗Clear Creek Cemetery · 2009
Clear Creek Community formed in the 1850s near the route of the “Old Gonzales Road,” which ran from San Felipe though Columbus, Oakland and Gonzales on to San Antonio. A church organized in Clear Creek in the 1850s. In…
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