Davis Mill · 1936
Built in 1864 by William A. Davis; first stone mill with carding machine in this vicinity. A sawmill and gin were added in 1866. French burrs, Leffel water wheel and silk bolt brought from Galveston by wagon in 1871.…
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Historical Markers in Salado, Texas
Salado is home to 44 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.
Home of Elijah Sterling Clack Robertson · 1936
This house was built 1856-1860 by Elijah Sterling Clack Robertson 1820 . . . 1879 Texas pioneer, patriot, soldier and jurist, and one of the founders of Salado College. Erected by the State of Texas 1936
View on map ↗Home of Orville Thomas Tyler · 1936
1810 . . . 1886 Pioneer Texan . County Judge . Member of the Legislature . President of the board of trustees of Salado College. Built in 1857 Erected by the State of Texas 1936
View on map ↗Home of Wellborn Barton · 1936
Home of Wellborn Barton 1821-1883; Pioneer physician of this region. For many years a trustee of Salado College, built 1866. (John Hendrickson, Contractor) Old military road and Chisholm cattle trail passed here.
View on map ↗Berry-Vickrey House · 1962
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1962 (medallion only)
View on map ↗Capt. Robert Bonner Halley Home · 1962
RTHL medallion only
View on map ↗Stagecoach Inn · 1962
Constructed during the 1860s, the Stagecoach Inn was known as Salado Hotel and as Shady Villa before the current name was adopted in 1943. Military figures George Armstrong Custer and Robert E. Lee, and cattle baron…
View on map ↗Stinnett's Mill · 1962
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View on map ↗Twelve Oaks · 1962
Greek Revival mansion built of stone from adjacent land, for B.D. McKie, Texas doctor who fought and was wounded in Mexican and Civil Wars. Restoration by parents of Lt. Henry Clay de Grummond, Jr., World War II combat…
View on map ↗Alexander's Distillery · 1964
On this site in 1861-65, the William R. Alexander Distillery met a wartime need in Texas. May 28, 1862, Governor Francis R. Lubbock closed all Texas distilleries, to save grain. Army calls for medicinal liquor (for…
View on map ↗Old Anderson Place · 1965
Built 1860 at edge of an old Indian campground, by James B. Anderson, one of town's founders and a school trustee in Salado. Community leaders, lawyers and doctors have lived here. Boarding here in 1883 while a student…
View on map ↗Mary Elizabeth Carpenter, Birthplace of White House Aide · 1967
Great-granddaughter of builders. Daughter of Thomas S. and Mary Elizabeth (Robertson) Sutherland. First woman vice president of student body, University of Texas. Married Leslie Carpenter; has 2 children. In 1954 was…
View on map ↗Robertson Home · 1967
Built by Col. E.S.C. Robertson and wife, Mary Elizabeth (Dickey). Rare ante-bellum plantation complex, comprising home, servant quarters, land, family cemetery, stables. Still a working ranch. The house, occupied by…
View on map ↗Salado Creek · 1967
Gushing limestone springs, abundant fish, flowers, and trees have long made the banks of Salado Creek a good home site. Indians camped beside stream; Spanish explorers named it; the first Anglo-American settler was…
View on map ↗Fowler House · 1968
Built 1872 by Josiah Fowler, a settler from Tennessee, Confederate veteran, co-editor of "Fowler's Arithmetic", and a college teacher. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1968
View on map ↗M. H. Denman Cabin · 1968
M.H. Denman built cabin 1867 (15 mi. NW), of handhewn, square cedar logs joined by wooden pegs; has fireplace of native stone; restored 1955. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1968.
View on map ↗Salado Cemetery · 1969
Established 1856 on 2.5-acre site given by E.S.C. Robertson. Distinguished Texans interred here include the Rev. G.W. Baines, great-grandfather of President Lyndon B. Johnson; the Rev. and Mrs. J.E. Ferguson, parents of…
View on map ↗Salado Methodist Church · 1969
Building erected 1890 for a congregation organized 1854 at site on Salado Creek. Circuit riders serving congregation included the Rev. J.E. Ferguson, father of a Texas governor. Building committee for this church: J.L.…
View on map ↗Site of Thomas Arnold High School · 1975
Dr. Samuel J. Jones (1857-1918) and his wife, Charlotte Hallaran Jones (d. 1904), established Thomas Arnold High School on this site in 1890. The school, which was actually a private academy, occupied the stone…
View on map ↗Major Archibald Johnson Rose · 1979
(1830-1903) Before migrating to Texas, A. J. Rose made a fortune in the 1849 California Gold Rush. In 1857 he and his wife Sallie (Austin) brought their family from Missouri to Travis County, Texas. Later they settled…
View on map ↗The Major A.J. Rose House · 1979
Built in 1870-72, this structure typifies the Greek Revival style with its symmetrical facade. The residence was constructed for former Confederate officer Archibald Johnson Rose (1830-1903) and his large family. A…
View on map ↗George Washington Baines House · 1981
Built in the 1860s, this house was the residence of the Rev. George Washington Baines (1809-83) from 1870 to 1883. A pioneer Baptist preacher, missionary, editor, and educator, the Rev. Baines was the great-grandfather…
View on map ↗Armstrong-Adams House · 1985
Dr. David H. Armstrong, who served as one of the first trustees of the Salado public free schools, and his wife, Julia, built this home between 1869 and 1872. It later became the residence of a succession of Salado…
View on map ↗Main Street Bridges · 1986
A number of bridges have been built over Salado Creek on Main Street since 1870. After the town of Salado was laid out in 1859, citizens crossed the creek using various combinations of rocks and logs. When local…
View on map ↗Salado Church of Christ · 1988
Founded in March 1859, this congregation first met in a brush arbor on the north bank of Salado Creek. The first two elders were James Anderson and J.W. Vickrey, both of whom were instrumental in the organization of…
View on map ↗West Salado Cemetery · 1990
Located in an area populated by former slaves following the Civil War, this cemetery dates to the 1870s. The earliest documented grave is that of Jozie Fulbright, who died in 1877, although according to local oral…
View on map ↗Norton-Orgain House · 1991
Built about 1872 by Edward R.A. Buckles, this I-plan vernacular house exhibits Classical and Victorian detailing. Its two-story gallery features Doric columns on the ground level, which contrast with the Victorian…
View on map ↗Robert Bonner Halley · 1991
A native of Georgia, Robert B. Halley brought his family to this area about 1853. With partner T.J. Eubanks, he operated a liquor distillery and a flour and grist mill on the Lampasas River. Halley served as Bell County…
View on map ↗Dodd's Creek Bridge · 2000
(Lenticular Truss Bridge) One of many patented truss designs developed by American inventors and engineers in the mid- to late-19th century, this 87-foot lenticular truss bridge represents an unusual truss type in the…
View on map ↗First Baptist Church of Salado · 2000
A Baptist revival was held on the banks of Salado Creek as early as 1854. By about 1860, members of area Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian and Church of Christ denominations were meeting in an ecumenical house of…
View on map ↗Dr. Samuel J. and Charlotte H. Jones · 2001
Educators Samuel Jackson (1858-1918) and Charlotte Hallaran (d. 1904) Jones taught at Salado College in 1884-1885. In 1890, the Joneses opened Thomas Arnold High School in the former Salado College buildings. Charlotte…
View on map ↗Old Salado Graveyard · 2001
This burial ground was likely in use about the time a U.S. Post Office was established in Salado Springs in 1852. In 1854 Col. Elijah Sterling C. Robertson purchased a large tract of land north and south o the springs…
View on map ↗The Rev. James E. and Fannie F. Ferguson · 2001
Alabama native James Ferguson (1824-1876) became a Methodist preacher in Arkansas before moving to Texas in 1847. As a circuit rider for the next 20 years, he served Methodists in numerous parts of central and southeast…
View on map ↗Dr. Welborn and Louisa Adeline Barton · 2003
A graduate of the medical department of Kentucky's Transylvania University, South Carolina native Dr. Welborn Barton (1821-1883) came to Texas in the late 1840s. After two years of practicing medicine in Bastrop County,…
View on map ↗Willingham Cemetery · 2003
Willingham family members were original settlers at Salado Springs (Salado) in the early 1850s. They eventually moved a few miles west and established a successful stock farm operation. Patriarch Archibald Willingham…
View on map ↗Salado United Methodist Church · 2004
In 1854, the Rev. Thomas Gilmore, a Methodist circuit rider, led a revival at Pecan Grove on the north side of Salado Creek. He organized a Methodist church and a Union Sunday school in a small frame building. During…
View on map ↗Hermon and Margaret L. Aiken · 2005
New Hampshire native Hermon (Herman) Aiken worked in Illinois and Tennessee before moving to New Orleans. There, he served as a ship's captain taking supplies to Galveston in support the Texas Revolution. He lived in…
View on map ↗Capt. Milton Wesley Damron · 2006
Milton Wesley Damron (1825-1887), an early settler and Salado public servant, was born in Tennessee and came to Texas as part of the Mercer Colony. He arrived in the 1840s and shortly afterwards married Sarah…
View on map ↗Louisa Adeline (Addie) Barton · 2006
When Addie Barton (1858-1921) was seven years old, her parents, Dr. Welborn and Louisa Barton, moved to Salado so their children could attend Salado College. Upon graduation, Addie became a teacher. She felt called to…
View on map ↗Kate Crawford and Zachary Clay Taylor · 2008
The Taylors were among the earliest Baptist missionaries to Brazil. Zachary Clay Taylor (b. 1851) was a pastor preparing for missions when he met Kate Crawford (b. 1862), a Salado school teacher. They wed Christmas Day…
View on map ↗Salado · 2009
Salado was officially established in 1859 when Col. E. S. C. Robertson donated land for a townsite and for a college. Col. Hermon Aiken drew a plat for the town, which developed along its main street. However, there had…
View on map ↗James Lowry Smith · 2010
Salado college professor and principal James Lowry Smith was a progressive leader in education. He received degrees at Baylor and served in the Civil War before beginning his tenure at Salado College in 1863. Despite…
View on map ↗Alice Gray Hamblen · 2016
Alice Gray Hamblen, born March 14, 1846, in Mississippi, and her husband, William Kroger Hamblen (1817-1902), moved to Salado in 1868 and quickly became involved with the local private school, Salado College. Alice was…
View on map ↗Cedar Knob Cemetery (HTC) · 2017
The first settlers on the Lampasas River Basin were servicemen who received land grants after gaining Texas’ Independence or men who came in search of grassland for their herds. Located south of Cedar Knob Mountain,…
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