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LANDMARKS OF TEXAS 89
Built in 1853, Woodlawn has been the home of two Governors of Texas and is one
of the stateliest landmarks in Austin. It was the private home of Gov. E. M. Pease and
was bought in 1956 by Gov. Allan Shivers, who provided this picture.in present Travis County. At Brazos and Sev-
enth is site of official residence of Mirabeau
B. Lamar, built in 1840, known as "Presi-
dent's House"; Lamar only president who
lived in it; destroyed by fire 1847. Present
City Hall was site of first capitol in Austin;
erected 1839; every president of Republic of
Texas performed some official act within its
walls. At Austin is Reissig's Store, built 1865,
good condition; Col. E. M. House home, late
1800s; Judge S. G. Sneed house, built about
1857, named Comal Bluff; Sunny Ridge-Diet-
rich-Hancock house, 1850; Cochran home,
about 1855 by Abner Cook, later owned by
Andrew Neill and still later by T. B. Cochran
and his descendants; former Evans home,
now Austin Woman's Club, 1874; Bremond
Laguna Gloria, owned by Mrs. Clara Driscoll
Sevier who gave it to Texas Fine Arts Asso-
ciation. Beriah Graham home, built about
1861 at 2605 Salado, part of it still standing.
The Oaks, on old John Hancock Plantation;
only the slave quarters, spring house and
stables standing today. Bremond Block, square
block containing six homes belonging to Bre-
mond families, bounded by West 7th, West
8th, Guadalupe and San Antonio; built in
1860s to 1890s, still in good condition and
lived in.
TRINITY: Fifteen miles west of Groveton
on F-M Road 355 is site of the town of
Sebastopol, important shipping point estab-
lished in the late fifties. Named for naval sta-
tion in Russia. It declined after railroads went
through this section. Five and a half miles
southeast of Groveton on U.S. Highway 287 is
site of town of Sumpter, first county seat of
Trinity County, 1854; town laid out Nov. 20,
1855; incorporated 1862; courthouse and rec-
ords burned 1872; county seat moved to Pen-
nington 1873; moved to Groveton in 1882. NearPennington is site of Steele's Academy, estab-
lished 1868. State marker only remaining ob-
ject of academy.
TYLER: Fort Teran, three miles west of
Rockland, was first white settlement in Tyler
County. Established 1832 by Col. Peter Ellis
Bean, named for Gen. Manuel de Mier y
Teran. Fort occupied by Mexican troops but
abandoned after battle of Nacogdoches, Aug 2,
1832. Near Woodville is site of Fenced Indian
Village, where, prior to 1835, Tejas Indians
had large fenced enclosure to protect tribe
and livestock. Near Chester is site of Peach
Tree Village founded by Indians, later settled
by white people. Town Bluff was earliest
American settlement in Tyler County; first
county seat.
UPSHUR: Five and a half miles southeast
of Gilmer, on State Highway 155, is site of
ancient Indian Rock Village, tribe name un-
known. Sand Hill nine miles northeast of Gil-
mer is where East Texas Indians made pot-
tery from native clay.
UPTON: Marker placed near McCamey
commemorating Castle Gap, natural pass
through caprock.
UVALDE: Near Uvalde is marker on site
of Fort Inge, established by U.S. Army
March 13, 1849. Fort abandoned Feb. 28, 1869.
Ruins. At Uvalde is John Nance Garner home,
museum and library. Given by U.S. Vice-
President Garner to city. Near Montell is site
of Mission Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria
del Canon, founded by Franciscans 1749 on
San Gabriel River, removed to San Marcos
River, 1755, and again removed here 1762;
abandoned 1769. Few traces remain. Five-
tenths mile west of Sabinal on U.S. Highway
90 is also site of Camp Sabinal, established
1856 by Capt. Albert G. Brackett. Served also
as Ranger camp. Waresville, in Sabinal Can-
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