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HISTORIC TOWNS BUILDINGS, SITES
Old Camp Verde, Kerr County. At one time eastern ter rrnus of the U.S. Army's trans-
continental Camel Route. Now a ranch headquarters.twenty killed, nine captured by Confederates; rest
escaped to Mexico. Near Boerne is site of Becker
house, built about 1850. Near Corrmfort is site of
Faltin house, built about 18511, and Rice home. Old
Kendall Inn and Victorian Stone Stores.
KENEDY: Seven and one-half miles south of
Sarita is tree under which Gen. Zachary Taylor
camped March 15, 1846, while en route with troops
from Corpus Christi to Rio Grande; marked in
1936.
KERR: Camp Verde, on Verde Creek, eight
miles west of Center Point in Kerr County, estab-
lished July 8, 1855. Became famous as the start-
ing point of the Army camel route, which had its
western terminus at Fort Yuma, Calif. Established
by Capt. I. N. Palmer, Second United States Cav-
alry. Taken over by Confederates in 1861. Re-
garrisoned by Federals in 1865. Abandoned April
1, 1869. Some of oald buildings in use as ranch
headquarters. Site marked in 1936. Camp Iyes
established Oct. 2, 1859, by Co. I, 2d U.S. Cavalry
under Lt. Wesley Ovens as sub-post of Camp
Verde. Temporarily abandoned March 13, 18601;
reoccupied Oct. 20, 1860.), until Jan. 28, 1861,
when permanently abandoned. No trace. There
were two Camp Verde's in Kerr County. One was
established March 31, 1862, as Frontier Regi-
ment station and abandoned in 1864 with con-
solidation of regiment at Fort Belknap. Near
Center Point is site of Ganahl house, built about
1850.
KIMBLE: Near Roosevelt is site of Fort
Terrett, established Feb. 5, 1852, by the United
Sates Army. Named for Lt. John C. Terrett who
fell at Monterrey, Sept. 21, 1846. Abandoned Feb.
26, 1854. Marker placed at site by Centennial Com-
mission in 1936.
KINNEY: Fort Clark, Brackettville. Established
June 19, 1852, and originally called Fort Riley for a
Colonel Riley, distinguished in the Aiexican War
and campaigns in Florida. Shortly after its estab-
lishment it was named Fort Clark in honor of
Major John B. Clark, First United States Infan-
try, who died of wounds in Iexico in 1847.
Abandoned in 1861; reoccupied in 1566. Sold in
1946 to a private company and operated as a dude
ranch,
LAMAR: George Wright home in Paris, built in
1876, restored in 1946 by Mr. and Mrs. R. M.
Graves, present owners. At Paris is a miniature
(one third size) of the Mirabeau B. Lamar home,
erected as part of 1936 centennial celebration.
Five-tenths mile west of Arthur City is site of
Fulton's Trading Post; established about 1833 at
point known as Fulton's Crossing; earlier known
as site of U.S. factory; site marked 1936. Six
miles south of Paris, State Hlighway 24, is site of
Mount Vernon, second county seat of Lamar
County; court held June, 1843-April, 1844. when
Paris made county seat; site marked 1936. Seven-
teen miles northeast Powderly is site of first An-
glo-American settlement in Lamar ('ounty. Site
marked 1936. Three miles northeast Paris is site
of Lafayette, first county seat of Lamar County,
1841-1843. Site marked 1936.LAMB: Five miles south of Earth is Sod House
Springs, monument commemorating establishment
first cow camp in Panhandle. Five miles west of
Earth, on U.S. tHighway 70, is Spring Lake Indian
Camp and watering place; late headquarters for
largest division XIT Ranch; site marked 1936. In
Littlefield is marker in memory of George W.
Littlefield, founder and developer of Yellow House
Ranch and city of Littlefield.
LAMPASAS: Old Keystone Hotel, built 1856,
still min use, tnough modernized. Hancock Springs,
near Lampasas, spa to which Indians once brought
tneir aged and injured. One mile east of Lampasas
site of Hughes Mill, named for Moses Hughes;
site marked 1936. Huling Stone Mansion, built
1855, still standing. Star Hotel, built 1870, still
in service. Donavon Mill, two miles east of Lam-
pasas; built 1880.
LA SALLE: Fort Ewell, on the Nueces River
twenty-five miles southeast of Cotulla. Established
May 18, 1852, and named for Capt. Richard S.
Ewell when he was a captain of the dragoons in
the United States Army. Abandoned Oct. 3, 1854;
reoccupied in 1859 and again abandoned same
year. There is no trace of the ruins today. Near
Cotulla on U.S. Highway 81 bridge is marker on
site of former western boundary of Texas-Nueces
River. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1848, changed
boundary to Rio Grande.
LAVACA: Old town of Petersburg, first county
seat, eight miles southwest of Hallettsville. Four
miles north of Hallettsville on U.S. Highway 77 is
marker in honor of Hallettsville, founded 1838,
county seat of Lavaca County since 1852, named
for Mrs. Margaret Hallett who donated town site.
Marker erected 1936. In north limits of Yoakum,
U.S. Highway 77 is marker to memory of trail
drivers of Southwest Texas who passed that way
1867-1887. Site marked 1936. One mile north of
Moulton on State Highway 95 is site of camp of
Texas Army, March 15, 1836, of Gen. Sam Hous-
ton while retreating from Gonzales to Brazos
River. M. I. Bozka home outstanding, built in 1879.
LEE: Six miles south of Giddings was old com-
munity of Serbin, founded by Wends in 1854. Gid-
dings newspaper owns only Wendish-font type in
America.
LEON: At Normangee stands monument to
El Camino Real (the King's Highway, or Old
San Antonio Road), which was blazed in 1691
by Capt. Don Domingo Teran de los Rios, first
provincial Governor of Texas. Fort Boggy, built
on Boggy Creek about 1840 for protection of
settlers against Indians. Site marked 1936 by Cen-
tennial Commission five miles south of Centerville
on U.S. Highway 75. At Leona is site of first
courthouse built in Leon County; built 1846, used
until 1850 when county seat moved to Centerville.
LIBERTY: Monument commemorating early
events is located on the courthouse grounds in
Liberty, the county seat. Near Liberty is the site
of Champ d'Asile (place of refuge), French set-
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