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Burnet City Hall and Mall

Burnet City Hall and Mall

Date: 2006-03-01
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Description: Burnet City Hall and Mall
Holding Partner: University of North Texas Libraries
Burnet County Courthouse

Burnet County Courthouse

Date: 2006-03-01
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Description: Burnet County Courthouse, the third courthouse for the county, built 1937, architects Willis Environmental Engineering, Marble Falls.
Holding Partner: University of North Texas Libraries
Former Burnet County Jail

Former Burnet County Jail

Date: 2006-03-01
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Description: Former county jail of Burnet County.
Holding Partner: University of North Texas Libraries
Former Burnet County Jail, now a museum

Former Burnet County Jail, now a museum

Date: 2006-03-01
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Description: Former jail of Burnet County, now a museum.
Holding Partner: University of North Texas Libraries
Geologic Atlas of the United States: Llano-Burnet Folio, Texas

Geologic Atlas of the United States: Llano-Burnet Folio, Texas

Date: 1912
Creator: United States. Dept. of the Interior.
Description: This atlas contains six maps from the regions around Llano, Texas and Burnet, Texas including topography, aerial geology, and structure sections. The illustrated text at the beginning of the atlas discusses the geological history of the area and gives an in-depth breakdown of the kinds of rocks and minerals as well as other features of the region including climate and vegetation.
Holding Partner: University of North Texas Libraries
[Group of people kayaking on a body of water]

[Group of people kayaking on a body of water]

Date: 2006-01-12
Creator: Castillo, José L
Description: Six people in three kayaks paddle around on a body of water.
Holding Partner: University of North Texas Libraries
Herman Brown Free Library

Herman Brown Free Library

Date: 2006-03-01
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Description: Herman Brown Free Library in Burnet.
Holding Partner: University of North Texas Libraries
[Multiple waterfalls]

[Multiple waterfalls]

Date: 2005-12-16
Creator: Castillo, José L
Description: This photo shows a multiple waterfall over a flowered cliff into a body of water.
Holding Partner: University of North Texas Libraries
Pioneers monument, Burnet County

Pioneers monument, Burnet County

Date: 2006-03-01
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Description: In memory of the Pioneer Settlers of Burnet County. Samuel L. Holland, first settlers, 1848. Logan Vandevfer, Peter Kerr, William H. Magill, Noah Smithwick, Jesse Burnam, K. H. Hall, General Adam R. Johnson, Captain Christian Dorbandt and to those pioneers who pushed into this wilderness and established here the first traces of human habitation, unknown planters sowing seeds for a new civilizaton. They amrked for us our channels of trade adn industry, built the first schools and churches, an dafter the tumult of Indian depredations and the terrible scars of the Civil War, returned and again took up the ax and plow and brought new acres into cultivation. Most of them died in obscurity and were laid to rest in the county of their adoption. As the rank and file of our pioneers we honor their memory for the deeds they performed and the doctrines they taught. Fort Croghan established here March 18, 1849, abandoned by troops in December 1853, permanently abandoned 1855. Burnet County created February 5, 1852, organized August 28, 1852 by Logan Vandeveer, William H. Magill, R. H. Hall, Commissioners. Landmarks: Holland Springs, first settlement in 1848; Fort Croghan established 1849; Morman Mill built 1850; Black's Fort ...
Holding Partner: University of North Texas Libraries
Sheriff Wallace W. Riddell monument, Burnet

Sheriff Wallace W. Riddell monument, Burnet

Date: 2006-03-01
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Description: Sheriff Wallace W. Riddell, December 4, 1899 - February 11, 1978. Sheriff of Burnet County 1939 - 1978. Texas' longest serving Sheriff, 39 years, 1 month, 11 days.
Holding Partner: University of North Texas Libraries
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