Historical Markers

HISTORICAL MARKERS OF BURLESON COUNTY, TX

36th Division Memorial

Black Jack Baptist Church - 12 miles NW of Caldwell on SH 21 W, then FM 908 NW. Church is on
CR 301 0.1 mile E. of 908.

Brazos Bottom Baptist Church Cemetery - NW of Snook on FM 2039, then W. on CR 254

Brazos River Levee - SH 21 E of Caldwell for 11 mi.; turn on FM 50, 1.3 mi S of SH 21

Broaddus, Andrew S., Judge - NE Corner of SH 21 & FM 1362 Intersection in Cooks Point

Burleson County - 1936 Centennial Marker at SH 21 and 36 Intersection , Caldwell

Burleson County --Court House Square Echols & Buck Street, Caldwell

Burleson County C.S.A. - Court House Square, Fox & Main, Caldwell

Burleson County in the Texas War for Independence - Court House Square, Fox & Main, Caldwell

Caldwell Masonic Cemetery - West end of 12th St. (Marker in Front of Chapel), Caldwell

Caldwell National Bank - 129 W. Buck (Corner of Buck & Echols), Caldwell

Caldwell Volunteer Fire Department - 206 Hill Street @ Mustang St., Caldwell

Caldwell, City of --Court House Square @ Buck & Echols St., Caldwell

Caldwell, City of - Caldwell--SH 21 @ Gray St. in front of public library

Caldwell, City of - Caldwell--Corner of Hill & Buck on City Hall building

Camino Real, Site of - SH 21 9.4 mi. W. @ Roadside Park (Has been removed due to hwy construction)

Chiles, Lewis L. - 1936 Centennial Marker in Old City Cemetery--Buffalo & Thomas, Caldwell

Chisholm Cattle Trail, An Arm of The - SH 21 W. of Caldwell about 8 miles. Marker is on N side of highway.

Chriesman Texas - On FM 1363 about 3/10 mi. W. of its intersection with SH 36--about 6.2 miles N. of Caldwell.

Horatio Chriesman
(At Chriesman Cemetery) - About 6.2 mi. N. of Caldwell, take CR 328 east ½ mile to cemetery.

City Cemetery, Old - Buffalo @ Thomas St., Caldwell

Cooks Point - NE Corner of SH 21 & FM 1362 Intersection, Cooks Point

Cooks Point United Methodist Church - SH 21E about 5 mi. from Caldwell to church,
on S. side of Hwy., Cooks Point

Deanville - Intersection of FM 111 & FM 60, Deanville

Duewall House - 4 mi. E of Caldwell, on SH 21, S. side of hwy.

El Camino Real
(Old San Antonio Road)

Elizabeth Chapel Methodist Church - SH 21 5 mi. E. of Caldwell to Roadside Park

First Baptist Church - Corner of Thomas & Mustang St., Caldwell

First Presbyterian Church of Caldwell - 600 Block of Buck St., Caldwell

First United Methodist Church of Caldwell - 306 W. Fox St., Caldwell

First United Methodist Church of Somerville - 11th & Ave. D, Somerville

Fort Oldham - FM 1362 near intersection with CR 226 about 2.5 mi. SW of Cooks Point

Fort Tenoxtitlan - Caldwell--1936 Centennial marker, off 1362 on CR 338 on private land

Fort Tenoxtitlan - About 5 mi. E of Caldwell--SH 21 (In Roadside Park)

Frenstat Cemetery - FM 2774 & CR 406 (off of SH 36 S.), Caldwell

Gary, Thomas J. - 8th & Ave H, Somerville

Giesenschlag Cemetery - FM 60, 2 mi. W of Snook, take CR 271 about ½ mile N.

Harvey House - Somerville Museum

Henslee, Lee W. - Masonic Cemetery, 11th & Hall St., Caldwell, (marker is in block 4)

Hood's Texas Brigade, 1906 Reunion - Somerville Museum

Kraitchar, Jr., Thomas, House - 200 E Buck St. at Porter St., Caldwell

Lake Somerville - At 8th & Thornberry in front of U. S. Army Corps of Engineers office @dam and Lake Somerville, SW edge of Somerville

Lyons - SH 36 in front of Community Center, Lyons

Lyons Methodist Church - Southern Oaks Drive & Pecan Drive (1 block W of SH 36), Lyons

Macedonia Hix Baptist Church - Hwy 21 E of Caldwell, take FM 2000 N. about 13 miles to church


Masik, Josef - From Caldwell take SH 21 E about 2.5 miles to CR 208. Go S. about 9/10 mile to bridge over RR tracks. Turn W. on trail just before bridge. Go through gate into private pasture to clump
of trees in SW corner of pasture. Cemetery is in the clump of trees in the back.

Mitchell, John - Court House (Buck Street), Caldwell.

Moseley's Ferry - Take SH 21 about 10 miles E of Caldwell. Marker is between FM 50 and the Brazos River Bridge on S. side of highway.

New Tabor Brethren Church - From Caldwell, take FM 166 about 2.1 miles E to CR 225, go N about 0.8 miles to church.

New Tabor Cemetery - From Caldwell, take FM 166 about 3.5 miles NE.

Oaklawn Cemetery - On SH 36, Northern edge of Somerville at intersection with CR 422

Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church - 7 mi. S. of Caldwell, on SH 36 then W on FM 976 to FM 2274 then S. 0.8 miles to church, Frenstat

Porter House - 4.5 miles NW of Caldwell on SH 21, then 5.5 miles N on CR 324. (On Nathan Ausley’s property).

Providence Baptist Church - 7 miles SE of Caldwell on FM 166 then S. ½ mi. on CR 243

Providence Cemetery - 7 miles SE of Caldwell on FM 166 then S. ½ mi. on CR 243

Reeves-Womack House - 405 W. Fox St., Caldwell (Corner of Fox & Harvey)

Robert Armistead

San Salvador Mission Church - Take SH 21 11 miles E. of Caldwell to FM 50. Go S. about 2 miles to CR 286. Go W. about 0.5 mi. to church.

Snook - FM 2155 at intersection with Spur 2155, Snook

Snook Cemetery - 2 mi. S. on SH 60, then FM 2155, Snook

Somerville - Somerville Museum

St. John's Lutheran Church - Intersection of FM 111 and FM 60 in Deanville

Thomson, Alexander -Community Center in Chriesman

Warren Lodge No. 56, A.F. & A.M. - Corner of Main and Buck, Caldwell

Waugh Campground - From Caldwell, take SH 21 E about 1.5 miles to FM 2000. Go North about 3.5 miles to morker on E side of road.

Woods' (J. L.) Undertaking Company - 511 8th St., Somerville

Yegua Creek - On SH 36 just South of Somerville in roadside park on W side of highway.


Most of the information and a list of these markers was found at the following site:
http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/Atlas/atlas_search_frame.html

(Some directions were changed when found to be incorrect. Some directions may still not be completely accurate.)