Madison Moultrie Miller was a Texas Ranger who settled in what is now present-day Lancaster, Texas, in 1846. He married Mary (Polly) Parks Rawlins, the daughter of pioneer settler Roderick Rawlins. Miller opened a store in his home on the road to Johnson’s Station and gave a site for the first local school. He enlarged… Continue reading Historical Marker for Pleasant Run in Lancaster, Texas
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Smith-Rogers House
This home was designed for early Amarillo settlers James Bynum and Marie Lowery Smith c. 1904, and was initially positioned at 1101 South Taylor Avenue. The household was procured in 1945 by Jesse A. Rogers, who planned to go his car dealership to the site. As a substitute of razing the home, he experienced it… Continue reading Smith-Rogers House
Hirshfeld House
Henry Hirshfeld (1834-1911), indigenous of Germany, was a well known Austin merchant and a chief in the city’s Jewish local community. In 1873 he and his spouse Jennie (Melasky) built a one particular-tale limestone cottage on the ton west of this site, mainly because of their money accomplishment and a expanding family members, they afterwards… Continue reading Hirshfeld House