Sol & Ernestine Mayer -- Sutton County Courthouse, Sonora TX
N 30° 34.329 W 100° 38.662
14R E 342311 N 3383338
One of 22 signs preserving local, family, industrial, and pioneer history are mounted on poles on the west side of the Sutton County Courthouse in downtown Sonora TX.
Waymark Code: WMPPYV
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/04/2015
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This sign is one of 22 along Water Street on the west side of the Sutton County Courthouse. This sign preserves the history of the Sol & Ernestine Mayer family.
The sign reads as follows:
"SOL & ERNESTINE MAYER
F. Mayer and sons purchased the T Ranch in Sutton and Schleicher counties in 1896. Sol, who became sole owner, was a livestock trader, rancher, banker, and philanthropist. The ranch has been continuously operated by his heirs, his son Edwin, and his grandchildren Edwin Jr., Ralph, Robert, Doris (Rousselot), and Richard, some of whom still reside in Sutton County.
In loving memory
October 1990"
Website with more information on either the memorial or the person(s) it is dedicated to: [Web Link]
Location: Sutton County Courthouse
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