Gillespie County
N 30° 16.525 W 098° 52.385
14R E 512206 N 3349311
The pink granite block historic marker for Gillespie County at the Gillespie County Courthouse
Waymark Code: WMQR6E
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/22/2016
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The pink granite block historic marker for Gillespie County stands in a place of honor at the Gillespie County Courthouse along US 290/87 in downtown Fredericksburg
Marker Number: 10044
Marker Text:
The trails of roving Indians crossed these hills settled by German pioneers in 1846.
A group of Mormons settled at Zodiac in 1847.
Created February 23, 1848; organized June 5, 1848.
Named for Richard Addison Gillespie, a Texan from 1837, a defender of the Texas frontier, and captain in the Mexican War who fell at Monterrey, September 22, 1846.
Fredericksburg, the county seat.
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