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Fairland, Texas
Fairland is an unincorporated community in Burnet County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 290 in 2000. History Several families from the eastern states settled here in the early 1850s. It is on a strip of level land between Backbone Ridge and the Slaughter Range, which they called "fair land". Some of those settlers included John Harvey, Jefferson Barton, and several families surnamed Cates, Thomas, Atwood, Graham, Slaughter, Joy, Reed, Alexander, Ferguson, and Chesser. Senia Barton Harvey was given a land grant for a Methodist church in 1859. Residents helped to build a church building made out of stone, but it was halted by the American Civil War, since many of the male residents left to fight. As a result, it was not completed until 1870. The first church service was held by Rev. Arter Crownover. The Bear Creek Circuit, which was the third quarterly Methodist conference from Lampasas, named the house and lot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unincorporated Community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have no unincorporated areas at all or these are very rare: typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas. By country Argentina In Argentina, the provinces of Chubut, Córdoba, Entre Ríos, Formosa, Neuquén, Río Negro, San Luis, Santa Cruz, Santiago del Estero, Tierra del Fuego, and Tucumán have areas that are outside any municipality or commune. Australia Unlike many other countries, Australia has only one level of local government immediately beneath state and territorial governments. A local government area (LGA) often contains several towns and even entire metropolitan areas. Thus, aside from very sparsely populated areas and a few other special cases, almost all of Australia is part of an LGA. Uninc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states that had seceded. The central cause of the war was the dispute over whether slavery would be permitted to expand into the western territories, leading to more slave states, or be prevented from doing so, which was widely believed would place slavery on a course of ultimate extinction. Decades of political controversy over slavery were brought to a head by the victory in the 1860 U.S. presidential election of Abraham Lincoln, who opposed slavery's expansion into the west. An initial seven southern slave states responded to Lincoln's victory by seceding from the United States and, in 1861, forming the Confederacy. The Confederacy seized U.S. forts and other federal assets within their borders. Led by Confederate President Jefferson Davis, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marble Falls Independent School District
Marble Falls Independent School District ("MFISD") is a school district based in the city of Marble Falls, in Burnet County, Texas, USA which is located in the heart of the Highland Lakes region of the Texas Hill Country. The district encompasses MFISD has a growing enrollment of approximately 4,000 students. In 2017, the school district was rated " Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency. In that year, all schools in the district were rated as "Met Standard" or as " Met Alternative Standard." Within Burnet County it serves the communities of Marble Falls, Cottonwood Shores, Meadowlakes, Granite Shoals, Highland Haven, and the Burnet County portion of Horseshoe Bay. It also serves Smithwick and Spicewood. In addition to Burnet County, the district extends into Travis County. Schools High schools * Marble Falls High School (grades 9–12), classified as a 5A school by the University Interscholastic League. * Falls Career High School is an alternative high school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burnet, Texas
Burnet ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Burnet County, Texas, United States. The population was 6,436 at the 2020 census. Both the city and the county were named for David Gouverneur Burnet, the first (provisional) president of the Republic of Texas. He also served as vice president during the administration of Mirabeau B. Lamar. Geography Burnet is located one mile west of the divide between the Brazos and Colorado River watersheds near the center of Burnet County. It is northwest of the state capital, Austin—roughly a 1- to 1-hour drive via U.S. Highway 183 and State Highway 29. It is west of Georgetown and Interstate Highway 35 via State Highway 29, and north of San Antonio on U.S. Highway 281. According to the United States Census Bureau, Burnet has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.32%, is water. History In December 1847, a company of the Texas Ranger Division commanded by Henry E. McCulloch established a station at the site of present-day ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marble Falls, Texas
Marble Falls is a city in Burnet County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city population was 7,033. Lake Marble Falls is part of the Highland Lakes on the Colorado River, the largest chain of lakes in Texas. History Marble Falls was founded by Adam Rankin Johnson in 1887, a former Indian fighter and Confederate general, known as "Stovepipe" Johnson for his Civil War escapades, which included duping the Union army in Newburgh, Indiana, with fake "cannons," constructed from stovepipes and wagon wheels. Johnson had viewed the natural Marble Falls during his pre-war days as a Burnet County surveyor, and had dreamed of building an industrial city, powered by the tumbling Colorado River, not to be confused with the river of the same name in Colorado and Arizona. Despite a "friendly fire" incident which blinded him near the end of the Civil War, General Johnson followed through with his dream, facilitating the construction of a railroad to nearby Gran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin And Northwestern Railroad
The Austin and Northwestern Railroad began construction on a rail line west of Austin, Texas, United States, USA, toward Llano, Texas, Llano on April 20, 1881. The railroad was originally built as a Narrow gauge railway, narrow gauge line with plans to connect to the Texas and Pacific Railway at Abilene, Texas, Abilene. Construction reached Burnet, Texas, by 1882 and the line was later extended to Granite Mountain (Texas), Granite Mountain by 1885 - when the railroad was contracted to haul pink granite for the new Texas State Capitol building in Austin. The company later extended its line to Marble Falls by using the charter of the Granite Mountain and Marble Falls City Railroad. Due to a bend in the tracks, trains would occasionally derail, accidentally dumping some of the pink granite. The rocks which remain are a local point of interest. The line was Gauge conversion, converted to and by 1892 the railroad was extended to Llano. In 1901 the Texas legislature approved the merg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin Western Railroad
The Austin Western Railroad is a short-line railroad headquartered in Round Rock, Texas. AWRR is a subsidiary of Watco. AWRR operates a 103 mile (166 km) line from Fairland, Texas to an interchange with the Union Pacific at Elgin, Texas, Elgin. Tracks also continue from Elgin to an interchange with UPRR at Giddings, Texas, Giddings. There is an additional interchange with the UPRR at McNeil, Texas, McNeil. AWRR has rights to operate a 6.4 mile (10.3 km) branch from Fairland to Marble Falls, Texas, Marble Falls, and also 28 miles (45 km) from Fairland to Llano, Texas, Llano but these tracks have not seen revenue service in decades and the bridge is washed out at the Llano River, Little Llano River approximately six miles east of Llano. This portion comprises the Austin and Northwestern Railroad Historic District-Fairland_to_Llano, Austin and Northwestern Railroad Historic District. The line, the ultimate successor to the Austin and Northwestern Railroad, was part of the Houston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Picnic
A picnic is a meal taken outdoors ( ''al fresco'') as part of an excursion, especially in scenic surroundings, such as a park, lakeside, or other place affording an interesting view, or else in conjunction with a public event such as preceding an open-air theater performance, and usually in summer. It is different from other meals because it requires free time to leave home. History shows us that the idea of a meal that was jointly contributed to and enjoyed out-of-doors was essential to picnic from the early 19th century. Picnickers like to sit on the ground on a rug or blanket. Picnics can be informal with throwaway plates or formal with silver cutlery and crystal wine glasses. Tables and chairs may be used but this is less common. Outdoor games or some other form of entertainment are common at large picnics. In public parks, a picnic area generally includes picnic tables and possibly built-in grills, water faucets (taps), garbage (rubbish) containers and restrooms (toi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lampasas, Texas
Lampasas ( ) is a city in Lampasas County, Texas, United States. Its population was 7,291 at the 2020 census. It is the seat of Lampasas County. Lampasas is part of the Killeen–Temple–Fort Hood metropolitan statistical area. History For his services in the Texas Revolution, John Burleson received of land and established a permanent settlement in the 1850s. The city was first named Burleson, but the name was gradually changed to Lampasas Springs because of the existence of seven mineral springs. When the county was created in 1856, the law specified "The county seat shall be same name as the county." The city of Lampasas was officially incorporated in 1883. Several theories attempt to explain how the name Lampasas came to be. The ''Texas Almanac'' states the word came from a Spanish word for "lilies" found in nearby streams. Another source states the word comes from the Spanish name ''Lampazos''. The name was given to the local river by the Spanish Aquayo Expe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Methodism
Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's brother Charles Wesley were also significant early leaders in the movement. They were named ''Methodists'' for "the methodical way in which they carried out their Christian faith". Methodism originated as a revival movement within the 18th-century Church of England and became a separate denomination after Wesley's death. The movement spread throughout the British Empire, the United States, and beyond because of vigorous missionary work, today claiming approximately 80 million adherents worldwide. Wesleyan theology, which is upheld by the Methodist churches, focuses on sanctification and the transforming effect of faith on the character of a Christian. Distinguishing doctrines include the new birth, assurance, imparted righteousness, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by both List of U.S. states and territories by area, area (after Alaska) and List of U.S. states and territories by population, population (after California). Texas shares borders with the states of Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and the Mexico, Mexican States of Mexico, states of Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the south and southwest; and has a coastline with the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast. Houston is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in Texas and the List of United States cities by population, fourth-largest in the U.S., while San Antonio is the second most pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Handbook Of Texas
The ''Handbook of Texas'' is a comprehensive encyclopedia of Texas geography, history, and historical persons published by the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA). History The original ''Handbook'' was the brainchild of TSHA President Walter Prescott Webb of The University of Texas history department. It was published as a two-volume set in 1952, with a supplemental volume published in 1976. In 1996, the New Handbook of Texas was published, expanding the encyclopedia to six volumes and over 23,000 articles. In 1999, the Handbook of Texas Online went live with the complete text of the print edition, all corrections incorporated into the handbook's second printing, and about 400 articles not included in the print edition due to space limitations. The handbook continues to be updated online, and contains over 25,000 articles. The online version includes entries on general topics, such as "Texas Since World War II", biographies such as notable Texans Samuel Houston and W. D. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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