| Marker Number |
3156 |
| Atlas Number |
5149003156 |
| Marker Title |
Site of Former Town of Lyons |
| Index Entry |
Lyons, Site of Former Town of |
| Address |
|
| City |
Schulenburg |
| County |
Fayette |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
702793 |
| UTM Northing |
3282986 |
| Subject Codes |
cities and towns; railroads; ghost towns |
| Marker Year |
1972 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
from Schulenburg, take SH 77 South about .5 miles. |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
14" x 24" |
| Marker Text |
Early town on land grant of Keziah Cryer. Named for settler James Lyons, killed by 1837 Indian raiders, who kidnapped his son Warren. In 1860s town had stores, Masonic Lodge, school, post office; and was on "Cotton Road" to Mexico, but it died in 1870s when the Southern Pacific Railroad was built. |
