| Marker Number |
4055 |
| Atlas Number |
5281004055 |
| Marker Title |
Pleasant Valley Farmers' Alliance No. 1 |
| Index Entry |
Pleasant Valley Farmers' Alliance No. 1 |
| Address |
US 183/US 190 |
| City |
Lampasas |
| County |
Lampasas |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
567256 |
| UTM Northing |
3444594 |
| Subject Codes |
fraternal organizations; agriculture, general |
| Marker Year |
1969 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
from Lampasas, take 183/190 NW about 9 miles. Marker is on south side, west of CR 2023. Marker reported vandalized May 2017. |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
First chapter of the Farmers' Alliance in Texas. Founded 1877, it became one of the strongest arms of the national agrarian reform movement of the era. The group was begun by John R. Allen on Donaldson Creek (1 mi. S) in a "rawhide" (rough) lumber school. Its main purpose was to improve ruinous farm living and economic conditions. Missing livestock were traced by 2 secret officers known as "Grand Smokies". In 1887 the 3,000 sub-alliances merged with the "Farmers' Union", then helped spark the Populist Party drive of the 1890's; but by 1900 they had died out. |
