| Marker Number |
476 |
| Atlas Number |
5411000476 |
| Marker Title |
Bowser Community |
| Index Entry |
Bowser Community |
| Address |
CR 247 |
| City |
Richland Springs |
| County |
San Saba |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
501800 |
| UTM Northing |
3474512 |
| Subject Codes |
settlements; ghost towns; chapels; cemetery |
| Marker Year |
1990 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
Varga Cemetery (Varga Chapel Cemetery), W side CR 247, 2.1 mi. N of FM 502, 200 feet W of CR 247 at cemetery entrance |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
About 1858 the Abel Bowser family settled at a large bend in the Colorado River about 3 miles north of this site. The developing village, school and cemetery became known as Bowser Bend and by the late 1880s included a cotton gin and store. Due to river floods, Paul Varga donated land at this site for a chapel and cemetery in 1890. In the early 1900s J. T. Martin sold town lots and deeded land for a school one-half mile east. The town of Bowser relocated, but the closure of the post office, gin and school caused it to decline in the 1940s. (1990) |
