Details for Webster Massacre

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5491009368

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Marker Number 9368
Atlas Number 5491009368
Marker Title Webster Massacre
Index Entry Webster Massacre
Address 211 S. U. S. Highway 183
City Leander
County Williamson
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 610059
UTM Northing 3383260
Subject Codes pioneers; Native Americans
Marker Year 1936
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location west side of U.S. 183, south of Atkin St.
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 1936 Centennial - Highway Marker (pink granite)
Marker Text 1 3/4 miles east to the graves of the victims of the Webster Massacre, which occurred August 27, 1839 when John Webster and a party of about thirty, en route to a land grant in Burnet County, were attacked by a band of Comanche Indians. After attempting to flee under cover of darkness, they were trapped on an open prairie. Mrs. Webster and her two children were made prisoners, all the others were killed. In death they rest together in one grave. (1936)
ATLAS_NUM=5491009368

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