Details for Webster Massacre
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5491009368
Data
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) |