Memorial to Pioneer Settlers of Burnet County, (sculpture).

Memorial to Pioneer Settlers of Burnet County, (sculpture).

Josset, Raoul, 1899-1957, sculptor.

Houston Stamp & Stencil Company, founder.

Memorial to Pioneer Settlers of Burnet County, (sculpture).

1936 (?). Dedicated 1936.

Plaque: bronze; Marker: granite.

Granite marker: approx. 96 x 36 x 15 in.; Plaque: approx. 65 x 20 x 1 in.

(On plaque, raised lettering:) IN MEMORY OF THE PIONEER SETTLERS OF/BURNET COUNTY/SAMUEL E. HOLLAND, FIRST SETTLER, 1848./LOGAN VANDEVEER, PETER KERR, WILLIAM H./MAGILL, NOAH SMITHWICK, JESSE BURNAM,/ R. H. HALL, GENERAL ADAM R. JOHNSON./CAPTAIN CHRISTIAN DORBANDT AND TO THOSE/PIONEERS WHO PUSHED INTO THIS WILDERNESS/AND ESTABLISHED HERE THE FIRST TRACES/OF HUMAN HABITATION, UNKNOWN PLANTERS/SOWING SEEDS FOR A NEW CIVILIZATION./THEY MARKED FOR US OUR CHANNELS OF TRADE/AND INDUSTRY, BUILT THE FIRST SCHOOLS AND/CHURCHES AND AFTER THE TUMULT OF INDIAN/DEPREDATIONS AND TERRIBLE SCARS OF/CIVIL WAR, RETURNED AND AGAIN TOOK UP/THE AX AND PLOW AND BROUGHT NEW/ACRES INTO CULTIVATION, MOST OF THEM/DIED IN OBSCURITY AND WERE LAID TO REST/IN THE COUNTY OF THEIR ADOPTION.

AS THE RANK AND FILE OF OUR PIONEERS/WE HONOR THEIR MEMORY FOR THE DEEDS THEY/PERFORMED AND THE DOCTRINES THEY TAUGHT./FORT CROGHAN/ESTABLISHED HERE MARCH 18, 1849/ABANDONED BY TROOPS IN DECEMBER, 1853/PERMANENTLY ABANDONED 1855./BURNET COUNTY CREATED FEBRUARY 5, 1852/ORGANIZED AUGUST 28, 1852 NY LOGAN/VANDEVEER, WILLIAM H. MAGILL, R. H. HALL, COMMISSIONERS./LANDMARKS/HOLLAND SPRINGS FIRST SETTLEMENT IN 1848/FORT CROGHAN ESTABLISHED, 1849/MORMAN MILL BUILT, 1850,/BLACK'S FORT BUILT, 1851, SMITHWICK MILL ESTABLISHED, 1855./ERECTED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS 1936/WITH FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY THE FEDERAL/GOVERNMENT TO COMMEMORATE ONE/HUNDRED YEARS OF TEXAS INDEPENDENCE.

A bronze relief plaque featuring the faces of two allegorical male figures at the top (each wearing hats); and a spread-wing eagle above a star at the bottom. The plaque is mounted on a granite marker.

History -- United States -- Texas

History -- United States -- Westward Expansion

Homage -- Holland, Samuel E.

Homage -- Vandeveer, Logan

Homage -- Kerr, Peter

Homage -- Magill, William M.

Homage -- Smithwick, Noah

Homage -- Burnam, Jesse

Homage -- Dorbandt, Christian

Homage -- Johnson, Adam R.

Homage -- Hall, R. H.

Figure male -- Bust

Occupation -- Other -- Pioneer

Occupation -- Military -- General

Occupation -- Military -- Captain

Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Burnet

Burnet County Courthouse, Northeast corner of courthouse grounds, Burnet, Texas

Memorial commemorates the pioneer settlers of Burnet County, Texas, including Samuel E. Holland (first settler, 1848), Logan Vandeveer, Peter Kerr, William M. Magill, Noah Smithwick, Jesse Burnam, R. H. Hall, General Adam R. Johnson, and Captain Christian Dorbandt. The memorial was erected by the State of Texas with funds appropriated by the federal government to commemorate 100 years of Texas independence. It was dedicated in conjunction with the Centennial Celebration.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1993.

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