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1. www.tshaonline.org › town-creek-gillespie-countyTown Creek (Gillespie County) - TSHA

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   Jun 19, 2024 · Rising in the hills of the Edwards Plateau, Town Creek crosses flat to rolling terrain surfaced by shallow loamy and clayey soils; vegetation consists primarily of open stands of live oak, Ashe juniper, and mesquite, and grasses. Is history important to you?

2. www.britannica.com › biography › Lyndon-B-JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson | Biography, Presidency, Civil Rights ...

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   Jun 20, 2024 · Lyndon B. Johnson (born August 27, 1908, Gillespie county, Texas, U.S.—died January 22, 1973, San Antonio, Texas) was the 36th president of the United States (1963–69).

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   • Lyndon B. Johnson, frequently called LBJ, was an American politician and moderate Democrat who was president of the United States from 1963 to 1969...
   • Lyndon B. Johnson was elected vice president of the United States alongside President John F. Kennedy in 1960 and acceded to the presidency upon Ke...
   • As president, Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act, the most comprehensive civil rights legislation since Reconstruction, into law; he als...
   • By 1968, Lyndon B. Johnson knew he was unlikely to win another presidential election; his increase of American involvement in the Vietnam War, as w...

3. www.tshaonline.org › squaw-creek-gillespie-countySquaw Creek (Gillespie County) - TSHA

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   5 days ago · Squaw Creek, also known as Spring Creek, is formed by the confluence of Indian and Flores creeks a mile south of Farm Road 648 in northern Gillespie County (at 30°26' N, 99°02' W).

4. www.randymajors.org › maps1900 Historical Texas Counties Map – shown on Google Maps

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   2 days ago · County boundaries in the U.S. have changed over 17,600 times since America was settled in colonial times! This historical counties tool built on Google Maps will help you make sure you’re searching in the correct county for the place and any historical date you are researching.

5. www.fbgtxgensoc.orgFredericksburg & Gillespie County Genealogy - Home

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   Jun 19, 2024 · This web site contains genealogical information of the families from Gillespie County, Texas and the surrounding area. Please send your queries to Web Site administrator . Click to Search Our Site & the Indexes

6. www.hmdb.org › resultsHistorical Markers and War Memorials in Gillespie County, Texas

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   Where is Gillespie County Texas?

   • Map Credit: Robert Plocheck. Gillespie County is located in west central Texas. Fredericksburg, the county's largest town and county seat, is seventy miles west of Austin and sixty-five miles northwest of San Antonio. The center point of the county is at 30°18' north latitude and 98°55' west longitude, about two miles west of Fredericksburg.

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   When was Gillespie County formed?

   • In 1848, the Texas Legislature formed Gillespie County from Bexar and Travis Counties. Its oldest building is a combination general store and saloon reputedly opened in 1849 (1886 is more likely, based on land improvement records of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission) by Minna Engel, whose father was an itinerant minister from Germany.

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   When did Gillespie County change its boundaries?

   • It underwent the first of five boundary changes in 1858, when the legislature formed Mason and Blanco counties, changed the Llano County boundary and established the present northern and eastern boundaries of Gillespie County. The last change came in 1883, when the county's boundaries were redefined and its present limits set.

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   What is Gillespie County known for?

   • Gillespie County ranked first in the state in production of peaches (more than two million pounds in 1982), second in turkeys, sixth in hogs, ninth in oats, and tenth in Angora goats and mohair production.

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   How many students were in Gillespie County in 1875?

   • In 1875 there were 1,496 White and 26 Black students in Gillespie County; the county's one organized public school for Blacks was still operating seventy years later. In the 1980s Gillespie County had three school districts with four elementary, one middle, and two high schools. The average daily attendance in 1981–82 was 2,173.

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8. www.tshaonline.org › handbook › entriesSouth Grape Creek - TSHA

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   Jun 19, 2024 · Intermittent in its upper reaches, the stream follows a northeasterly course for seventeen miles to its mouth on the Pedernales River, a mile north of U.S. Highway 290 in southeastern Gillespie County (at 30°14' N, 98°43' W).