​Katherine Anne Porter (May 15, 1890 - September 18, 1980)

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Marker Text: ​Born Callie Russell Porter in Indian Creek, Katherine Anne Porter moved to Hays County with her family following her mother's death in 1892. She left Texas in 1915 and worked as an actress, teacher, reporter, and publicist in such places as Chicago, Denver, Mexico, and New York. Her first book of short stories was published in 1930. Her acclaimed 1962 novel "Ship of Fools", was followed by the Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter" in 1965. Upon her death in 1980, her ashes were buried next to her mother's grave in Indian Creek Cemetery. (1990)

Marker No: 2905

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 31.624094,-99.030220

Location: ​from Brownwood take US 377 south about 6 miles to marker, on west side of highway