Kellner Townsite (In NE Part, Stephen F. Austin Grant to WM. Cooper)
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Marker Text: First town in area. Platted 1893 by John G. Kellner (1846-1933), donor, Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad right of way and station site. Kellner's rich Brazos River watershed farm and ranch lands produced rice, cattle, peanuts, pecans, and (later) natural gas. His old home is nearby. Town was renamed Brookshire. (1971)
Marker No: 9391
Aluminum 20 x 20 Subject Marker
Geographic: 29.786423, -95.968689
Location: Just west of US 90 and FM 1489 intersection, Brookshire
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