1/2 mile South to the Site of Kenney's Fort
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Marker Text: First settlement in Williamson County. Erected as a home by Dr. Thomas Kenney and Joseph Barnhart in the spring of 1839. Served as a place of defense during Indian raids. Rendezvous of the Santa Fe Expedition, 1841. Here the archives of the Republic of Texas en route to Washington-on-the Brazos were captured on December 31, 1842 and returned to Austin. (1936)
Marker No: 9141
Gray Granite 1936 Centennial Marker
National Register of Historic Places
Geographic: 30.520184,-97.644066
Location: US 79, Round Rock
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