Logan Vandeveer (1815-55)
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Marker Text: Came from Kentucky in 1833. He was badly wounded fighting for Texas at San Jacinto, 1836. Moving here to sell beef to Fort Croghan, 1849, he was one of organizers of the county and original postmaster of the town. In the early 1850s he built this house near Hamilton Creek for a daughter. It stood at 502 South Water Street. Burnet County Historical Society moved it here for preservation in 1973. Porch was floored with stones from an early Burnet County Courthouse. (1974)
Additional Plate: Cabin donors: Mmes. Leona Rogers Hughes, Nancy Riggs Young, Helen Riggs Woodward, and Patricia Riggs Phinney, Vandeveer descendants.
Marker No: 9755
Medallion & Plate
Texas Historic Landmark
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Geographic: 30.756754, -98.239212
Location: Fort Croghan Museum, 703 SH 29, Burnet
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