Swedish Log Cabin
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Additional Plate: An example of free enterprise that built America.
Marker No: 14405
Medallion & Plate
Texas Historic Landmark
Geographic: 30.268934, -97.772919
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Marker Text: Built about 1838 on "Govalle" ("good grazing land in Swedish"). Ranch of S.M. Swenson, settler who encouraged migration of his countrymen to Texas as a copy of cabins built 1638 by Swedish colonists in Delaware.
Home, 1848, of newly arrived Gustaf Palm family; a social center for early immigrants. Preserved through efforts of Louis Palm, Carl T. Widen. Texas Swedish Pioneer Association and others. (1966) Location: Zilker Botanical Gardens, Zilker Park. 2220 Barton Springs Road, Austin
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