Town of Chriesman (Originally "Yellow Prairie", 0.5 Mile)
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Marker Text: Settled by Alexander Thomson, Jr., early Texas patriot and partner of the colonizer Sterling C. Robertson. When railroad came through in 1880, the settlers moved to tracks.
Renamed, 1884, after Capt. H.C. Chriesman, surveyor for Stephen F. Austin. Now serves surrounding ranches. (1968) Marker No: 7564
Aluminum 14 x 24 Subject Marker
Geographic: 30.600046,-96.768135
Location: on FM 1363 about 3/10 miles west of its intersection with SH 36, about 6.2 miles north of Caldwell
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