Site of Town of Strickling
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Marker Text: Once a busy rural community. Named for Mrs. Martha (Webster) Strickling, who settled here in 1853 with husband Marmaduke. As child, she survived killing of some 30 settlers in infamous Webster Massacre near Leander, and months of Indian captivity.
Post office opened here, 1857, and Strickling became a mail terminal and stage stop. Tons of lumber and buffalo hides were hauled through here. The town had a school, churches, a doctor's office, and stores. S Strickling gradually declined when bypassed by the railroad, 1882. Only the cemetery remains. (1970) Marker No: 9750
Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker
Geographic: 30.843979, -98.098358
Location: from Burnet go north on FM 963 approximately 11 miles, then south on FM 1174 1 mile
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