1 3/4 Miles east to the Graves of the Victims of the Massacre Webster
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Marker Text: Which occurred August 27, 1839 when John Webster and a party of about en route to a land grant in Burnet County, were attacked by a band of Comanche Indians. After attempting to flee under cover of darkness, they were trapped on an open prairie. Mrs. Webster and her two children were made prisoners all the others were killed. In death they rest together in one grave. (1936)
Marker No: 9368
Pink Granite 1936 Centennial County Marker
Geographic: 30.576797,-97.852203
Location: 211 South Highway 183, Leander
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