Cheap Things To Do in Menard, Texas

Inscription. Established March 14, 1852 by the United States War Department as a protection to frontier settlers against hostile Indians. Named in honor of Captain Henry McKavett, who fell at the Battle of Monterrey, September 21, ... More on HMDB

Inscription. The Vaughn Agricultural and Mechanical Canal Company was chartered in 1874 by William J. Vaughn, President; William Tipton, Director; and James H. Comstock, Director and Secretary. Major H. M. Holmes was appointed attorney. ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Spot where in 1753 Juan Galvan, Spanish explorer, put up a huge cross, to show his choice of site for Mission San Saba. Indians gathered at the cross, remaining to participate in the first known Christian worship service ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Hourglass-shaped pass through the hills were McDougal Creek joins San Saba River. For years a favored Indian campground, it entered written history, 1732, as site of Spanish-Apache battle. Saw passage of adventurers, ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Seeking a rail line to speed marketing of their livestock, residents of this area in 1909 asked the Ft. Worth & Rio Grande Railroad, a branch of the Frisco System, to extend track from Brady (40 mi. NE) to Menardville. ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Name used by Spaniards of Presidio de San Saba (in existence from 1757 to 1770) for this stream now called Celery Creek. Stone to build Presidio was quarried from bluffs along the creek, and deep banks let hostile Indians ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Originally established on the San Gabriel River as the Presidio of San Francisco Xavier in 1751, Moved to the present site in 1757 as a protection to the Mission Santa Cruz de San Saba, Known as the Presidio de San Luis ... More on HMDB