Travis County Historical Commission

Travis County Historical Commission An organization dedicated to the exploration, research, promotion and preservation of the history of

07/08/2025

Just a quick note about our friends at Friends of Nameless School in Nameless Texas. The school and cemetery are both on Travis County property (along w/ the new addition the Gray house) all located on Big Sandy Creek which flooded. Nameless School was damaged as was Nameless Cemetery. They are getting in touch with Travis County officials. Stay tuned ..

The Moore-Hancock Farmstead will host a Black History Month Event. Please come out and see what we have planned.
02/01/2025

The Moore-Hancock Farmstead will host a Black History Month Event. Please come out and see what we have planned.

Interested in Texas history and archeology .. good publication
12/04/2024

Interested in Texas history and archeology .. good publication

Copyright 2021. Journal of Texas Archeology and History. All rights reserved. ISSN 2334-1874

Bethany Cemetery Ancestral Prayer and the El Camino Real Event on Saturday, 26 Oct 2024 .. (by Shim Taylor with TCHC)
11/24/2024

Bethany Cemetery Ancestral Prayer and the El Camino Real Event on Saturday, 26 Oct 2024 .. (by Shim Taylor with TCHC)

Second annual event with Sue Spears-Martin and Bob Ward discussing Bethany Cemetery and the El Camino Real's impact on Austin Texas. Sacred Ascension and Sa...

Work on Gray house's chimney at Nameless is underway
09/21/2024

Work on Gray house's chimney at Nameless is underway

Yet more work at Travis Audubon's Blair Woods wraps up as the interpretation signage for the 1936 Fort Colorado marker g...
09/10/2024

Yet more work at Travis Audubon's Blair Woods wraps up as the interpretation signage for the 1936 Fort Colorado marker gets installed.

Another project TCHC has been involved with for years is the historical interpretation of Travis Audubon's Blair Woods N...
08/16/2024

Another project TCHC has been involved with for years is the historical interpretation of Travis Audubon's Blair Woods Nature Preserve.

Friends of Nameless School recently interviewed by the Austin Chronicle. The house dates to about 1877, the same year th...
08/16/2024

Friends of Nameless School recently interviewed by the Austin Chronicle. The house dates to about 1877, the same year the land was acquired and the Gray family then donated 1.5 acres for the first Fairview School located across Nameless Road (replaced in 1909 with the current school). Nearly a hundred years of occupation and modification, so many, many layers of changes (from hand hewn logs and cut nails to wire nails and "modern" 1950s appliances). It appears to have started life as a dog-trot on hand hewn logs. The building was moved onto county property near Nameless School last year; foundation stabilization was done earlier this year. Recent review of 1937 aerial photos are providing details of construction of the house from that period.

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