Williamson County
Historical Commission

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Manuel Flores Historical Marker
Liberty Hill, Texas
 

 

 

Manuel Flores - Historical Marker
erected by the state of Texas in 1936
on CR 260 2 miles east of Liberty Hill on SH 29 - 100 feet off SH 29


Marker Text:
In this vicinity, Manuel Flores, an emissary of the Mexican government, with a small group of men conveying ammunition to the Indians on the Lampasas River, was surprised by Rangers under Lieutenant J. O. Rice in May, 1839, and killed.




 
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Latitude: 30.649663, Latitude: -97.859865


 
 

View Manuel Flores, trader and Mexican agent by The Handbook of Texas Online

 
 
 

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