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History in a Pecan
Shell
The town was platted on the property of Gibson Kuykendall, Texas
Revolutionary War veteran and one of Austin's 300 original colonists. The town
was named (in 1837) after Alamo
defender William B. Travis whose memory was still very fresh in everyone's mind.
Travis had a post office in operation from 1846 through 1881. Not being on a railroad
line and the proximity to Bellville
probably hastened Travis' decline.
In the 1930s only the cemetery remained
with a few people living nearby. |
Phillips
Cemetery historical marker
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, December 2008 | |
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