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| A 1936
Texas Centennial Marker stands
in front of a rare (in Texas) Walnut tree estimated to be 500 years old. The tree
still produces fruit for Liendo's
abundant squirrel population. |
| Another
Walnut tree was uprooted by Hurricane Ike in Sept 2008. |
Liendo's
balcony where Elizabet Ney proclaimed
that it would be her home. The iron fountain (just left of center) was known as
Groce's Folly. Gravity-fed from a cistern behind the house, it never worked properly.
It is said that the lead pipe carrying the water was "mined" for Confederate
musket balls during the Civil War. |
| Ney
traveled between Liendo and Austin
alone in a buggy hired from a Hempstead
livery stable. Part of her luggage always included this metal bathtub. |
| Liendo
is also a working ranch and home to a beautiful herd of Red Brahma cattle as well
as a flock of peafowl. If spirits walk
the grounds of Liendo, these
are probably the best witnesses, but unfortunately, they aren't talking. |
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