Marker Inscription
Named for lake where in 1821 exploring party of Stephen F. Austin killed an eagle. In 1851 resident Gamaliel Good started a Houston-to-San Antonio Stage line with lakeside headquarters. In 1856, with D. W. C. Harris, Good platted Eagle Lake townsite. The Buffalo Bayou, Brazos & Colorado Railroad reached here in 1859. Early a cattle and farm market; after 1898 had rice production; later ranked as oil center and shipper of sand and gravel. Now fishing and goose hunting mecca. Home town of Gen. H. H. Johnson (born in 1895), military governor of Rome, Italy in the 1940s.
About this site
Eagle Lake is a historical marker in Eagle Lake, Colorado County, dedicated in 1970. It is one of 110 historical markers documented in Colorado County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 129 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.5903, -96.3342 near Eagle Lake. The nearest cataloged historic site is Rice Culture in Colorado County (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Hotel Dallas, 1912, Methodism in Eagle Lake, and Masonic Cemetery.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5089001325. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
