McLennan's Bluff

Once known as "Sugar Loaf," this bluff overlooking Pond Creek was a landmark to early settlers in area. In 1835, Neil McLennan, a native of Scotland, built his home here, on land that had been granted to him as a member of Sterling Clack Robertson's Colony. The present town of Rosebud is located on part of Neil McLennan's land grant. McLennan's brother Laughlin settled his family about one mile north of this site. During the spring of 1836, Indians killed Laughlin McLennan, his wife and his mother, and captured three of his sons. As a result, the Neil McLennan family spent much of their ten years in Falls County in the nearby town of Nashville, a haven for settlers that had been begun by Sterling Robertson. In 1839, while a member of Capt. George Erath's scouting expedition, Neil McLennan first saw the territory that was to become McLennan County. He returned there in 1846, built a home, and lived there until his death in 1867. As part of the earliest Anglo settlement in this part of Texas, the McLennan family helped open the frontier for later immigrants. Their part in the area's history has been remembered with the naming of this bluff and the neighboring county. (1986)

McLennan's Bluff is a historical marker in Rosebud, Falls County, dedicated in 1986. It is one of 64 historical markers documented in Falls County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 70 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 30.0684, -97.0066 near Rosebud. The nearest cataloged historic site is Wilson School, Site of (historical marker), about 66 miles away. Others within a short drive include Salem Lutheran Church, First Baptist Church of Rosebud, and Barclay Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5145003303. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.