Marker Inscription
When Kyle was founded along the International & Great Northern Railroad in 1880, this giant liveoak was site of a public auction of town lots. The railway was given 200 acres of land by Fergus Kyle (1834-1905), state representative for whom the community was named, and the family of David E. Moore. Free rides were provided to the townsite on auction day, Oct. 14, 1880, and all business and most residential lots were sold. In 1881, the railroad gave 4 acres around the tree for a school, Kyle Seminary, which burned in 1889. The Alex Kercheville family now (1975) owns and preserves the tree.
About this site
Kyle Auction Oak is a historical marker in Kyle, Hays County, dedicated in 1975. It is one of 124 historical markers documented in Hays County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 184 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.9881, -97.8797 near Kyle. The nearest cataloged historic site is Cora Jackman Donalson House (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Porter, Katherine Anne, First Baptist Church of Kyle, and Young, D. A..
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5209010289. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
