San Marcos, Texas, permanently settled in 1846, was founded by former members of John C. Hays's company of Texas Rangers. The town was designated the county seat of Hays County by the Texas legislature in 1848 and was formally laid out in 1851. A center for local commerce associated with cattle and cotton production, San Marcos became an educational center with the chartering in 1899 and subsequent opening in 1903 of the Southwest Texas State Normal School. The normal school is now Texas State University, the fourth largest university in Texas with more than 36,000 students. This volume tells the story of a formerly sleepy college town on the edge of the Texas Hill Country that has become the fastest-growing city in the United States.

Author: David R. Butler
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: 02/15/2016
Series: Images of America
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.7lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.50w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781467133500

About the Author
Butler, David R.: - Author David R. Butler is the Texas State University System Regents' Professor of Geography and a University Distinguished Professor at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. He has been on the faculty of Texas State University since 1997. The historical photographs for San Marcos were provided by Texas State University; the San Marcos Public Library; the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas; the Lyndon B. Johnson Museum of San Marcos; and other private collections.