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Johnson Settlement at Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
All photographs taken by Kenneth A. Larson. All rights reserved. © 2011 - 2012.|
Johnson Settlement is an area of the eastern unit (Johnson City in Blanco County) of Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park. This section preserves several building significant to the ancesters of President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Sam Ealy Johnson Jr. and his wife Eliza Bunton Settled here after the Civil War. Sam and his bropther Tom drove cattle along the Chisholm Trail to the railhead in Kansas. Tom drowned in 1877 during one of the cattle drives. Cattle drives were dificult and dangerous but life at home was equally hard and dangerous. The cattle market collapsed in 1871 and Sam and Eliza moved to Hays County. Eventually they settled on land that would become the LBJ Ranch and future home to their grandson, the future President L. B. Johnson. |
Bruckner Barn, stone barn was built in 1884 by John Bruckner.
Stubbs Cooler House was built by N. T. Stubbs (a Johnson relative) and used to store vegetables and other parishables.
James Polk Johnson Barn (J. P. Johnson was a second cousin to the President) owned the farm from 1872-1882. His fatehr founded Johnson City on former ranch land.
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