Burleson to be honored

Submitted by admin on Fri, 02/22/2013 - 6:00pm
Left to right in front are Mayor Daniel Guerrero, Jessie Graham, Polly Rowold, Lynda Dawson and Karen Mostyn; back row are Sally Jennings, council member Wayne Becak, Faye Albertson, Judy Tannehill, council member Shane Scott, Mary Jane Smith, Brenda Butler and council member Kim Porterfield. (Photo by Don Anders)

General Edward Burleson, hero of the Texas Revolution, vice president of the Republic of Texas, state senator and a founder of San Marcos, is honored by the city of San Marcos and the Moon-McGehee Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas with a proclamation of March 5 as General Edward Burleson Day. His original cabin was built in 1848 overlooking Spring Lake and he built the first dam on the San Marcos River in 1849 for a gristmill, creating the lake at the headwaters of the river.