Capt. Peter F. Tumlinson

Peter Tumlinson came to Texas with his parents in Stephen F. Austin's early years, then went back to Arkansas, where he married and raised a family, and did not settle in Texas again until 1830. He carried the mail in 1845 and 1846, and by 1852 he held 480 acres on Gallinas Creek in Atascosa County. His rangers rode against raiders along the Nueces and as far as the Rio Grande, where they also fought Juan N. Cortina and his followers. He moved to Carrizo Springs in 1876 and died there in 1882.

What the plaque says

Capt. Peter F. Tumlinson Peter Tumlinson was 19 years old when his family moved to Texas in 1821. During an 1823 skirmish with Waco Indians, his father, John Jackson Tumlinson, became the first Texas Ranger to die in the line of duty. Peter followed his father into the Texas Rangers. During his forty years of service, Tumlinson clashed with Indian raiders and the infamous Mexican bandit Juan Cortina. He also fought in the Texas Revolution, and family tradition holds that he was present at Sam Houston's meeting with Santa Anna following the Battle of San Jacinto. For his service, Tumlinson was granted land in Atascosa County, where he served as county commissioner and founded Pleasanton Masonic Lodge No. 283 A.F. & A.M. and served as charter treasurer. (2015)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Longhorn Museum — 1.1 mi
  Atascosa County in one roadside museum: longhorn-and-mustang ranching, a moved railroad depot and caboose, a horse-drawn hearse and the town that calls itself the birthplace of the cowboy.
• Atascosa County Courthouse — 5.1 mi
  The only surviving Mission Revival courthouse in Texas, built in 1912-13 on Jourdanton's town circle after a county seat vote that some residents still call a theft.
• Mission Espada and the Espada Aqueduct — 24 mi
  The southernmost San Antonio mission and the oldest Spanish aqueduct in the United States, still carrying river water over Sixmile Creek to the fields after nearly three centuries.

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• San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf Railroad — 0.2 mi
• North Pleasanton — 0.2 mi
• Old Rock Schoolhouse — 0.6 mi
• Pleasanton School Integration — 0.7 mi