Pierian Club

The state federation the Pierians joined had begun five years earlier, in 1897, when the Woman's Club of Waco called the state's literary clubs together. Delegates from eighteen clubs formed the Texas Federation of Literary Clubs, and any women's study club could join if two federated clubs recommended it. It later became the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs, the largest voluntary association of women in Texas, and in 1913 took the motto "In small things liberty, in large things unity, in all things charity." In Lampasas, five women's clubs founded the Lampasas Library and Social Club in 1901.

What the plaque says

Pierian Club Twenty civic-minded women in 1902 chartered the Pierian Club of Lampasas, which became a member organization of the General Federation of Women's Clubs and the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs that same year. The club was named for the mythical Pierian Spring, and the members focused on literature, art, education, social issues, Texas heritage and philanthropy. In 1903, the Pierians joined with another group to begin a book collection for what would become the Lampasas Public Library. After more than a century, the club continues to support the library and to make substantial contributions to the betterment of the community. (2003)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Hancock Springs Park — 0.8 mi
  Lampasas's city park on Sulphur Creek, with a spring-fed swimming pool that holds about 69 degrees all year, the walls of the old bathhouse and a golf course.
• Colorado Bend State Park — 18 mi
  Old ranch country on the Colorado above Lake Buchanan, where a spring-fed creek drops 70 feet over fern-covered travertine at Gorman Falls.
• Inks Lake State Park — 25 mi
  A state park on a constant-level lake of the Colorado, between Buchanan and Inks dams, with pink granite and gneiss at the water and CCC work along Park Road 4.
• Inks Dam National Fish Hatchery — 27 mi
  A free federal hatchery below Inks Dam on the Colorado, with thirty production ponds that draw birds and a look at how fish are raised from egg to harvest.

More markers nearby

• First Public School in Lampasas — steps away
• First Presbyterian Church — steps away
• Lampasas Volunteer Fire Department — steps away
• Gunfight at the Lampasas Saloon — steps away