Schreiner Park

Schreiner knew hard years before the store. He married Mary Magdalena Enderle in San Antonio on October 1, 1861, and they had eight children; that year he enlisted in the Third Texas Infantry and served the Confederacy for three and a half years, returning to Turtle Creek in 1865 to two years of poverty. In Kerrville he served as county and district clerk and, from 1868 to 1898, as county treasurer. Elected captain of a home guard in 1875, he kept the title for life. His bank required borrowing cattlemen to put part of each loan into sheep.

What the plaque says

Schreiner Park Used as a park long before formally deeded to people by Capt. Charles Schreiner in 1916. Picnics and gatherings were held here, as well as political rallies. A large rock doubled as podium. When the Confederate veterans reunion was held here, 1908, rains caused Llano River to flood. For 3 days people on both sides of the river were conveyed back and forth by an aerial "tramway" to visit and attend meetings and programs. Park donor Charles Schreiner (1838-1927) was born in France. He pioneered in banking, marketing mohair; ran large general store. (1970)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Kimble County Historical Museum — 1.2 mi
  A free county museum in Junction, the town at the meeting of the North and South Llano, with the papers, photographs and tools of a ranching county.
• Eckert James River Bat Cave Preserve — 26 mi
  A limestone cave on the James River where about four million Mexican free-tailed bats raise their young each summer, kept open to visitors by a family's gift.
• Fort McKavett State Historic Site — 31 mi
  The post Sherman called the prettiest in Texas, home to soldiers of all four Buffalo Soldier regiments and then to a town that lived in its buildings until 1973.

More markers nearby

• Kimble County's First Sawmill — steps away
• South Llano Crossing — 0.2 mi
• Burt M. Fleming American Legion Post No. 237 — 0.3 mi
• City of Junction — 0.3 mi