Description: San Marcos, Texas, permanently settled in 1846, was founded by former members of John C. Hays's company of Texas Rangers. The town was designated the county seat of Hays County by the Texas legislature in 1848 and was formally laid out in 1851. A cent
Brief description: Author David R. Butler is the Texas State University System Regents' Professor of Geography and a University Distinguished Professor at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. He has been on the faculty of Texas State University since 1997. The h