Texas Historical Marker Guide 4+
Texas history near you!
Gregory Moore
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- $2.99
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Description
Texas is home to over 16,000 historical markers. And now there's an app to help you find them!
Features:
-Onboard marker database means you can browse markers without an Internet connection.
-Browse markers by geographic locations including cities and counties.
-Browse markers by governing agencies; manufacturers; and topics.
-Browse attractions where markers can be found including museums; cemeteries; state parks; historic districts; etc.
-Uses Location Services in the background (optionally) and notifies you when you enter a different Texas county! (Continuous use of GPS may reduce battery life.)
-Keep track of marker visits!
-Update marker coordinates! (Device with GPS radio required)
-Record marker conditions!
-Includes conditions of marker where reported.
-Includes text for many markers with more being added frequently.
-Link marker records to existing pictures from your Photo Library! (Photos not included with app.)
-Share your favorite markers via Mail, and iMessage!
-Backup your user database to your computer using iTunes File Sharing. Backed up data includes: Markers you’ve checked in at; marker coordinates you’ve captured; favorite markers; flagged markers; shared markers; and markers you’ve browsed in the database.
Includes:
-Texas Centennial markers and monuments erected in 1936!
-Old San Antonio Road markers erected by DAR and the State of Texas in 1918!
-San Jacinto Battleground markers erected by DRT and the State of Texas in 1912!
-Complete Texas works of Pompeo Coppini!
-Selected Texas works of Waldine Tauch, Frank Teich, Elisabet Ney, and others!
-Selected DAR bronze plaques!
-Blue Star Memorial markers (all the ones we know about.)
-New markers erected since 2012!
What’s New
Version 1.2.10
BUGFIXES
-Fixed a crash when trying to view the narrative on iOS 16
-Fixed a bug which might have prevented the map from being interactive while a search is in progress.
-Fixed a bug that prevented getting the current county.
-Under the hood improvements make the app run much faster.
UI/UX ENHANCEMENTS
-Support for iPad has been improved.
-New setting allows marker coordinate notifications to be disabled. (New coordinates will still be downloaded when browsing the details of a marker that has new coordinate data available.)
-In the marker detail, if there are multiple relationships with the same marker, the related marker will now be listed once and all relationships will be listed in one table row.
-Detail buttons in marker detail, when tapped, provide more information.
-3D Touch support has been removed in favor of the new Context Menus feature introduced in iOS 13.
-Support for new image picker introduced in iOS 14.
-Support for iOS 15
DATA UPDATES
-More narratives have been added and formatted.
Street address; zip code; and plusCode data has been improved for markers in several cities and towns including but not limited to:
Abbott; Alice; Amherst; Andrews; Anna; Annona; Anthony; Aquilla; Archer City; Arcola; Barnes; Bastrop; Bayside; Bay City; Baytown; Beasley; Beeville; Bellville; Bettie; Blessing; Blue Ridge; Boling; Borger; Brazoria; Brenham; Briggs; Brownsville; Brownwood; Buffalo; Camden; Camp Wood; Caney; Canyon Lake; Cedar Hill; Cedar Lake; Cedar Lane; Celeste; Center Point; Centerville; Chireno; Childress; Clifton; Clute; Colorado City; Columbus; Comanche; Comfort; Concan; Conroe; Crane; Corrigan; Cross Plains; Crystal City; Damon; Del Rio; De Leon; Denison; Diboll; Dublin; Douglass; Eagle Lake; Early; Earth; East Columbia; Eastland; Ebenezer; Edinburg; El Paso; Electra; Encino; Emory; Ezzell; Fairfield; Falfurrias; Farmersville; Fischer; Floresville; Fluvanna; Forney; Franklin; Fredericksburg; Frelsburg; Frydek; Gail; Gainesville; Galena Park; Garden City; Gilmer; Goliad; Graham (Garza Co.); Grapeland; Grassland; Gregory; Groesbeck; Gustine; Hamlin; Harper; Hearne; Hempstead; Henrietta; Hidalgo; Highlands; Hillsboro; Hockley; Holliday; Howe; Hubbard; Hunter; Independence; Indianola; Industry; Ingram; Jourdanton; Juno; Kamay; Kaufman; Kemp; Kendleton; Klein; Knippa; Kountze; Lafayette; Leesburg; Leggett; Leona; Liberty; Livingston; Lockhart; Lockney; Longview; Lorenzo; Lufkin; Luling; Mabank; Madisonville; Magnolia; Magnolia Beach; Marble Falls; Marfa; Marion; Markham; Marshall; Matagorda; Mauriceville; McAllen; McGregor; McKinney; McQneeney; Melissa; Merkel; Mexia; Midway; Moscow; Moulton; Mountain Home; Nacogdoches; Neches; Nevada; New Berlin; New Ulm; New Waverly; North Zulch; O’Donnell; Oakalla; Oglesby; Olivia; Orange; Orangefield; Orchard; Ore City; Palacios; Pampa; Panhandle; Panna Maria; Pattison; Pine Island; Pittsburg; Plainview; Pledger; Point Blank; Port Lavaca; Port Neches; Post; Prairie View; Presidio; Pritchett; Quitaque; Refugio; Rhonesboro; Richards; Richland; Rosenberg; Rosewood; Rotan; Sabinal; Sachse; San Antonio; San Elizario; San Marcos; Saratoga; Seadrift; Sealy; Shamrock; Sidney; Silverton; Skidmore; Snyder; Spring Branch; Spur; Stafford; Sterling City; Sugar Land; Sweeny; Temple; Terlingua; Three Rivers; Tivoli; Tye; Union Grove; Uvalde; Valley View (Wichita Co.); Van Vleck; Victoria; Vidor; Waller; Wallis; Wellington; West Columbia; White Deer; Whitney; Wied; Windthorst; Woden; Womack; The Woodlands; Zavala
Ratings and Reviews
Texas History
The historical markers are meant to serve as reminders of the past, but today's generation for the most part are unappreciative of the past. I love to stop at markers every chance I can, but I think most people are desensitized how common they are and they've become invisible to most people.
This app is great and I can't believe it hasn't been available longer. Nothing could serve these markers greater than this app for those who don't have time to stop, want to learn more about the greatest country and state of all time, and/or have wondered about that one marker they've never had time to stop at.
Thanks for creating this app!
Developer Response ,
Thank you for your kind review and for using Texas Historical Marker Guide! The next update is in progress and will contain some new functionality and lots of data updates. Stay tuned!
Fantastic Resource!
Searching marker by geolocation is a boon to the traveler. Easily fining monuments, markers, etc while moving about. Lots of data points and and history. My favorite new app!
Very understandably, not all markers have narratives or the text from the marker. Quickly saw that a good number have “don’t know where this one is” despite having street location in app. How might the app user assist with app database update? Might there be future ability to crowdsource or add photo URLs in info? (Obviously the app would be overwhelmed with inclusion of over 1000 images, but links would be nice added value.)
Developer Response ,
Thanks for your kind review. Coordinates and street addresses are separate-but-kinda-related things. Sometimes there are coordinates but no street address. Sometimes there is a street address but no coordinate. The ability to add a new coordinate is in the current version. A future update will allow users to upload coordinates to be shared with other users. Thanks again!
Really good except “nearest markers”
This is a really great app! Only issue is with location. After first installing it would never show my location. After deleting the app and reinstalling it will show my current location but the “Nearest Markers” option always returns “Cannot find - check that location services is enabled” - which of course it is. Tried toggling between “Always” and “When Using App” but no love.
But I generally use the Geographic Regions mode which works great. And have learned a lot of Texas History! Interestingly when using the map in Geographic Regions mode, the app has no problem showing where I am on the map!
Developer Response ,
I know I'm responding to an old review, but the latest update to the app fixes the location service bug.
App Privacy
The developer, Gregory Moore, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- Gregory Moore
- Size
- 53.7 MB
- Category
- Travel
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease battery life.
- Copyright
- © 2014 Gregory Moore
- Price
- $2.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.