Texas Historical Marker Guide

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!

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