• New Boston vicinity,  

  Bowie County

Site of the Home of Hardin R. Runnels

• Governor of Texas, 1857-1859. The house was built in 1853. Destroyed by fire in 1914. Here Governor Runnels died. He was buried nearby. His remains were later removed to the State Cemetery at Austin.

• Address

• Directions

  6 miles east of New Boston on US 82, on U.S. Government reservation

• Marker #

  12410

• Dedicated:

  1936

• Size, Type:

  1936 Centennial - Subject Marker (gray granite)

• Code:

  governors

• Latitude

  -

• Longitude

  FALSE