(1805-1895) South Carolina native Robert Eanes and his family came to Travis County from Mississippi in 1872. They joined his brother, Alexander Eanes, who had arrived in 1845. Robert Eanes purchased a ranch from his brother in 1873, on which he built the first area school. The area and school both assumed the Eanes name. upon his death in 1895, Robert Eanes was buried here next to his wife, Eliza Howell Eanes (1825-1882). (1987)