The Ike Miers House
Sonora, Sutton County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Sonora's fifth structure; built as home of Isaac Miers (1835-1891), Civil War veteran who married, in Bell County (1867), Victoria Morton (1841-1913), granddaughter of John Morton, a signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. About 1880, Miers moved west by covered wagon. He owned land and ranched in Edwards, Kimble, and Sutton counties. Hauling the lumber from San Angelo, he built this board-and-batten cottage in 1888. It now is a museum. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark--1970
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Isaac Miers, a Civil War veteran, married Victoria Morton—granddaughter of a signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence—before moving west by covered wagon around 1880 to ranch across Edwards, Kimble, and Sutton counties. In 1888 he hauled lumber from San Angelo to build this modest board-and-batten cottage, only the fifth structure in the young town of Sonora. The house survives today as a museum.
Why it matters
The Miers cottage captures the westward push of ranching families into the West Texas frontier and links a remote cow town back to the founding generation of the republic.
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Related people
- · Isaac Miers
- · Victoria Morton
- · John Morton
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