Black plaque № 19326

Weches, TX, United States

Joseph R. Rice Log Cabin. Joseph Redmond Rice (1805-1866) cut timber; Then his young wife, Willie Masters Rice (1809-1881), snaked the logs to a homesite 16 miles southwest of here. the cabin they built was a noted way station on the San Antonio Road. They brought up nine children enlarging their ca

bin several times. After a grandson built a frame home in 1919, the old cabin became a farm storage shed. The Texas Centennial Marker Commission in 1936 marked its history, and in 1973 it was given to

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