Llano County

Temple, Texas

 

1910
 
 
MONUMENT AT TEMPLE, TEX.—The Daughters of the Confederacy at Temple, Tex., erected a monument to the soldiers of the Confederacy in July, 1910. The shaft is of Georgia marble resting upon a foundation of Texas granite. It bears as an inscription this quotation from Father Ryan:

 

“We care not whence they come,
Dear, in lifeless clay;
Whether unknown or known to fame,
Their cause and country still the same,
They died and wore the gray.”

The ConLlano's Confederate soldier statue was made by noted sculptor Frank Teich who was instrumental in establishing the Granite Industry in Llano County. German-born, Teich made a good living designing Confederate statues for county governments across Texas and other southern states. He also supervised the extraction and working of the stone for the state capitol and several monuments on the grounds. The monument was erected in 1915 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy Llano Chapter