Joshua Brown (Texas pioneer)

Brown donated the original 4-acre (16,000 m2) townsite for Kerrville, and the community was named after his friend and fellow Kentucky native, James Kerr (1790–1850).

Brown then moved to a small settlement named Curry's Creek in Kendall County, where he learned the craft of shingle-making using cypress trees.

In 1846, Brown and a group of ten men (all shingle-makers) went up the Guadalupe River to look for cypress trees and selected a site to develop which would later become Kerrville.

Brown also served under Captain Zumwalt's command in the Wall's Campaign of 1842 and fought against the Mexican Army at Salado Creek in Bexar County at the Dawson Massacre.

Brown was a veteran of the Summerville Campaign, also known as the Mier Expedition, and he ended his military service with the Texas Volunteers Mounted Regiment and Benjamin McCulloch's spy command.

In 1998, a CSA Bronze Marker was dedicated by the Captain Charles Schreiner Chapter further to honor Brown and his contributions to the town.

[9] Kerrville is now known for its landscapes, scenic roadways, river and streams, lakes, caves, biological diversity, ranches, architecture, and popular culture.