{"id":402256,"date":"2026-08-10T03:02:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T03:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/402256\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T03:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T03:02:14","slug":"austin-family-spends-time-restoring-historical-markers-around-central-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/402256\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin family spends time restoring historical markers around Central Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Austin family spends time restoring historical markers around Central Texas\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"378\" height=\"215\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/kxan_articles_390\/8cb13aa1fa9f73851c304ec2f045f77d.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Austin family spends time restoring historical markers around Central Texas<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">AUSTIN (KXAN) \u2014\u00a0In a state as big as Texas, there is a lot of history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">There are also a lot of historical markers and each one has a unique story to share with those who stop by.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ricki Camargo and his family have made it a mission to restore historical markers around Austin and Central Texas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I do this because I love Texas history,&#8221; said Camargo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Camargo and his family have volunteered their time to restore about 70 historical markers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I have always been a Texas History buff and during the pandemic, I was looking for a new hobby, so we got with the historical commission and volunteered as people that clean, and repaint and recondition historical marker plaques,&#8221; said Camargo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">His two daughters started helping him about a year ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;At the beginning some of them are really dirty and you can hardly read them and at the end they are clean and you can really read them,&#8221; said Gracie Camargo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Camargo says he&#8217;s happy to give back to the community, but it&#8217;s also nice to spend time with family and learn a little about Texas and Austin history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We are saving Texas history one marker at a time,&#8221; said Camargo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The family started an <a data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/texasmarkerrescue\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> page to educate people about the work they do and teach people about the markers they fix.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. 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