Welcome to Tomlinson park in Blockhouse creek which was named for the Ranger Lookout that once sat near this cache where the stone white house "The Walker House" is today. A Ranger force was needed to protect the frontier just above Austin, therefore, Captain Tumlinson was commissioned to raise a company for that purpose. Early in January 1836, he reported that he had a company of sixty mounted men ready for service. The entire company proceeded to their appointed station on the headwaters of Brushy Creek where they built a fort and called it TUMLINSON BLOCKHOUSE. They made their headquarters there until the latter part of February, when the invasion of Santa Anna made it necessary for them to be recalled to assist at the Alamo.This is the first known habitation of new frontier settlers in the territory which is now called Williamson County. The place at present is called Block House Springs and is marked by the home of Judge A. S. Walker. Soon after the Rangers left it in 1836, the Indians came and burned the fort. The Walker family rebuilt and raised 4 generations of family here supported by the spring fed creek that never goes dry that you can hear in the background. Thanks for keeping our history alive by learning about Block House! Enjoy your day!