On U.S. 62, 0.1 miles east of South Main Street, on the right when traveling west.
In its heyday, from the start of the century until mid-1920’s, this was one of the best known spas, health resorts in the South. Thousands of the sick, the lame, the well came for the curative waters and to enjoy the social activities. Six firms . . . — — Map (db m79175) HM
On South Lee Trover Todd Jr Highway (U.S. 41) at West Main Street (State Route 112), on the left when traveling north on South Lee Trover Todd Jr Highway.
Earlington founded in 1870 by St. Bernard Coal Co. Named for John Baylis Earle, who discovered No. 11 coal vein not far from this site, in 1869. John Bond Atkinson, the president of St. Bernard Coal, planned free public schools, free public library, . . . — — Map (db m88929) HM
On North Mc Euen Avenue (Kentucky Route 1337) north of County Route 3057, on the right when traveling north.
J.W. Million School
Black students went to Earlington Colored School by 1891. Wooden school replaced by brick building in 1905 by St. Bernard Mining Co. on land donated by J.B. Atkinson.
Inspired by Rev. Joseph W. Million, activist and . . . — — Map (db m171876) HM
On Hanson Road (U.S. 41) at Eastlawn Road (State Route 260), on the right when traveling north on Hanson Road.
This town, named for Henry B. Hanson, the civil engineer who planned it, was founded in 1869 and incorporated in 1873. Hanson became bustling tobacco center. "Hanson Twist" tobacco was shipped throughout the U.S. Four costly fires in 1889, 1894, . . . — — Map (db m88955) HM
On Stagecoach Road (Kentucky Route 1069) north of Tippett Road, on the left when traveling north.
Original two-room brick building,
unusual in design, was constructed
in 1830 of handmade brick from clay
on farm. It served as a stagecoach
stop between Hopkinsville and
Henderson before completion of
the Evansville, Henderson, and
Nashville . . . — — Map (db m171985) HM
On Sunset Road (Kentucky Route 260) 0.1 miles west of Hanson Road (U.S. 41), on the right when traveling west.
Civil War Confederate irregular troops operated in western Ky. These Partisan Rangers, under Brig. Gen. Adam R. Johnson, fought skirmishes and disrupted Union communications and supply lines. Among Hopkins Countians serving were 2 brothers from . . . — — Map (db m88957) HM
On West Arch Street at North Spring Street, on the left when traveling west on West Arch Street.
Union troops, 300, ordered to burn CSA Madisonville sympathizers' homes, 1862; withdrew, bluffed by CSA Gen. Adam Johnson and six men. CSA went on to Henderson, crossed river to Newburg, taking medical supplies, arms and rations for the . . . — — Map (db m88948) HM
On South Franklin Street at Hall Street, on the right when traveling south on South Franklin Street.
This wall was originally located at Carlow, on the main Madisonville-Henderson route. It was built by Thomas J. Jackson in 1857 to enclose his stage coach inn, a general store, Masonic Lodge No. 314 and post office. This work of art, reconstructed . . . — — Map (db m88934) HM
On East Center Street (Kentucky Route 70) at South Main Street (Highway 41), on the right when traveling east on East Center Street.
For Samuel Hopkins, 1753-1819. On Washington's staff and in many campaigns, War of the Revolution. Came to Ky., 1797, as Transylvania Company agent. In 1799, organized and named judge of first court held in original Henderson County, which included . . . — — Map (db m88939) HM
On South Main Street (Kentucky Route 70) at Court Street, on the right when traveling north on South Main Street.
Gen. Hylan B. Lyon with 800 men invaded Ky., Dec. 1864, to enforce CSA draft law and divert USA from Nashville. In 23 days he burned seven courthouses used by Union forces. See map on reverse side. Courthouse at Madisonville burned Dec. 17. All . . . — — Map (db m88936) HM
On North Main Street (U.S. 41) at Hanson Street, on the left when traveling north on North Main Street.
CSA Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, on reconnaissance and foraging mission toward the Ohio River Nov. 24 to Dec. 5, 1861, passed here with 300 cavalry on way to Caseyville. There he found large supply of hogs and took some along. After he left, USA . . . — — Map (db m88951) HM
On Union Street, 0.1 miles north of East Broadway Street, on the left when traveling north.
Born Jan. 15, 1869, Madisonville. Began law practice, 1892. Served as chairman of the first Insurance Rating Board, 1912. Circuit Court Judge, 1921-31. While Governor, 1931-35, he reorganized charitable and penal boards; recodified the educational . . . — — Map (db m88785) HM
On North Seminary Street at Oates Street, on the left when traveling north on North Seminary Street.
This property is listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Harvey-Bassett
House
1895 — — Map (db m171899) HM
On Beulah Road (Kentucky Route 70) 0.1 miles north of Beagle Park Loop (Kentucky Route 1302), on the left when traveling north.
Munns School was a one-room log structure
named for Eleanor Munns who once owned
the land. The present brick building was
built in 1879 and another room was added
in 1927-28. Munns School, used as a
Hopkins County school and a . . . — — Map (db m171881) HM
On North Kentucky Avenue at Couch Street, on the right when traveling north on North Kentucky Avenue.
Rosenwald High School
Here, Professor C. L. Timberlake established first high school in city for blacks. Rosenwald High School opened in 1932; operated until 1966. Rosenwald Foundation funded its construction. In 1936, basketball team . . . — — Map (db m88950) HM
On South Scott Street, 0.1 miles south of East Broadway Street, on the left when traveling south.
The home of L. D. Hockersmith, Capt., 10th Ky., Gen. John Hunt Morgan's Cavalry, CSA. Hockersmith captured by Federal troops during Morgan's Ohio raid, July 20, 1863. Held with Morgan in Ohio State Prison at Columbus. Helped dig tunnel by which he . . . — — Map (db m88931) HM
On North Church Street at Oates Street, on the left when traveling north on North Church Street.
Founded in 1868 by Rev. Anthony Bunche, Zion Temple A.M.E. Zion Church is the oldest African-American church in Hopkins Co. It was established in an old log schoolhouse given by abolitionist Hubbard Lunsford. The current site was purchased in 1878. . . . — — Map (db m171905) HM
On Nebo Road (Alternate U.S. 41) 0.3 miles south of Shepherd Lane, on the right when traveling south.
Here was located 11000 acres
allotted by Virginia, for military
services in the American Revolution,
1777 — 1782
to
Frederick Wilhelm Augustus Heinrich Ferdinand
Baron von Steuben
Lieutenant general in the armies of . . . — — Map (db m172094) HM
On Nebo Road (Alternate U.S. 41) 0.3 miles south of Shepherd Lane, on the right when traveling south.
Named for the Prussian soldier
Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard
Augustin, Baron von Steuben. Born
in 1730, he came to America in
1777 to aid the cause of the
Revolution. Steuben instructed
Washington's army at Valley Forge
and was first . . . — — Map (db m172085) HM
On Cross Street (Kentucky Route 813) at North Main Street, on the right when traveling west on Cross Street.
Born in Hopkins Co. on Dec. 4, 1812. He
married Susan Morgan in 1833 and farmed
in Hopkins & Muhlenberg Counties. In
1843, he moved his family to Texas, where
he farmed and drove cattle. In 1861, he
sold his cattle and tried to move . . . — — Map (db m171875) HM
On South Main Street (Kentucky Route 2083) at Kentucky Route 4002, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street.
Side 1
Cmdr. D. W. "Mush" Morton, USN
This World War II hero spent his early youth & attended elementary school in Nortonville, high school in Madisonville. Graduated from U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., in 1930. Became . . . — — Map (db m88927) HM
On County Road 4723, 0.3 miles north of I-30 Frontage Road, on the left when traveling north.
The Hopkins County Commissioners Court established 32 school districts in 1867. District No. 30 became known as Plunkett School in 1903 when a new schoolhouse was built at this site and named for its builder, James W. Plunkett (1829-1914). W. A. . . . — — Map (db m234997) HM
On West Main Street east of Commerce Street (County Road 275), on the left when traveling east.
The grove of black jack trees which gave this town its original name was near an Indian camping ground. The trees stood atop the highest point in present Hopkins County. An Indian trail that crossed the grove later became a major wagon freighting . . . — — Map (db m234998) HM
On Highway 11 at Highway 4724, on the left when traveling west on Highway 11.
Mt. Zion Methodist Episcopal Church organized here before creation of Hopkins County, 1846. Also at Mt. Zion, 1849, Harmony Cumberland Presbyterian Church was organized with 13 members, by the Rev. Anthony Travelstead. After years of worship in . . . — — Map (db m176407) HM
On County Road 3357, 0.8 miles east of County Road 900, on the left when traveling east.
Often referred to as the Jefferson
Trail road, highway or wagon road or
as the Bonham-Jefferson Road, this
historic roadway traversed
northeast and north central Texas.
Originally used by Native Americans
and known as the Main Caddo Trace . . . — — Map (db m234993) HM
On County Road 3357, 1.1 miles east of County Road 900, on the left when traveling south.
Settlers established the community of Saltillo around 1850 along the
Old Jefferson Road. John A. Arthur III and G.B. Hackleman opened the first
stores, and a post office began operation in 1860. Arthur is credited with
naming the town after the . . . — — Map (db m234995) HM
On Gilmer Street at Connally Street, on the right when traveling south on Gilmer Street.
The oldest banking institution in Sulphur Springs, City National Bank was organized in 1889. The first board of directors included J. J. Dabbs, John T. Hargrove, J. F. Carter, J. A. B. Putnam, W. B. Womack, W. A. Dabbs, and S. W. Summers. A . . . — — Map (db m119781) HM
On Texas Route 154 near County Road 4764, on the right when traveling north.
In the vicinity of Old Tarrant, south of here, the Civil War refugee family of Mrs. Amanda Stone, of Louisiana, was shown great kindness when rescued by Hopkins countians after a road accident. The Stones saw the Texans share the little they had, . . . — — Map (db m119382) HM
On North Davis Street at Atkins Street, on the right when traveling south on North Davis Street.
In the 1850s, Disciples in the pioneer town of Bright Star, also known as "The Sulphur Springs," gathered for religious meetings at neighbors' homes and in a vacant store. Two evangelists, the Rev. Charles Carlton and the Rev. J. M. Baird, organized . . . — — Map (db m187091) HM
On College Street, on the right when traveling west.
Organized in 1852, this church had eight members with Samuel Davidson as the ruling elder. A sanctuary erected jointly by this congregation and the Cumberland Presbyterians on Connally Street burned in 1873. The membership constructed a frame . . . — — Map (db m187093) HM
On Church Street (State Highway 154) at Atkins Street, on the right when traveling north on Church Street.
Established in 1850 by the Rev. Pleas B. Bailey, this Methodist congregation erected the first church building in Sulphur Springs about 1852 on a site in the "Spring Lot" which surrounded the town's mineral springs. The property was purchased from . . . — — Map (db m176479) HM
On Jackson Street North at East Houston Street, on the right when traveling north on Jackson Street North.
Only about a year after they met in 1880, George and Myra (Tuggle) Wilson married and began changing their small town into a bustling city. George and his brother opened a brick plant and were hired to build many prominent buildings such as the City . . . — — Map (db m232773) HM
On Texas Route 154 north of County Road 4764, on the right when traveling north.
The picnic area on SH 19 in Hopkins County is an early roadside park developed by the Texas Highway Department - now Texas Department of Transportation. It was built from 1939-1940 using labor from the National Youth Administration, a Federal Works . . . — — Map (db m120300) HM
Near Church Street west of Loop State Highway 313.
Front
Home County of Texas Confederate General W. H. King
Georgian. Moved to Texas 1861. Rose to rank of colonel, 18th Texas Infantry. Led regiment in Red River Campaign of 1863 to prevent split of South along Mississippi. . . . — — Map (db m119776) HM
On Interstate 30 Frontage Road, 0.4 miles east of County Highway 3341, on the right when traveling east.
Formed from Lamar and Nacogdoches Counties Created March 25, 1846
Organized July 13, 1846
Named in Honor of the Pioneer Hopkins Family Which Came to Texas From Kentucky and Indiana
County Seat, Tarrant 1846-1858 Sulphur Springs, . . . — — Map (db m186645) HM
Near Church Street at Jefferson Street (Business U.S. 67) when traveling east.
The third Hopkins County Courthouse, built in 1882, was destroyed on Feb. 11, 1894 by a fire that also burned the jail and several nearby structures. Plans were soon made for a new court building to be erected on this corner rather than in the . . . — — Map (db m119782) HM
On Church Street south of Houston Street, on the right when traveling south.
Deed records indicate that a newspaper was being published in Hopkins County as early as 1854. It was known as the "Texas Star" and was located in Tarrant, which then served as county seat. In 1855, the printing presses were purchased by William . . . — — Map (db m119745) HM
On Farm to Market Road 2653 at County Road 4808, on the left when traveling north on Road 2653.
After the Civil War (1861-65), during the turbulence of Reconstruction, the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Rising Star, Alabama, was burned. Members W. A. (Willis) (d. 1920) and Nannie Stewart sought a place where they could worship as they . . . — — Map (db m238386) HM
On Farm to Market Road 69, 1 mile south of Interstate 30, on the right when traveling south.
Unmarked graves here may date to 1872, the year the Richland Baptist Church bought the site and the Richland School was established here. The earliest marked grave dates to 1878; two earlier ones, dated 1873 and 1876, are reinterments. Many . . . — — Map (db m186641) HM
On Highway 154 at Farm to Market Road 1104, on the left when traveling north on Highway 154.
This church traces its history to 1886, when area settlers organized a congregation of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The church was named for the Rev. W. A. Shook, who held the first revival here. The congregation met in a brush arbor or . . . — — Map (db m176511) HM
On Connally Street east of J V Alley, on the right when traveling east.
The Reconstruction era which followed the Civil War (1861-65) was a time of unrest in Texas. In this area a gang of outlaws whipped and killed blacks and harassed other citizens. On August 10, 1868, Capt. T. M. Tolman brought Federal . . . — — Map (db m119744) HM
On Farm to Market Road 2653 at County Road 4738, on the left when traveling north on Road 2653.
Located on land originally belonging to early Hopkins County settler Zacharias Birdwell (1801-1880), the nearby cemetery was first known as Birdwell's Graveyard. The earliest marked grave, that of infant James Becton Herman, is dated 1879, but the . . . — — Map (db m238389) HM
On North Davis Street at Atkins Street, on the right when traveling north on North Davis Street.
Chartered on August 13, 1890, the Sulphur Springs Loan and Building Association is the oldest surviving savings association in the state of Texas. Charter members of the association included local business leaders Phil H. Foscue, W. F. Henderson, T. . . . — — Map (db m187090) HM
On Church Street at Bonner Street, on the right when traveling south on Church Street.
Volunteer fire fighters, organized soon after Sulphur Springs was incorporated (1870), used a "bucket brigade" and hand-drawn equipment to control blazes before the city purchased a steam fire engine in 1888. To summon firemen, this 500-pound brass . . . — — Map (db m119752) HM
On Texas Route 154, 0.4 miles south of County Road 4761, on the right when traveling south.
Eldridge Hopkins, for whose family Hopkins County was named in 1846, donated this site for the county seat. Named for Gen. Edward H. Tarrant (1796-1858), Texas Ranger and Mexican war veteran, Tarrant Post Office was established in March 1847. A . . . — — Map (db m119766) HM
