On State Highway 22 at State Highway 6, on the right when traveling east on State Highway 22.
Named for the Bosque (Spanish for "Woods") River. The territory now part of this county was traversed in 1841 by the Texan-Santa Fe Expedition. Maj. George B. Erath, noted surveyor and soldier, explored the region prior to its settlement. The . . . — — Map (db m240399) HM
Near South Hill Street south of East Pecan Street, on the left when traveling south.
Dr. Russell Daniel Holt (1910-1959) began working as a camp surgeon for the CCC at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana. After hearing that there was a need for a doctor in Meridian, Dr. Holt began practicing in the area in 1938 and set up the city's first . . . — — Map (db m178412) HM
On North Hill Street at A Street, on the right when traveling north on North Hill Street.
John Clabaugh and W.A. Mason, missionaries for the Texas Baptist Convention, established first Baptist Church of Meridian on March 13, 1859 with ten area residents. Circuit-riding Preachers conducted the first worship services, and the . . . — — Map (db m161803) HM
On West Morgan Street (State Highway 22) at North Main Street (State Highway 144), on the left when traveling west on West Morgan Street.
Soldier, Statesman and Indian fighter. In his native Georgia, a Legislator and Mayor of City of Atlanta. General in Cuban Liberation Forces, 1850.
On reaching Texas 1856, joined State Troops fighting Indians. Elected 1859 to State . . . — — Map (db m161844) HM
On State Highway 144, 0.2 miles south of County Highway 2530, on the left when traveling north.
Only a log kitchen now marks the homesite of John Lomax, one of the foremost collectors of American folksongs. Here, on part of the Chisholm Trail, young Lomax heard cowboys crooning and yodeling to restless herds; negro servants taught him jig . . . — — Map (db m238741) HM
On North Main Street at E Street, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street.
South Carolina native James J. Lumpkin (b. 1852) settled in Meridian in 1878. He established a medical practice and pharmacy, and was a prominent landowner. He married Ida Etoile (Fuller) (d. 1954), daughter of Moses W. Fuller (1830-1868), a . . . — — Map (db m238637) HM
On North Bosque Street at E Street, on the left when traveling north on North Bosque Street.
Local Episcopalians founded the St. James congregation in 1913. Charter members Dr. James Julius Lumpkin and his wife, Ida Etoile (Fuller), donated this site, and church officials consecrated the new facilities that year. The church prospered in . . . — — Map (db m161841) HM
