On State Highway 21, 0.2 miles Farm to Market Road 1280.
One of the community's pioneer settlers, Samuel Cartmill Hiroms (1836-1920) was born in Polk County. His parents were among Stephen F. Austin's "Old Three Hundred" colonists. Hiroms taught school and served as Polk County surveyor. He served in the . . . — — Map (db m219628) HM
On Texas Route 21, 0.5 miles south of County Route 3150, on the right when traveling south.
Kings Highway
Camino Real
Old San Antonio Road
Marked by The
Daughters of The
American Revolution
and The State of Texas
A.D. 1918 — — Map (db m221191) HM
On Texas 21, 0.1 miles north of Farm to Market Road 3575, on the left when traveling north.
Kings Highway
Camino Real
Old San Antonio Road
Marked by The
Daughters of The
American Revolution
and The State of Texas
A.D. 1918 — — Map (db m221193) HM
On Texas 21 at 1280, on the right when traveling south on Texas 21.
Established before 1836 Used by Elisha Clapp and neighboring settlers as a place of defense against the Indians Abandoned about 1844 — — Map (db m219447) HM
On State Highway 21, 0.1 miles east of Farm to Market Road 1733, on the right when traveling west.
Kings Highway
Camino Real
Old San Antonio Road
Marked by The
Daughters of The
American Revolution
and The State of Texas
A.D. 1918 — — Map (db m219196) HM
On Texas Route 21, 0.1 miles south of County Route 3054, on the right when traveling south.
Kings Highway Camino Real
Old San Antonio Road
Marked by the Daughters of the
American Revolution
and the State of Texas
A.D. 1918 — — Map (db m221186) HM
On U.S. 287, 0.7 miles west of Farm to Market Road 358, on the right when traveling north.
In 1857 Albert Holley (b. 1828), his mother and two brothers, migrated to Houston County from Alabama. While the others journeyed to Texas by boat, he brought the family's supplies overland by wagon with 137 slaves. By 1860 he and his wife Julia . . . — — Map (db m128926) HM
Near East Pease Street, 0.2 miles west of Highway 19.
Tennessee native Andrew Jackson McGown came to Texas in 1835 to fight with the Texas Army in the War for Independence from Mexico. A participant in the Battle of San Jacinto, he later helped establish the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Texas, . . . — — Map (db m219487) HM
Near East Pease Street, 0.2 miles west of Texas Highway 19.
Author - " History of Houston County, Texas" Armistead Albert Aldrich (April 10, 1858 -- Aug. 22, 1945) Born in Crockett, son of Oliver Cromwell and Eliza (Masters) Aldrich. Educated at University of Virginia, he was admitted to the bar in 1883. . . . — — Map (db m219490) HM
Near East Pease Street, 0.2 miles west of Texas Highway 19.
A grandnephew of U.S. president James Monroe, A.T.M. Monroe was born in Virginia and came to Texas in 1842. He married Rachel Albright (1828-1866) in 1846 and moved his family to Crockett in 1849. He operated a general store on the courthouse square . . . — — Map (db m219486) HM
Near East Pease Avenue, 0.2 miles west of Texas Highway 19.
In 1855 Augustus "Gus" LeGory came to Texas from Mississippi. After serving in the Civil War, he returned to the area and worked with a Trinity River steamboat company. He later developed his own overland and river freight hauling enterprise and in . . . — — Map (db m219494) HM
On Highway 19, 0.5 miles south of E Loop 304, on the left when traveling south.
Harston Wilson Beeson, one of Houston County's first settlers (1840), bought land in this area from his neighbor, John Box, in 1852. The Cemetery was established on Beeson land about 3/4 of a mile east of this site with the burial of Box's son, . . . — — Map (db m155414) HM
Born in Virginia; came to Texas, 1839. Member of Snively Expedition (1843), and 1st State Legislature (1846). Wife: Rebecca Whitten.Recorded - 1973 — — Map (db m219497) HM
On South 5th Street at East Houston Avenue (State Highway 21), on the left when traveling north on South 5th Street.
Founded 1837. Named for David Crockett, who had visited here on way to the Alamo, 1836.
Old fortified log courthouse was often the refuge for settlers during Indian raids.
During Civil War had camp of instruction. Telegraph and stagecoach . . . — — Map (db m120963) HM
On North 7th Street at Lamar Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North 7th Street.
An outstanding example of Eastlake-Victorian architecture, started about 1891, completed in 1893, by J.E. Downes, prominent local businessman. Much of the material in the structure was imported from other states. Downes lived in the house until . . . — — Map (db m219444) HM
On East Goliad Avenue (State Highway 7) east of South 5th Street (U.S. 287), on the right when traveling east.
A typical late 19th Century Texas commercial building, with cast iron front and pressed tin ornamentation. Erected for bank developed in mercantile store of W.E. Mayes (1837-1915). To aid his customers, Mayes in 1880s took care of cash and . . . — — Map (db m121248) HM
On East Goliad Avenue (State Highway 7) at South 8th Street on East Goliad Avenue.
A Baptist Church, led by pioneer James T. Heflin, was meeting in Crockett as early as 1846. A second Baptist congregation was formally organized in 1850. Named Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Crockett, the congregation built a sanctuary on El Camino . . . — — Map (db m206967) HM
On East Goliad Avenue at South 7th Street, on the right when traveling east on East Goliad Avenue.
City's first congregation and one of oldest in Texas. Formed 1839 with Henderson Palmer as pastor. Noted minister Littleton Fowler was presiding elder at organization. Methodists shared a structure with Crockett's other denominations until erecting . . . — — Map (db m206926) HM
On East Goliad Avenue (State Highway 7) at South 5th Street (U.S. 287), on the right when traveling east on East Goliad Avenue.
Founded about 1881 as sideline in mercantile store of W.E. Mayes (1837-1915), who aided customers by keeping cash and currency in his safe, issuing loans and credits.
In 1892 H.F. Moore (1854-1926) came here from . . . — — Map (db m121247) HM
On East Houston Avenue (State Highway 21) 0.1 miles east of South 7th Street, on the right when traveling east.
This church was established in 1854 by an act of the East Texas Presbytery. The Rev. W.C. Dunlap was organizer of the congregation and served as its pastor for two years. Members met in a Baptist church until the completion of their first building . . . — — Map (db m207022) HM
On South 4th Street (U.S. 287) at East Houston Avenue (Texas Highway 21), on the left when traveling south on South 4th Street.
On June 12, 1837, President Sam Houston authorized the formation of Houston County, the first newly created county in the Republic of Texas. Andrew W. Gossett (1812-1890) donated land, which included this square, for the townsite. He and his father, . . . — — Map (db m121246) HM
Near East Pease Avenue, 0.2 miles Texas Highway 19. Reported damaged.
New York native George G. Alford, an officer in the War of 1812, came to Texas from Missouri in 1836. During the Texas Revolution he served as Gen. Sam Houston's Quartermaster General. Captured by Mexican forces after the war while on a supply trip . . . — — Map (db m219478) HM
On Highway 19, 1 mile south of E Loop 304, on the left when traveling south.
Solomon George Givens and his wife Lula (Burleson), both born in Houston County in 1871, were the children of former slaves. They were married in Crockett in 1891, and in 1892 they bought 34 acres of land here. Their farm proved a success and in . . . — — Map (db m155417) HM
On East Pease Avenue, 0.2 miles west of Texas Highway 19.
In original townsite of Crockett. Opened soon after Houston County was created and the county seat founded in 1837. Burials include early Texas heroes and statesmen; a friend visited by David Crockett on way to the Alamo; a grandnephew of U.S. . . . — — Map (db m219476) HM
On East Pease Avenue, 0.2 miles west of State Highway 19.
Opened about 1870. Here rest veterans
of Texas War for Independence, Mexican
War, Civil War, World Wars I and II;
authors, bankers, educators, physicians,
frontiersmen, jurists; a niece of Texas
hero Sam Houston; a Grand Master of the
Grand . . . — — Map (db m219477) HM
On South 2nd Street at East Fannin Avenue, on the right when traveling south on South 2nd Street.
A small group from Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Crockett withdrew in 1884 to create their own congregation. The St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church was organized under the leadership of the Reverend Raefield Cotton and six deacons. The group . . . — — Map (db m206923) HM
On East Houston Avenue (State Highway 21) 0.1 miles east of South 7th Street, on the right when traveling east.
House built by A.T. Monroe, nephew of U. S. President who issued the Monroe Doctrine. Structure is hand-hewn Louisiana Heart Oak over brick inner walls. Noted as center of social activities. Since 1911 in the family of prominent attorney George . . . — — Map (db m207025) HM
On 4th Street (State Highway 19) north of Wood Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
Created from Nacgodoches County
June 12, 1837
Organized the same year
named in honor of
Sam Houston
1793-1863
Commander-in-Chief of the Texan
Army at San Jacinto
President of the Republic and
Governor of the State of Texas . . . — — Map (db m63530) HM
On South 4th Street (U.S. 287) at East Goliad Avenue (Texas Highway 7), on the left when traveling south on South 4th Street.
In early 1938, the Houston County commissioners court, with County Judge B. F. Bradley presiding, began making plans for construction of the county's fifth courthouse. Built in 1939 with funds from the Federal Public Works Administration, the . . . — — Map (db m121245) HM
Near East Pease Avenue, 0.2 miles west of Texas Highway 19.
A native of Houston County, Ike Daniel was a prominent businessman with assets in Kennard and Crockett. Among his various businesses were a general store, gristmill, cotton gin, sawmill, and real estate dealings. He served as Houston County Sheriff . . . — — Map (db m219495) HM
Near East Pease Avenue, 0.2 miles west of Texas Highway 19.
A native of Houston County, James Elbert Downes was the son of area pioneers. He served in the Civil War and was later active in the local Confederate veterans association. He was married to Elizabeth Brown in 1871 and they were the parents of three . . . — — Map (db m219496) HM
Near East Pease Avenue, 0.2 miles Texas Highway 19.
John Edward Nite, born in North Carolina, married Lucy Stepp, a native of Georgia, in 1826. Although robbed of $1800 in gold enroute to Texas from Tennessee in 1835, they were able to secure 1,506 acres of land along the Trinity River in Houston . . . — — Map (db m219479) HM
Near East Pease Street, 0.2 miles west of Texas Highway 19. Reported damaged.
Maryland native John Lawrence Hall lived in New Orleans before coming to Texas in 1831. Hall served in the Texas Army (1835-36), Republic of Texas Army (1841), and in the Mexican War (1846). He added to the land grants he received for military . . . — — Map (db m219485) HM
Near East Pease Street, 0.2 miles west of Texas Highway 19.
New York-born John Titus Smith moved to Texas from Georgia in 1849. He settled on a cotton plantation at McKenzie's Bend on the Trinity River and operated the steamboat "Ida Reese". Smith served as Chief Justice (County Judge) of Houston County, . . . — — Map (db m219488) HM
On Highway 287 (State Highway 19) at Farm to Market Road 2160, on the left when traveling north on Highway 287.
A pioneer area landowner and farmer, John Wortham (1804-67) was a petitioner for the creation of Houston County in 1837. He later served as captain of an independent Ranger company, as major in the Republic of Texas Army and as quartermaster of the . . . — — Map (db m207027) HM
Near State Highway 21, on the right when traveling east.
Tennessean Joseph R. Rice married Willie, daughter of Jacob Masters, about 1825. By 1828 they lived in a log cabin near this spot. Their children were Sarah (b. 1826), Jacob (b. 1828), twins deceased in infancy, Amanda Elizabeth (1832-1910), John . . . — — Map (db m239113) HM
Near East Pease Street, 0.2 miles west of Texas Highway 19.
A soldier in the Army of Texas, 1836 Chief Justice of Houston County, 1841 Born in Tennessee Feb. 1, 1788 Died Nov. 24, 1848 His wife Elizabeth (Stone) Gossett Born in Tennessee Sept. 1, 1789 Died July 6, 1849 — — Map (db m219482) HM
On Texas Route 21 at Diamond M Ranch Road, on the left when traveling north on State Route 21.
Kings Highway Camino Real Old San Antonio Road
Marked by The Daughters of The American Revolution and The State of Texas A.D. 1918 — — Map (db m221434) HM
On Texas Route 21 at County Route 1500, on the left when traveling east on State Route 21.
Kings Highway Camino Real Old San Antonio Road
Marked by The Daughters of The American Revolution and The State of Texas A.D. 1918 — — Map (db m221141) HM
On Texas Route 21 at County Route 3105 on State Route 21.
Kings Highway
Camino Real
Old San Antonio Road
Marked by The
Daughters of The
American Revolution
and The State of Texas
A.D. 1918 — — Map (db m221185) HM
On East Pease Avenue, 0.2 miles west of Texas Highway 19.
Veteran of San Jacinto Commander of the "Horse Marines" in June, 1836 A Senator in the Congress of the Republic 1836-1839 Born in Georgia in 1805 Died in January, 1843 — — Map (db m219480) HM
On North 4th Street (U.S. 287) at East Houston Avenue (Texas Highway 21), on the right when traveling south on North 4th Street.
This corner of the town square was developed as a law office after state legislator and Houston County Judge S.A. Miller (1805-1893) purchased it in 1840. In 1891, Rudd Crawford Spinks (1856-1938) bought the site and built a two-story brick building . . . — — Map (db m120965) HM
On East Houston Avenue (State Highway 21) 0.1 miles east of South 7th Street, on the right when traveling east.
Built 1854 by A.T. Monroe, prominent merchant and grand nephew of U.S. President James Monroe. Style is Greek Revival. Bricks between the inner and outer walls provide insulation and strength. Attorney George W. Crook bought the house in 1911. It is . . . — — Map (db m207023) HM
On State Highway 21, 0.7 miles east of Farm to Market Road 3187, on the right when traveling west.
Joseph Redmond Rice (1805-1866) and his wife, Willie Masters Rice (1809-1881), natives of Tennessee and Kentucky, built a one-room log cabin on this site in 1828. Rice's brothers and his father-in-law, Jacob Masters, probably helped with the . . . — — Map (db m121250) HM
On East Goliad Avenue, 0.1 miles west of South 4th Street, on the left when traveling west.
Crockett merchant William Monroe Patton (1855-1915) built this commercial structure about 1903. It was the fourth of six buildings he constructed on what became known as the Patton Block and is the only one that retains its original Mesker Bros. . . . — — Map (db m206924) HM
On State Highway 21 just north of County Highway 3187, on the right when traveling north.
Joseph Redmond Rice (1805-1866) and his wife Wille Masters Rice (1809-1881) erected a log cabin across the San Antonio Road from this site in 1828. They probably established this family burial ground after the deaths of their infant twins about . . . — — Map (db m156875) HM
Civil War veteran Samuel Fisher Tenney, a Georgia native, graduated from the University of Georgia and from a South Carolina seminary in 1868. He moved to Crockett two years later, following a pastorate in Marshall, Texas. For 54 years Tenney served . . . — — Map (db m219492) HM
On North 4th Street (U.S. 287) at Spring, on the left when traveling north on North 4th Street.
In 1886 the Board of Missions for Freedmen of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, under the leadership of the group's secretary the Rev. Richard Allen, began planning for the establishment of a black girls' school in Texas. After a . . . — — Map (db m128933) HM
On East Houston Avenue (State Highway 21) at South 5th Street, on the right when traveling west on East Houston Avenue.
James H. Collard, a surveyor, opened a general store on this site in 1837. Four years later he sold the business to Thomas Collins (1800-1869). Members of the Collins family ran the store until 1890 when William Berry (b.1856) constructed the . . . — — Map (db m120964) HM
On East Houston Avenue (State Highway 21) 0.1 miles west of Corto Street, on the right when traveling east.
This house was built by teacher and lawyer John Spence and his wife Adele, also a teacher, about 1870. John died in 1879, and in 1891 Adele sold the house to druggist B. Frank Chamberlain and his wife Una. Sometime prior to 1920 the Chamberlains . . . — — Map (db m206969) HM
On State Highway 21, 0.7 miles east of Farm to Market Road 3187, on the right when traveling west.
Built as a home by Joseph D. Rice, Sr., who came to Texas in 1828.
In 1838 it was designated as a stopping place for the stage coach from Nacogdoches to Crockett. — — Map (db m121249) HM
On Texas Route 7, 1.6 miles west of Farm to Market Road 232, on the right when traveling west.
Stanton Cemetery began with the burials, just days apart, of the young daughter (Sarah A.) and infant son (William H.) of William and Nancy Stanton in 1861. The children, victims of a diphtheria epidemic, were buried on family land. The Stanton's . . . — — Map (db m221300) HM
On East Goliad Avenue (State Highway 21) at Rail Row, on the left when traveling east on East Goliad Avenue.
This log cabin was constructed on the Jeremiah Strode league (12 mi. E). It is believed to have been built in the 1850s by B.R. Wallace (1800-73), Strode's son-in law and a Texas legislator, or by Wallace's cousin W. W. Wallace (b. 1821). Later . . . — — Map (db m156957) HM
On Terrell Avenue at North 7th Street, on the right when traveling west on Terrell Avenue.
This site was originally part of a Republic of Texas land grant to Andrew Edwards Gossett, a veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto. Around the turn of the century it became part of a real estate development which opened a new Crockett residential . . . — — Map (db m219450) HM
On East Goliad Avenue (State Highway 21) at Rail Row, on the left when traveling east on East Goliad Avenue.
Which marks the campsite of the famous Texan on his historic journey to the Alamo were he paid the supreme price for Texas liberty
"Be sure you are right, then go ahead." — — Map (db m156960) HM
Near East Pease Avenue, 0.2 miles west of Texas Highway 19. Reported damaged.
South Carolina native John C. Woolam lived in Tennessee and served in the Florida Indian Wars before coming to Texas in 1838. After being licensed to preach by the Methodist Church in 1840, he served 34 churches in East and Southeast Texas during . . . — — Map (db m219484) HM
On East Goliad Avenue (State Highway 7) at South 6th Street, on the right when traveling east on East Goliad Avenue.
Alabama native William Elbert "Buck" Mayes (1836-1915) came to this area in 1856. After serving in the Civil War, he returned to Houston County and became a successful businessman with interests in banking, real estate, construction and retail . . . — — Map (db m206925) HM
On South 4th Street (U.S. 287) near East Goliad Avenue (Texas Highway 7), on the right when traveling south.
Crockett native William Van McConnell (1855-1919) built this Victorian commercial structure soon after he purchased the site in 1891 from Maj. J.C. Wooters, a former mayor of the city. Known for his wit and his Irish stories, McConnell opened a . . . — — Map (db m120966) HM
Near E. Pease St., 0.2 miles west of Texas Highway 19.
Alabama native William Elbert "Buck" Mayes, son of the Rev. Isaac C. Mayes and Lucinda Fuller, came to Texas in 1856. He married Sarah (Dickerson) Clark in 1858. After serving in the Civil War Mayes returned to Houston County and became a successful . . . — — Map (db m219493) HM
On State Highway 21, 0.3 miles west of Route 1733, on the right when traveling west.
Established with the burial of a traveler on the land of Mary (Polly) Rice, this cemetery dates to the Civil War era. The first grave that bears an inscribed tombstone, that of Walter Ashmore, is dated 1870. Over the years members of the Duren and . . . — — Map (db m219431) HM
On Rockland Cemetery Road (County Highway 4035) 0.6 miles east of State Highway 19, on the right when traveling east.
Benjamin Thomas Ellis (1825-1870) was born to John I. and Elizabeth Ann (Goolsby) Ellis in Alabama. The family moved to Texas in 1839, and by 1850 he was living with his wife, Martha E. (Shirley) Ellis and their one-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, on . . . — — Map (db m232071) HM
On Main Street at West Chestnut Street, on the left when traveling south on Main Street.
In area settled about 1850. Founded 1872 by International & Great Northern Railway Investors. Named for rank wild grapevines. Post office opened May 26, 1873.
Log schoolhouse, used also for church services, was first public building. Disciples . . . — — Map (db m161210) HM
On West Chestnut Street (Farm to Market Road 227) at North Olive Street, on the right when traveling south on West Chestnut Street.
As baptists from surrounding rural communities began to move to the thriving railroad town of Grapeland, the need for a Baptist Church in town led to the establishment of this congregation in 1891. Services were held in the public school until . . . — — Map (db m161153) HM
On North Market Street (U.S. 287 BUS) at North College, on the right when traveling south on North Market Street.
Congregation organized about 1870 in community of Red House (3 mi. East), where Indian Village had once stood. When Grapeland was founded with coming of railroad in 1872, church moved to town. At first held services in school house. Present . . . — — Map (db m161139) HM
Alabama native Franklin Columbus Woodard settled in this area with his parents about 1850. After being educated as a teacher, Woodard graduated from Medical School in 1887 and later moved his family to Grapeland to start his medical practice. In . . . — — Map (db m161161) HM
A native of Louisiana, Joseph Randolph Yarbrough served in the Texas War for Independence from Mexico and was assigned to guard the camp opposite Harrisburg during the Battle of San Jacinto. He and his father, John Swanson Yarbrough, signed the . . . — — Map (db m161208) HM
On State Highway 7 near County Road 4700, on the right when traveling west.
By the late 1850s Eli Coltharp lived beside Cochina Bayou. He opened a store and post office on the stage route west of Nacogdoches. The farm area called Coltharp Hill boasted a gin, gristmill, blacksmith and millinery shops. A school building . . . — — Map (db m29567) HM
On Carson Street near Farm to Market 357 (Texas Highway 7), on the left when traveling south.
In October 1903, approximately fourteen men and women organized the First Baptist Church of Kenard. The congregation selected four trustees: Dr. T.M. Sherman, George W. Willis, M.B. Matchett and Hugh P. English, who served the church in many . . . — — Map (db m29565) HM
On State Highway 7, on the left when traveling west.
A symbol of Black America's pride in education, plus crusade of Julius Rosenwald (1862-1932), a Chicagoan who in 1913 began to fund school buildings for Negroes. By 1920, when this one-teacher structure was built at Ratcliff (4 miles east), . . . — — Map (db m201868) HM
On State Highway 7 near County Road 4700, on the right when traveling west.
Kentuckian James Henry Hager (1822-1879) and his wife Naoma (Clark) came to Texas in the 1840s. Hager, a farmer and cabinet maker, opened a blacksmith shop and mill in Houston County. The Nacogdoches-to-Navasota stage and mail road . . . — — Map (db m29566) HM
On State Highway 7 at Main Street (Farm to Market Road 357), on the left when traveling west on State Highway 7.
The town of Kennard was founded in 1903 by the Louisiana and Texas Lumber Company and platted on 160 acres. Land agent Alexander McTavish also acted as Kennard's first postmaster. The town served as a terminus for the Eastern Texas Railroad, a line . . . — — Map (db m29553) HM
On Highway 287 (State Highway 19) at Farm to Market Road 2663, on the right when traveling north on Highway 287.
The community of Stark Switch, originally known as Oldham, was the home of protestant worship for early settlers from the mid-19th century. Stark Switch Baptist Church of Christ was organized on July 19, 1900, with 27 charter members. The Louisiana . . . — — Map (db m207028) HM
On Farm to Market Road 2663, 0.2 miles east of U.S. 287, on the right when traveling east.
Early community called Oldham, near Bethel Church and school, was renamed Starks' Switch when International & Great Northern Railroad in 1872 laid sidetrack to serve Starks' sawmill (2 Mi. W).
Latexo post office opened in 1907, after the . . . — — Map (db m207030) HM
On Commerce Street (State Highway 19) at Houston Street, on the right when traveling north on Commerce Street.
Charles Rufus Rich (1857-1945) completed this building in 1906 as a combination ground floor general mercantile store and second floor residence. A native of Texas, Rich had opened his business in Lovelady in the early 1900s. The commercial . . . — — Map (db m206906) HM
On Centerhill Cemetery Road (County Highway 4040) at County Highway 4020, on the left when traveling east on Centerhill Cemetery Road.
The Ellis family came from Mississippi to Texas in 1839. Charles McHenry Ellis and Elizabeth Lovelady Ellis had 15 children. After her death in 1865, he wed Aramenta Hartfield, with whom he had 7 children. His oldest son, Byanthy Woodville Ellis, . . . — — Map (db m232070) HM
On Read Street at Dill Street, on the right when traveling north on Read Street.
The earliest recorded Baptist activity in Lovelady was a Union Sunday school that was organized by 1876. Although an exact date for the formation of a Baptist congregation has not been established, the minutes of the 1879 meeting of the Neches River . . . — — Map (db m232067) HM
On Read Street at Pennington Street, on the right when traveling north on Read Street.
This church was organized in 1872, the year Lovelady was founded. It grew from a Sunday school started by Mrs. J.R.B. Barbee and was chartered by the Rev. William Bonner, a circuit rider, with the assistance of the Rev. J.C. Woolam. For many years . . . — — Map (db m232062) HM
On Highway 19, 3 miles north of Highway 1280, on the right when traveling north.
The Houston County Coal and Manufacturing Company was formed in 1900 for the purpose of mining lignite. Near this site, a slope mine was opened and a company town named Wooters was established. Company founders were A. H. Wooters, D. A. Nunn, G. . . . — — Map (db m155413) HM
Near State Highway 19, 0.1 miles north of Lovelady Road.
This community cemetery dates to the 1870s when Lovelady was developing as a railroad center for the surrounding agricultural area. Land for the section known as Old Cemetery was conveyed to trustees of the Lovelady Cemetery Association in 1878 . . . — — Map (db m161240) HM
On Commerce Street (State Highway 19) at East Cox Street, on the right when traveling north on Commerce Street.
On this site for almost a century, dedicated teachers, administrators and school board members served the youth of Lovelady and the surrounding area. In 1872, when the townsite of Lovelady was platted, local residents established a school, hiring . . . — — Map (db m232065) HM
Near Commerce Street (State Highway 19), on the right when traveling south.
Born in Lovelady, the Rev. Thomas Nelms Mainer was the son of merchant N. J. Mainer. After editing the local newspaper for several years, the Rev. Mainer attended Baptist Seminary and served as pastor for churches in this area. A leader in community . . . — — Map (db m239114) HM
On Commerce Street (State Highway 19) at Houston Street (Farm to Market Road 1280), on the right when traveling north on Commerce Street.
Founded by Houston & Great Northern Railroad investors as line was built through grant of Cyrus Lovelady, near communities of Nevil's Prairie, Pennington, and Weldon. Post office opened on Nov. 8, 1872. Town soon had livery stables, stores, . . . — — Map (db m206905) HM
On State Highway 7, 0.5 miles west of Farm to Market Road 227, on the left when traveling west.
R.M. Keith, agent for Central Coal & Coke Company in Kansas City, Missouri, began purchasing the virgin pine timberlands of this region in October 1899. Lumber for construction of a new mill was cut by a small sawmill purchased from local landowner . . . — — Map (db m29527) HM
On State Highway 7 close to Farm to Market Road 227, on the left when traveling west.
About 1875, a 32 - wagon train of settlers came here from Georgia. Jesse H. Ratcliff (1844 - 1920) built sawmill about 1885, drawing more people. Post office opened 1889, with Ratcliff as postmaster, and town soon had several stores. Professional . . . — — Map (db m26980) HM
On Farm to Market Road 227, 0.2 miles north of State Highway 7, on the right when traveling north.
J.H. Ratcliff's 1880s sawmill and village here gave way to major timber industry operations that by the early 1930s had decimated Houston County's densest virgin forest. As part of federal efforts to restore the nation's natural resources, Civilian . . . — — Map (db m29454) HM
On County Road 1580, 0.2 miles north of State Highway 21, on the left when traveling north.
Located near site of 17th-century Spanish missionary activity, this farming community had its beginnings with the settlement of the McLeans, Conners, Patton, and Gregg families, who had all arrived in the area by 1840. Originally known as Neches for . . . — — Map (db m121254) HM
On State Highway 21, 0.4 miles west of Farm to Market Road 227, on the right when traveling east.
Established in 1881, the Glover School served residents of the rural Glover Community. Under the direction of teacher James Breeze, a one-room schoolhouse was built on A.E. Sloan's land, now the site of the Old Glover Cemetery. A consolidated school . . . — — Map (db m121252) HM
On State Highway 21, 0.7 miles west of Forest Road 511-3, on the right when traveling west.
Kings Highway
Camino Real
Old San Antonio Road
Marked by The
Daughters of The
American Revolution
and The State of Texas
A.D. 1918 — — Map (db m219191) HM
On State Highway 21 just west of Farm to Market Road 227, on the right when traveling west.
Kings Highway
Camino Real
Old San Antonio Road
Marked by The
Daughters of The
American Revolution
and The State of Texas
A.D. 1918 — — Map (db m219195) HM
On State Highway 21, 2.1 miles west of Farm to Market Road 227, on the right when traveling west.
Kings Highway
Camino Real
Old San Antonio Road
Marked by The
Daughters of The
American Revolution
and The State of Texas
A.D. 1918 — — Map (db m219197) HM
On Park Road 44, 0.7 miles north of State Highway 21, on the left when traveling north.
Was founded near this marker
May 24, 1690,
at the Nabedache (Tejas) Indian Village
Erected, A. D. 1934, by DeZavala Chapter,
Texas Historical and Landmarks Association.
Located by: Dr. Albert Woldert, Tyler, Texas.
Miss . . . — — Map (db m121405) HM
First Spanish Mission in East Texas. Established in 1690 by Franciscan friars to convert the Tejas Indians. "Tejas", a Spanish rendition of the Indian word for "friend", was in time adopted as the state name.
The founding party was led by Capt. . . . — — Map (db m121406) HM
On State Highway 21, 1.9 miles west of County Road 2907, on the right when traveling west.
Was founded in this vicinity Summer 1690 "on the banks of the Arcangel San Miguel" (Neches) River. Erected A.D. 1934 by De Zavala Chapter, Texas Historical and Landmarks Association.
Located by: Dr. Albert Woldert, Tyler, Texas; Miss Adina De . . . — — Map (db m121255) HM
On State Highway 21, 3.5 miles east of Farm to Market Road 1733, on the right when traveling east.
A favorite campsite of Tejas Indians in the years before European settlers arrived, this location was used in turn by explorers, Spanish missionaries, traders and armies. Travelers were attracted by abundant game, including deer and wild turkey, and . . . — — Map (db m121251) HM
Near Park Road 44, 0.1 miles north of State Highway 21, on the left when traveling north.
Joseph Redmond Rice (1805-1866) cut timber; then his young wife, Willie Masters Rice (1809-1881), snaked the logs to a homesite 16 miles southwest of here. The cabin they built was a noted way-station on the San Antonio Road. They brought up nine . . . — — Map (db m121404) HM
On State Highway 21, 0.9 miles west of County Road 1580, on the right when traveling west.
Weches Camp P-58-T was established by the Federal Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) on June 19, 1933. Manned by Company 888, the Weches camp was the first CCC camp established in Houston County. It contained barracks, a mess hall, recreation area, . . . — — Map (db m121253) HM
