Named for Daniel Boone Graham and his family who settled in this area in the mid-1800s, this cemetery, established on Graham's land, served the Graham Point and Union Valley communities for more than 100 years. One of the earliest graves was that . . . — — Map (db m164316) HM
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) is a fraternal service organization with chapters in communities around the world. Caddo Mills Lodge No. 416, I.O.O.F., was organized for members in nearby Caddo Mills, a railroad stop on the Missouri, . . . — — Map (db m288383) HM
Confederate veteran M.J. Fox transferred portion of his family property to Methodist Church trustees C.A Wade and G.J. Dean in 1904 for fifteen dollars. Land for the adjacent cemetery was donated to the church by Fox and the Amis family in the same . . . — — Map (db m279985) HM
Prominent early institutions. Henry College, founded in 1892 by educators Henry Bridges and Henry Eastman was reestablished and renamed in 1903 for writer Ralph Waldo Emerson. Closed 1907.
Other early colleges in Hunt County were Calhoun . . . — — Map (db m279983) HM
Most decorated soldier in World War II. Born 4.5 miles south, June 20, 1924, sixth of nine children of tenant farmers Emmett and Josie Killian Murphy. Living on various farms, Audie Murphy went to school through the 8th grade in Celeste -- . . . — — Map (db m163989) HM
Born here on October 8, 1909, Mack Harrell received early training as a violinist. He later studied the instrument at Oklahoma City University, where he changed direction to pursue his baritone singing talent. After attending the Juilliard School . . . — — Map (db m164002) HM
Organized by four charter members, the First Baptist Church of Celeste was begun in 1887, the same year the town was platted by the Santa Fe Railroad. The Rev. Jim Price was called as first pastor. A two-story building erected on South Third Street . . . — — Map (db m279953) HM
A half mile to the west rises the Sabine River, lower channel of which separated new world empires of France and Spain and in 1836 became Republic of Texas - United States border. Fork here is called Cow Leach for Indian Chief who lived in the area. . . . — — Map (db m279955) HM
Robert W. Lane opened a general store near this site in 1866. The surrounding area prospered as more people settled and took up farming. In 1878 the U.S. Government approved a petition for a post office to officially put the Lane community on the . . . — — Map (db m279950) HM
Originally named Tidwell Creek, the settlement of White Rock began as a stop on the Sherman-Jefferson Trail. According to local tradition, the first settlers were members of the Jonas Havens family. A post office was established in 1857. . . . — — Map (db m164277) HM
A monthly music "convention" founded in 1885 or 1890 by this church, at old location (1/2 mile east.) Began when G.J. Oslin of Arkansas held a 20-day music school here. Singers came from wide area; a tuning fork was used to give pitch until . . . — — Map (db m279961) HM
Organizer-commander of the famous "Flying Tigers" of the China-Burma-India theater in World War II. An outstanding air strategist, Chennault had retired from a pioneer flying career when, in 1937, he was asked by Gen. Chaing Kai-Shek to help . . . — — Map (db m286214) HM
The first American Legion Post in Texas was established at Commerce in 1919, the same year the veterans organization was begun nationally. Inspired by the funeral of Private Albert A. Barrow, who had served in World War I, Dr. W. B. DeJernett . . . — — Map (db m119792) HM
Two Methodist congregations, Lebanon (1.5 mi. E) and Mt. Zion (5 mi. SE), served the earliest settlers of the Commerce area. As the community grew, local Methodists began worshiping in a schoolhouse on Pecan Street. In 1881, four years before . . . — — Map (db m165675) HM
The U. S. Treasury Department began construction of this building in July 1917, during the country's involvement in World War I. Completed in August 1918 after a number of construction delays, it served as the city's main post office facility until . . . — — Map (db m119807) HM
Educator William L. Mayo (1861-1917) established East Texas
Normal College in Cooper (16 mi. NE) in 1889 as a private school
to train teachers. After an 1894 fire destroyed the single
college building, Mayo moved his institution to . . . — — Map (db m165679) HM
Organized with nine charter members, this congregation began on Nov. 15, 1883, as the Missionary Baptist Church of Commerce. Services were held in a Union Church building until 1883, when the first sanctuary was built. As the congregation outgrew . . . — — Map (db m119808) HM
During the 1850s a number of families from the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) settled in the Commerce area and began worshiping together. Services were held in the schoolhouse built on land purchased from William Jernigin in 1872 and later . . . — — Map (db m165682) HM
In November 1888 seventeen charter members joined with the Rev. J. C. Grow (1841-1903) to organize the First Presbyterian Church of Commerce. The congregation met in the town's Union Church until their own wooden frame sanctuary was completed in . . . — — Map (db m165681) HM
Originally located in Cooper, East Texas Normal College moved to Commerce in 1894 following a devastating fire that destroyed the first and only campus building. The fire was one of many occurrences that prompted President Mayo to relocate the . . . — — Map (db m120187) HM
The events leading up to the incorporation of the city of Commerce can be traced to the 1853 establishment of Josiah H. Jackson's general store about one and one-half miles northeast of this site. The village that developed around his store was . . . — — Map (db m120030) HM
A Tennessee native and former Arkansas legislator, William Jernigin (1819-80) came to Hunt County in 1856. A pioneer merchant in the nearby village of Cow Hill, he moved to this vicinity in 1872 and opened a mercantile store (1 blk. . . . — — Map (db m119793) HM
John Thomas Knight (1861-1959), born in Winnsboro, moved to Commerce in 1878. He married Ella Virginia Carter in 1893, and the couple raised nine children in their home on Mangum Street. John was a prominent civic and business leader. He was a . . . — — Map (db m165668) HM
Born in Kentucky. Came to Texas 1839. In 1850s opened Jackson's Store, 1 mi. NE of here, starting "Cow Hill," a village with race track, blacksmith shop, other stores. He became postmaster and renamed place Ashland, 1873. But moved post office . . . — — Map (db m165672) HM
Serving Commerce since 1896, Mt. Moriah Temple Baptist Church has been an influential and vital institution since its organization. The congregation has its roots in the Cypress District Association, which formed in 1872 to organize congregations . . . — — Map (db m165674) HM
Designed by Greenville architects George Lindsey and Roy Kilmer in 1927, the President's House was built on land purchased from Daniel and Annie Bachman. The house exhibits an understated adaptation of Georgian revival style elements in its dark . . . — — Map (db m165670) HM
Jointly owned Methodist and Baptist edifice. The two congregations hold united communion, Sunday School services; share up-keep. Pastors alternate Sundays. Partnership began 1893. Moved here 1927 and built present building. Named for branch that . . . — — Map (db m279960) HM
In 1893 the Missionary Baptist Church erected a sanctuary here on 5 acres they acquired from George Lawson in 1887. The church sold the property in 1912. In 1913 the Commerce Church of Christ acquired the property and in 1923 they modified and . . . — — Map (db m119810) HM
By 1883, the scholastic population of Commerce had outgrown the public school which opened ten years earlier. Land at this site, purchased by the Commerce Educational Assoc., was chosen for a new schoolhouse. The first building here, a two-story . . . — — Map (db m119812) HM
This statue of a Confederate soldier was created in 1926 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy Chapter 1236. The idea of creating one began with a mention in the Greenville Morning Herald on March 15, 1910 and then on August 31, 1922 the park . . . — — Map (db m282762) HM
Built in 1929 as the seventh Hunt County Courthouse, this building was designed by W. R. Ragsdale & Sons of Greenville and Page Brothers of Austin. The 6-story building depicts a transition from classical revival to art deco architecture. It . . . — — Map (db m119688) HM
Segregation laws denied Blacks access to opportunities of life available to Whites. Despite that, the Black community in Greenville grew and thrived throughout the 1900s. As Black people moved into the city, the majority were required, and in some . . . — — Map (db m282785) HM
Before the arrival of the railroads, Greenville and its surroundings were agricultural areas. Scarcity of shipping facilities for getting crops to market forced most families to practice subsistence farming. The few shops were stocked with . . . — — Map (db m281788) HM
Audie and his closest friend PFC Lattice Tipton using grenades and carbine fire, forced the surrender of a German machine gun nest when one of the enemy gunners raised a white hankerchief a token of surrender in any language on any battlefield, . . . — — Map (db m282539) HM
This Statue Is Dedicated to Honor All Who Served to Preserve Our Freedom
March 22, 2000
Funding Donors -
Lou and Jack Finney
Dava and Leo Hackney
Billie and James Taggart
Paul Mathews
Gail and Phillip May
Lisa and Terry . . . — — Map (db m282538) WM
The true heroes, the real heroes, are the boys who fought and died, and never will come home - Audie Murphy
World War I
Albert L. Adair
S.L. Addington
Benjamin F. Amos
Alvert A. Barrow
Johnnie L. Bickley
William G. Bishop . . . — — Map (db m282491) WM
The Army chose Majors Field to be a Basic Flying School to train pilots; it became operational on January 5, 1943. The 201st Fighter Squadron of the Mexican Airforce (nicknamed the Aztec Eagles) trained at Majors Field from November 1944 to February . . . — — Map (db m282783) HM
Came to Texas from Virginia and settled in Hunt County in 1850s. In Confederate army, organized Texas Sharpshooters, called "Ben Martin's Company." First mayor of Greenville (present regime), 1873; helped draft Texas Constitution, 1875; state . . . — — Map (db m163994) HM
Born on a farm near Kingston, Audie Murphy
(1925-1971) joined the Army on his 17th
birthday in 1942, and later became the most
decorated soldier in WWII. He was awarded 24
citations for bravery in action, including
the Congressional Medal of . . . — — Map (db m163990) HM
In the late 1850s, "Big" Jim Brigham bought his and his family's freedom from Robert Neyland, a planter who owned land in northeastern Hunt County. Brigham founded Neylandville, the first all-Black community in the county and the only known . . . — — Map (db m282811) HM
The arrival of the first railroad in 1880 brought with it an economic boom. By 1900, Greenville was the largest city in the area, boasting a population of 8,850, compared to Plano's 1,304, Rockwall's 1,245, and McKinney's 4,342. Only Dallas, with . . . — — Map (db m280360) HM
Built in 1883 by Virginia B. Stevens, daughter of Col. James Bourland, on land deeded him by M. H. Wright, joining site Wright donated for Greenville. Bourland gave land to daughter in 1854. Part of her earlier house was incorporated into this . . . — — Map (db m163745) HM
A Junior College founded by Baptists in 1895. Through her halls passed 9186 students. Her doors closed in 1930. “Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them” St. Matthew 7:20 — — Map (db m165709) HM
The Hunt County Baptist Association decided to establish a school in Greenville in 1895, a common trend at the end of the 19th century for Christian denominations to support colleges. Burleson College was one of these schools that was established . . . — — Map (db m288393) HM
Captain Andrew S. Marshall, 81 years of age, gallant Confederate Soldier and prominent leading Greenville citizen, was instantly killed on the evening of October 19, 1925 at the Henry Street Crossing of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad by the . . . — — Map (db m280293) HM
Greenville built its first library building, the Carnegie Library, in 1904 with a $15,000 gift from Andrew Carnegie. It conformed to the standard architectural design for Carnegie-funded libraries across the country, with books downstairs and an . . . — — Map (db m281787) HM
This congregation was organized in 1879 as First Christian Church. Led by Elder James Pickens, a minister from Alabama, the congregation first met in a Union Church on Lee Street. The Rev. T. W. Caskey served as the first regular pastor of the . . . — — Map (db m163737) HM
This stone marks the location of the Central National Road of The Republic of Texas Surveyed and established by virtue of an act of the congress of the Republic of Texas in 1844, and running from the Trinity River to the Red River, it crossed the . . . — — Map (db m288316) HM
Directly across the road from this marker was "Cherry Hill". The last home of Confederate Brig. General Thomas N. Waul, he commanded Waul's Texas Legion at Vicksburg and led his brigade in the battles of Jenkin's Ferry, Mansfield and Pleasant Hill. . . . — — Map (db m279982) HM
Secession was an issue that Hunt County residents did not agree on. The county vote on secession was close, 416 to 339, but ultimately secession won. Once the war started, hundreds of county men joined and fought in the war effort. Greenville raised . . . — — Map (db m282760) HM
Oldest institution in Hunt County. Organized 1844 by Rev. Ben Watson under a tree near Shady Grove.
First building erected near that spot. Several moves later, congregation settled on this site, 1885.
Concord helped organize Texas Baptist . . . — — Map (db m279957) HM
In its early days, Greenville was an agricultural town. The arrival of rail service in 1880 brought markets closer, making cotton an economically viable crop. The economy of Greenville (and most of northeast Texas) depended on the unpredictable . . . — — Map (db m280367) HM
William Rosenthal came to the U.S. from Poland in 1873. He eventually made his way to Greenville, where he opened a furniture store in the early 1920's.
William Rosenberg, born in Germany, owned a wholesale liquor business in Greenville but . . . — — Map (db m282812) HM
Some of the first industries in Hunt County were agriculture and business related. Greenville had a wagon factory that was south of downtown where local blacksmiths worked with wood-workers to construct wagons, instead of ordering them from Northern . . . — — Map (db m282816) HM
"Gone to Texas" was the popular slogan for settlers during the 1830s who immigrated from numerous countries and states to the newly formed Republic of Texas (1836-1846). Although the Republic of Texas struggled, the desire for vast amounts of cheap . . . — — Map (db m285487) HM
In the nineteenth century, alcohol consumption in Hunt County was part of normal life. This practice came into question with the rise of the movement to ban the consumption of alcohol (the Temperance Movement). This, coupled with the growing . . . — — Map (db m282773) HM
German native Charles Frederick von Ende (b. 1832) came to Greenville in 1857 and established a mercantile business on the town square. He became one of the community's most active civic leaders, serving on the school board and city council, and . . . — — Map (db m163743) HM
In 1936, President Franklin Roosevelt created the Rural Electrification Administration (REA) to fund the expansion of electricity to rural America. With federal funding, small electric cooperatives began to appear in the area eventually merging into . . . — — Map (db m280303) HM
Organized Sept. 1858 in local Masonic Hall by Baptist missionary John R. Briscoe and Elder W. M. Pickett with 19 charter members: Lewis W., Rebecca, Susan C., and Martha Matilda (Tillie) Moore; Nancy Moore Hines; Andrew and Mary McDonald; Ellen D. . . . — — Map (db m163738) HM
The church, organized in 1880, has impacted the city of Greenville for more than a century. In its early years, the congregation met in a variety of places, including a courthouse and an opera house, before erecting a structure. In addition to being . . . — — Map (db m280300) HM
This school was established in the early 1900s in the historic East Hill Community of Greenville. Known as East Colored School, it was one of three schools that were established for blacks to attend during segregation. The school was renamed Fred . . . — — Map (db m164056) HM
During the Japanese attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7th, 1941, Seaman First Class Fred Kenneth Moore manned his battle station on an anti-aircraft gun on the Battleship, USS Arizona. Despite orders from the gun . . . — — Map (db m280297) HM WM
First two-story brick house in Greenville. Erected in 1885-1887 in typical Victorian style. Built by the Will N. Harrisons, prominent pioneers. Contractor H. C. "Jack" Horton (father of Gen. Horton) made the brick at "Puddin' Hill." That land, . . . — — Map (db m288936) HM
Built in 1886 for Greenville merchant and civic leader Joseph P. Germany (1856-1932) and his new wife Polly (Tolbert) (1862-1889), this simplified second empire style house is distinguished by such hallmarks as its straight mansard roof and tower. . . . — — Map (db m163968) HM
According to local oral tradition this congregation was organized in 1863 as the Cumberland Presbyterian Church by the Rev. John Nicholson, making it the oldest Presbyterian church in Greenville. The first church structure, built on Washington . . . — — Map (db m280298) HM
In 1846, the Texas legislature created Hunt County and specified that Greenville would be the name of the county seat, honoring Texas War for Independence veteran Thomas J. Green. Voters ultimately selected this location, on land donated by . . . — — Map (db m119714) HM
Established April 1869 by J. C. Bayne. Is oldest business institution in county. E. W. Harris, later owner, started daily, 1890. W. C. Poole family owned it 1914-1956, when Harte-Hanks chain purchased and merged it with "Banner." Matt Sheley is . . . — — Map (db m163976) HM
Greenville's baseball team belonged to the East Texas Baseball League in the 1930s and 40s. In 1947, the Greenville Majors became a class B team in the Big Texas League. They also became famous that year. Our minor league team beat the celebrated . . . — — Map (db m280368) HM
This financial institution was chartered by the state of Texas on December 17, 1886, as the Greenville Building and Loan Association. The formation of the association came as a second railroad line was constructed to Greenville, signaling the . . . — — Map (db m119710) HM
Once world's largest inland press. Set record for most bales pressed in 10-hour day (Sept. 30, 1912), when 2,073 bales were handtrucked, pressed, and loaded in rail cars at rate of 3 a minute.
Before invention of lifts and . . . — — Map (db m119739) HM
Gussie Nell Davis founded one of the world's first dancing pep squads when she started the Flaming Flashes at Greenville High School in 1929. "Although there were several female drum and bugle corps or pep squads performing at football games, the . . . — — Map (db m280328) HM
One of first religious sites in Hunt County. Influential for 50 years. Cabins and brush arbor built in 1850s by early settler Richard Harrell (1813-1895). Methodist gospel services drew people here from many counties, in summers while crops grew . . . — — Map (db m164000) HM
Bart Millard
Bart Millard was born in Greenville on Dec. 1, 1972. Millard is a singer and songwriter best known as the leader of the band MercyMe, which recorded six independent, ten studio, two Christmas and three compilation albums. . . . — — Map (db m285503) HM
The community of Humboldt began to prosper when a caravan of families arrived from Tennessee in 1866. The first burial on this site probably was that of Katharine Rankin, the infant daughter of William J. and Mary Rankin, in 1868. The oldest . . . — — Map (db m164313) HM
Created April 11, 1846
Organized July 19, 1846
Named in honor of
General Memucan Hunt
1807-1856
Secretary of the Navy and
Inspector General of the Army
of the Republic of Texas
Minister to the United
States
Adjutant . . . — — Map (db m119856) HM
The Hunt County Courthouse was built in 1929. The opening celebration on April 11, 1929 included the unveiling of the "living statuary' shown in this picture. Five Hunt County citizens, covered with flour to resemble stone statues, posed on the 3rd . . . — — Map (db m280322) HM
Missouri, Kansas & Texas (Katy) Railway, whose first train from Denison reached here Oct. 1, 1880. A $5,000 cash bonus and right of way across Hunt County were guaranteed by Greenville men: F. P. Alexander, M. M. Arnold, A. Cameron, J. J. Cooper, J. . . . — — Map (db m119384) HM
Majors Field in Greenville became the site of a major source of manufacturing following WWII. In 1951, the city secured a contract to lease some of the field to Texas Engineering and Manufacturing Company (TEMCO). Thus began Majors Field's new life . . . — — Map (db m285497) HM
While a county record-breaking 66,000 cotton bales were sold in 1950, by 1959 cotton farming had significantly decreased. The industrialization that occurred during the WWII years brought manufacturing jobs to the county, replacing many of the lost . . . — — Map (db m285488) HM
Founded as a Methodist Mission Sunday School in 1892, this church was chartered on November 8, 1896, and named in honor of Bishop H. H. Kavanaugh. The first sanctuary was a 4-room brick building erected on this site. A larger facility was needed . . . — — Map (db m290778) HM
First woman in Texas to hold an elective public office. Upon death of her first husband, E. W. Briscoe, she was appointed, April 17, 1902, by the Commissioners' Court to complete his term as clerk of Hunt County. At that time women could not vote . . . — — Map (db m201909) HM
In 1897, Greenville's Chautauqua Literary and Social Circle formed the Women's Review Club, which aimed to create a circulating library; each member donated books. The Review Club opened their library in 1900. By 1903, the popular library had to . . . — — Map (db m164060) HM
The first street lights in downtown Greenville burned oil. The city employed a lamp lighter to keep the oil reservoirs filled and light the lamps that were raised and lowered by rope. In those days, hitching your horse to a lamp post brought a stiff . . . — — Map (db m281789) HM
In 1941 the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) informed Greenville officials that the city would receive Federal assistance to build a civilian airport as part of the country's preparation for possible entry into World War II. In April 1941 U. . . . — — Map (db m164064) HM
Born near Atlanta, Georgia, in 1876, Mary Jim Morris moved to Greenville, Texas, in 1899 with her family. That summer, Mary received her teaching certificate from the hunt county normal school, locally known as the county teachers institute for . . . — — Map (db m164062) HM
Organized just after the Civil War, became a community with a (4 teacher) school, 2 churches - Baptist and Methodist, a cotton gin and a general store. Last activities about 1950. — — Map (db m281786) HM
The first bank in Greenville was the private Hunt County Bank organized in 1879 by Holt, Bivens, and Corley of Terrell, Texas. After reorganization under the Federal Banking Act, the Greenville National Exchange Bank was chartered on February 14, . . . — — Map (db m280359) HM
In the aftermath of the Civil War, plans were enacted for the Reconstruction of the Union with the creation of the Freedmen's Bureau in 1865, and the passages of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the Reconstruction Act of 1867. Texas would not . . . — — Map (db m282770) HM
Early travel artery. Followed the north boundary line of the Chas. F. Mercer colony, a 6,500-square-mile tract granted to Mercer in 1844 by Sam Houston (President of the Republic of Texas) for purpose of bringing colonists into Texas. Southern half . . . — — Map (db m119549) HM
Republic of Texas President Sam Houston granted two tracts of land to Charles F. Mercer on which to settle families in January 1844. Included in Mercer's colony were 6,500 square miles of land around this site. Among the earliest settlers here . . . — — Map (db m165683) HM
Site of Phillips Field/Majors Stadium In 1929, Eula Lasater Phillips donated $3,500 to the Greenville Athletic Council to build an athletic field at this site in memory of her late husband, Frank Phillips. The first athletic event in Phillips Field . . . — — Map (db m119692) HM
As baseball developed into "America's pastime"," Greenville residents participated in numerous short-lived small Texas league teams. From 1923-1926, Greenville fielded a segregated team in the East Texas baseball league known as the Greenville . . . — — Map (db m284996) HM
Mule-drawn streetcars provided Greenville's first public transportation from 1889 to 1890. In 1910 the City contracted with the Greenville Electric Street Railway Company to run electric trolley cars in the city. On October 3 of that year, a "golden . . . — — Map (db m280366) HM
As Civil War approached, north Texas was split over the idea of secession. While Hunt County narrowly endorsed seceding from the Union, a majority of voters in several nearby counties did not.
Greenville attorney and State Senator Martin D. . . . — — Map (db m280364) HM
The King Opera House was the center of early Greenville cultural life. John Phillip Sousa, the Marx Brothers, and other famous performers entertained local audiences from its stage. William Jennings Bryan and Helen Keller lectured there. Hunt . . . — — Map (db m280362) HM
The Bankhead National Highway, from Washington, D.C. to San Diego, California, was the nation's first all-weather, coast-to-coast highway. The southern road skirted the western mountains and was largely free from ice and snow, so it could be used . . . — — Map (db m280361) HM
Cotton brokers once occupied many of the second story offices in downtown Greenville. During the cotton harvest in the fall, their buyers inspected the cotton brought in by farmers to determine its quality and, therefore, its price the longer the . . . — — Map (db m280358) HM
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