On State Highway 21, 0.5 miles west of Farm to Market Road 95, on the left when traveling east.
This two-story log dwelling was built on the El Camino Real about 1840 by Samuel Flournoy for his wife Minerva (Wadington) and their family who moved to Texas from Mississippi. They settled in the Chireno area, where they purchased 300 acres. An . . . — — Map (db m30833) HM
On State Highway 21, 0.6 miles west of Road 1196, 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 m219122) HM
On State Highway 21, 1.5 miles west of Farm to Market Road 95, 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 m219124) HM
On State Highway 21 near County Route 841, 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 m219119) HM
On Farm to Market Road 225, 0.5 miles north of State Highway 21, 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 m219165) HM
On State Highway 21 at Farm to Market Road 225, on the right when traveling east on State Highway 21.
Canadian Frenchman Louis Juchereau de St. Denis played an important role in the beginnings of Texas. In 1711, Spanish Father Francisco Hidalgo in East Texas wrote a letter to the French Governor Cadillac in Louisiana seeking assistance from the . . . — — Map (db m239026) HM
On State Highway 21 at Farm to Market Road 225, on the right when traveling east on State Highway 21.
Originally built in 1716, Mission Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de los Hainais was established during Domingo Ramón's expedition to forge Spanish settlements in Texas. Father Félix Isidro Espinosa, the President of Querétaran missions in . . . — — Map (db m239027) HM
On Farm to Market Road 225 at County Road 789, on the left when traveling west on Road 225.
Built by Capt. Domingo Ramon, 1716. Repaired and enlarged by Marquis of San Miguel de Aguayo, 1721. Abandoned about 1730. Built by the Spanish government as a fort and headquarters for soldiers to guard the East Texas missions and the borders of the . . . — — Map (db m30037) HM
On State Highway 21 at Farm to Market Road 225, on the right when traveling east on State Highway 21.
On April 25, 1716, Captain Domingo Ramón embarked on an expedition to establish a permanent settlement in the Spanish province of Texas, which resulted in the establishment of Presidio Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de los Tejas (also called Presidio . . . — — Map (db m239028) HM
On State Highway 21 at Farm to Market Road 225, on the right when traveling east on State Highway 21.
William Barr and Samuel Davenport arrived in Nacogdoches by 1797 and settled on nine leagues of land called Presidio Viejo where the old Presidio Dolores was located. The traders renamed the grant San Patricio after the Irish patron Saint Patrick. . . . — — Map (db m239029) HM
On Goodman Road (County Road 789) 0.1 miles east of County Road 1911, on the left when traveling east.
Established by John Durst in 1837. Near the ruins of the Mission La Purisima Concepcion de Maria he built a saw and grist mill; in the town, a large warehouse. From his house he could see the boats moored to the wharves on the Angelina. The . . . — — Map (db m239031) HM
On State Highway 21 at Farm to Market Road 225, on the right when traveling east on State Highway 21.
Located on the Old San Antonio Road four miles east of the Angelina River and fourteen miles west of Nacogdoches, the town of Douglass sits on the extreme northeast corner of the old Barr and Davenport grant called the San Patricio Ranch. Michael . . . — — Map (db m239030) HM
On San Augustine Highway (State Highway 21) at Road 302, on the right when traveling west on San Augustine Highway.
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 m219123) HM
Born in Virginia. Came with parents to Texas, 1842. Married Angelina Thomas. Had 9 children. Drilled the first oil well in Texas, 1866. If efforts to drill early in 1859 had succeeded, he would have completed first oil well in the United States. . . . — — Map (db m53545) HM
On State Highway 21, 1.5 miles east of Farm to Market Road 226, on the left when traveling west.
In 1782, local Spanish official Antonio Gil Y'Barbo granted a league of land "at the place named El Atascoso for a ranch and cultivation" to Nacogdoches citizen Miguel de Cordova. Named for a creek that ran through the site, "El Atascoso" was . . . — — Map (db m221311) HM
On East Main Street at North Mound Street, on the left when traveling east on East Main Street.
In Honor of the Men From the District of Nacogdoches Who Fought for Our Texas Independence
The Charles & Lois Marie Bright Foundation — — Map (db m211181) WM
On Main Street at Lanana Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
The date was February 23, 1836, and the situation for Texas was desperate. Santa Anna with about 6,000 troops was on the march towards the Alamo with the intent of smashing the small, poorly-organized, and ill-equipped army of Texans along with . . . — — Map (db m29822) HM
On North Street (Business U.S. 59F) near East College Street, on the right when traveling north.
This plaza is dedicated to the memory of the first president of Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College. In 1917 the state created an "East Texas Normal" and selected Nacogdoches as its location. The State Board of Regents selected East Texas . . . — — Map (db m29970) HM
Born near Elkhart in Anderson County, Alton W. Birdwell was reared in the Piney Woods of East Texas. His early education was provided through home schooling; he earned money for later study by hand-molding clay bricks and hewing railroad ties. . . . — — Map (db m221341) HM
On North Mound Street, on the right when traveling north.
Mound Street got its name in the 18th century from mounds which lined it from Main to King Street. These were built by prehistoric Indians. Only this one remains. Pottery from a demolished mound that measured 150 by 75 feet is preserved in Old . . . — — Map (db m21252) HM
On Alumni Drive at Griffith Boulevard, on the right when traveling north on Alumni Drive.
At contact, Europeans found that Native American communities and regions were connected by trails. The major trail in Texas was known to its' colonizers as the Camino de los Tejas. This road, also known as Camino de Arriba and El Camino Real and . . . — — Map (db m156886) HM
On South Pecan Street, 0.1 miles south of East Pilar Street, on the right when traveling south.
Angelina (Angelica) was a woman of the Hasinai Caddo (Tejas) nation who grew up in Monclova, Coahuila and at the Spanish Presidio San Juan Bautista south of the Rio Grande. According to European accounts, she was baptized a Catholic and learned to . . . — — Map (db m170844) HM
On South Fredonia Street at East Main Street, on the right when traveling south on South Fredonia Street.
Born in 1729 in Los Adaes Province of Texas
Died in 1809 at La Lucana, his ranch on the Attoyac Bayou
Lieutenant Governor of the Pueblo Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Nacogdoches Captain of Militia - Chief Justice Judge of Contraband . . . — — Map (db m211118) HM
Efforts by Texas Legislators in 1917 to improve the quality of public education in Texas resulted in provisions to establish colleges in East Texas and South Texas. Nacogdoches was chosen over 27 other towns to become home to the new East Texas . . . — — Map (db m221305) HM
On Pilar Street at South Street, on the left when traveling east on Pilar Street.
Armed with nothing more than shotguns and various types of hunting weapons, the national militia of Nacogdoches, aided by militias from Ayres, Teneha, Sabine, Bevil, Settlement, and San Augustine, fired the opening guns of the Texas Revolution . . . — — Map (db m29460) HM
On Main Street near Fredonia Street, on the right when traveling east.
One of the opening actions of the Texas War for Independence, this battle occurred soon after settlers drove out the Mexican garrisons at Anahuac and Velasco. In 1832 Col. Jose de las Piedras, in command of over 300 soldiers here, ordered the . . . — — Map (db m175896) HM
On South Pecan Street, 0.1 miles south of East Pilar Street, on the right when traveling south.
Captain Domingo Ramon (d. 1723) was the son of Captain Diego Ramon (d. 1724), the commandant of the Presidio San Juan Bautista (Presidio del Rio Grande). In 1715, the Spanish authorities appointed Domingo Ramon to establish a presidio and four . . . — — Map (db m170839) HM
Land commissioner of East
Texas, 1833. A signer of
the Texas Declaration of
Independence, 1836. Chief
Justice of Nacogdoches
County, 1837. District
Attorney, 1839. Rio Grande
land commissioner, 1854.
Born in London, England . . . — — Map (db m27210) HM
On Pilar Street near Pecan Street, on the right when traveling east.
Built in 1897, by Charles Hoya (1848-1926), son of Prussian immigrant Joseph T. Van Der Hoya, and long-time Nacgodoches County surveyor. Designed by Houston architect Frank E. Rue in Victorian style with the Gothic revival details, this was the . . . — — Map (db m27708) HM
On North Church Street at East Main Street, on the right when traveling north on North Church Street.
Church Street is one of the first named streets in Nacogdoches. Although the original land grant from the Mexican Government in this are to Jose Ygnacio Y'Barbo forbade the sale of the land to a church or religious organization, after Texas . . . — — Map (db m211125) HM
On East Main Street (State Highway 21) at South Pecan Street, on the left when traveling east on East Main Street.
Nacogdoches owes much of its visible past to the work of master architect Diedrich Anton Wilhelm Rulfs. By 1897 according to the local newspaper editor, Rulfs had transformed the business district of Nacogdoches from a collection of pioneer-like . . . — — Map (db m210994) HM
On North Church Street at East Main Street, on the left when traveling north on North Church Street.
Nacogdoches owes much of its visible past to the work of master architect Diedrich Anton Wilhelm Rulfs. By 1897 according to the local newspaper editor, Rulfs had transformed the business district of Nacogdoches from a collection of pioneer-like . . . — — Map (db m211124) HM
On East Hospital Street at North Church Street, on the right when traveling east on East Hospital Street.
Master architect Diedrich Rulfs was born in 1848 in Stollham in the German Province of Oldenburg to Helene (Stindt) and Gerhard Rulfs; his father was a carpenter. After Diedrich married Johanne Emilie Böschen in 1873, he became an apprentice in the . . . — — Map (db m171024) HM
On Oak Grove Cemetery Drive, on the left when traveling east.
Dr. Robert Anderson Irion
Born in Paris Tenn., July 7, 1806
Died at Nacogdoches Tex., Mar. 2, 1861
Married Anna Raquet Mar. 20, 1840
Born in Philadelphia Pa. Jan. 25, 1819
Died at Overton Tex. Nov. 7, 1883
Senator in the First Congress . . . — — Map (db m170930) HM
The family of Andres de Acosta, who settled in Nacogdoches in 1779, owned this property as early as 1809. Acosta sold the property, which included a house to Joseph Durst (1789-1843) in 1827. Durst, who was alcalde of Nacogdoches when he bought the . . . — — Map (db m30421) HM
On West Main Street at South Street (Business U.S. 59), on the left when traveling west on West Main Street.
Trail used by Indians, French
Traders, Spanish, Settlers, and more than 50,000 Anglo-Americans who settled in Texas prior to statehood. — — Map (db m211844) HM
Participated in storming
of Bexar, 1835
Battle of San Jacinto, 1836
Born in Clarksville,
Georgia in 1816
Died in Douglass, Texas,
September 30, 1840 — — Map (db m171247) HM
On Pilar Street near Lanana Street, on the left when traveling east.
March 2―Texas Independence Day in 1836―was the birthday of Sam Houston in 1783 and of Eva Helena Eugenia Sterne in 1829. On October 25, 1841, Republic of Texas President Sam Houston presented the land of this present-day Eugenia Sterne . . . — — Map (db m29841) HM
On East Main Street (State Highway 21) 0.1 miles west of Fairview Road (County Highway 509), on the right when traveling east.
According to tradition, a small group of Nacogdoches-Area Methodists came together before 1860 to organize a church, which they named Pine Grove. In the late 1870s, congregation members moved their small log building to a site in front of this . . . — — Map (db m210983) HM
On North Street (Business U.S. 59) at Baxter Duncan Street, on the left when traveling north on North Street.
In 1884, the Baptist General Association of Texas sent Luther Rice Scruggs to start Baptist work in Nacogdoches, which was beginning to grow following the 1883 construction of the Houston, East and West Texas Railroad through the town. Before this, . . . — — Map (db m221467) HM
On South Pecan Street at East Pilar Street, on the right when traveling south on South Pecan Street.
In the 1880s Nacogdoches was beginning to replace its wooden commercial structures with brick buildings. The wooden mercantile structure which was standing on this lot belonged to Asa Moore and as late as 1887-88 had served as the temporary home of . . . — — Map (db m211028) HM
On Hospital Street at Pecan St., on the right when traveling west on Hospital Street.
At least one Methodist sermon was preached in Nacogdoches before 1821, according to tradition. After religious freedom was established by the Republic of Texas, Missionary Littleton Fowler (1803-1846) preached here on Oct. 16,1837, and soon founded . . . — — Map (db m27691) HM
On South Pecan Street, 0.1 miles south of East Pilar Street, on the right when traveling south.
Missionaries of the Franciscan order played an integral role in the administration of Spanish activities throughout Tejas (East Texas). In 1690, Father Damian Massanet (Mazanet) and Captain Alonso de Leon led an entrada to Tejas, and erected the . . . — — Map (db m170850) HM
On W. Pilar St. at Pecan Street, on the left when traveling south on W. Pilar St..
This is the site of the first house in Texas owned by Sam Houston. The building was built in 1891 according to tax records. It was used as a hotel with furnished rooms beginning in 1910. It was officially shown as the Liberty Hotel with 75 rooms for . . . — — Map (db m28256) HM
On South Pecan Street, 0.1 miles south of East Pilar Street, on the right when traveling south.
In 1719, Jose de Azlor y Virto de Vera, the Marquis de San Miguel de Aguayo (d. 1734), replaced Martin de Alarcon as Governor of Texas. His appointment coincided with war between Spain and France which prompted Aguayo to send an expedition to East . . . — — Map (db m170843) HM
On South Pecan Street, 0.1 miles south of East Pilar Street, on the right when traveling south.
Don Martin de Alarcon rose to the position of Governor of Texas in 1716. As governor he aimed to establish a secure presidio along the San Antonio River for the movement of goods to frontier missions and settlements. Despite the imperative nature of . . . — — Map (db m170842) HM
Empresario
Leader of the
Fredonian Rebellion, 1826-27
Sent to the United States
to raise funds for
the Texas Revolution, 1836
A leader in the development
of a nation.
Born in Virginia
August 12, 1771
Died August 14, 1849 . . . — — Map (db m27412) HM
Near County Highway 726, 0.2 miles north of State Highway 7, on the left when traveling north.
James Norvel Pitts, a native of Perry County, Mississippi, arrived in Texas in the 1870s. In 1877, his wife Laney (Odom), their son James, and families of five Pitts brothers and other friends from Mississippi traveled by wagon to join him in this . . . — — Map (db m210889) HM
On South Lanana Street, on the left when traveling south.
A pioneer citizen of Nacogdoches. Born in Cologne, Germany, April 5, 1801. Alcalde at Nacogdoches under the Mexican Government, member of the Congress of the Republic of Texas. Died March 27, 1859. Buried in Nacogdoches. Here General Sam Houston . . . — — Map (db m29575) HM
On Upper Melrose Road (County Highway 302) at County Highway 305, on the right when traveling east on Upper Melrose Road.
A Member of Nolan's Expedition in 1800 • Captured and Imprisoned in Mexico • Soldier in the Mexican Struggle for Independence • Commandant at Fort Teran, 1831; at Nacogdoches, 1832-1835 • Erected in 1829 in the Vicinity of A Sawmill Owned by . . . — — Map (db m210981) HM
A native of Virginia, came to Texas in 1826.
An active participant in the struggle for Texas Independence. One of the leaders in Battle of Nacogdoches. Delegate to Consultation, November 3, 1835. Commanded the Nacogdoches Company in storming of . . . — — Map (db m29705) HM
On Spanish Bluff (County Highway 724) at Moral Road (County Highway 721), on the right when traveling west on Spanish Bluff.
In November 1885, eight years after the dedication of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Rev. Bishop N.A. Gallagher received five acres of land for a new church and cemetery in the Moral community. The church was built and Sister Josephine . . . — — Map (db m210873) HM
On North Street (Business U.S. 59) at Lewis Street, on the right when traveling north on North Street.
PFC Buford died February 22, 2007 of injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during combat operations in Ramadi, Al Anbar Province Iraq, on February 22, 2007. He and his team were responding to an assistance . . . — — Map (db m211281) WM
On Pilar Street, on the right when traveling east.
New York native George Francis Ingraham (1842-1920) settled in Nacogdoches in 1860. He married Martha Thompson Cooper in 1866 and became an attorney in 1873. Ingraham served as county judge, county treasurer, and state representative. He built this . . . — — Map (db m29660) HM
Sheriff in Natchitoches
Louisiana in 1826.
One of the leaders in
Battle of Nacogdoches.
Member of Consultation
1835. Commanded the
Nacogdoches company in
storming of Bexar, 1835.
Signer of Texas Declaration
of Independence.
Born . . . — — Map (db m27222) HM
On East Main Street (State Highway 21) at South Street (Business U.S. 59), on the right when traveling east on East Main Street.
In 1883 A. Wettermark of Henderson, Texas, purchased an existing wooden structure from Bennett Blake, Sr. for the sum of $1000 and opened a branch of his banking firm here on the corner of Main and North Street. This was the first official bank . . . — — Map (db m210986) HM
In the early and mid-20th century, Nacogdoches was the
home of a notable poet, writer and woman of letters. Karle
Wilson, daughter of William and Kate (Montgomery)
Wilson, was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, in October 1878.
Her parents moved to . . . — — Map (db m221345) HM
Member of the Second Congress of
the Republic
Commander of the
Texas forces in the
decisive battle with the
Cherokee Indians
July 16, 1839
Charter member of
Grand Masonic Lodge
of Texas
Died Oct. 4, 1840
His daughter
Anne . . . — — Map (db m171249) HM
On Upper Melrose Rd (County Route 302) 0.3 miles east of Center Road (Texas Route 7), on the left when traveling east.
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 m219117) HM
On East Main Street at North Fredonia Street, on the left when traveling east on East Main Street.
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 m221513) HM
On State Highway 21, 0.1 miles east of Ed Burk Road (Road 731), 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 m219116) HM
On North Street, 0.1 miles East Hospital Street, on the right when traveling north.
An 18th-century trail connecting the Indian villages of the Nacogdoche and Nasoni Indians. Traveled by Spanish missionaries, soldiers and settlers, French traders and American filibusters before Anglo-American colonists came to make Texas their home. — — Map (db m29143) HM
On North Street (Business U.S. 59) at Lewis Street, on the right when traveling north on North Street.
The following men gave their lives in the
line of duty in the Republic of Vietnam
Armstrong, William Preston - Sgt - Army - 02 Aug, 1968
Austin, Oscar Palmer - PFC - Marines- 23 Feb, 1969
Caver, John Wayne - Sgt - Army - 31 Oct, 1967 . . . — — Map (db m211284) WM
On Virginia Avenue, 0.1 miles Sunset Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
Affluent families of Nacogdoches began building spacious homes in this area overlooking the town in the 1890s. Robert and Emily (Willis) Lindsey, local dry goods merchants noted for their contributions to the arts in Nacogdoches, built this . . . — — Map (db m221455) HM
On Fredonia Street south of West Hospital Street, on the left when traveling south.
The Masonic Lodge in Nacogodoches is the oldest in the state still operating in its original location. Before the organization of a Grand Lodge in Texas, Louisiana Masons granted dispensation for individual lodges here. Three lodges, Holland (No.36) . . . — — Map (db m29700) HM
Near West Main Street at South Street (Business U.S. 59), on the left when traveling west.
In Memory of All Purple Heart Recipients Killed or Wounded in Combat
Built by George B. Partin and Sons, Monuments in Memory of Gerald B. Partin — — Map (db m210911) WM
Near South Fredonia Street at East Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
City Attorney, Mayor, Banker, Regent Teacher, Businessman, Civil Servant
During the late 1940's and continuing through the 1980s, Mack Stripling was one of the premier progressive promoters and boosters of the dynamic growth of our . . . — — Map (db m211116) HM
On North Street north of Roselake Drive, on the right when traveling north.
Home of the Nacogdoches Indians in the 17th century.
Spanish settlements, 1716. Alternately settled and abandoned in 18th century due to French encroachments.
Scene of the Fredonian Rebellion in 1827.
Organized a municipality, 1832 under the . . . — — Map (db m221229) HM
Near West Main Street at South Street (Business U.S. 59), on the left when traveling west.
Dedicated to Those Who Served Their Country in Its Time of Need
Texas Ind.
1835-1836
Mexican War
1846-1848
Civil War
1861-1865
Spanish Amer.
1898-1902
WW I
1917-1918
WW II
1941-1945
Korea . . . — — Map (db m210913) WM
On Main Street near Pecan Street, on the right when traveling east.
Designed by U.S. Treasury Department architect James A. Wetmore, this building was erected in 1917-1918 and housed the main city post office until 1964. Sold to the city in 1973, it was the public library until 1997, when it became a tourist . . . — — Map (db m29390) HM
A pioneer co-educational institution incorporated by an independent board February 3, 1845. Granted four leagues of land for its support. Opened September, 1845. Eventually absorbed by the public school system.
Marcus A. Montrose, an . . . — — Map (db m170915) HM
On East Pilar Street at South Fredonia Street, on the right when traveling east on East Pilar Street.
After the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain, many veterans came to Nacogdoches to make their homes. As tensions rose from greater Mexican restrictions, Nacogdoches became a focal point for filibustering against Mexican rule. On . . . — — Map (db m211290) HM
On Lanana Street at Hospital Street, on the left when traveling south on Lanana Street.
Originally called "American Cemetery," Oak Grove Cemetery is located on the 1826 land grant of Empresario Haden Edwards. The leader of the 1826 Fredonian Rebellion, Edwards is interred here. The earliest marked burial on this site is that of . . . — — Map (db m117574) HM
On North Church Street at East Main Street, on the left when traveling north on North Church Street.
On 1889 John Schmidt purchase this lot. Before that time, the Mitchell Hotel (c. 1831), an early Nacogdoches stagecoach inn, stood on the site. Schmidt wanted a place for theatrical companies to stop over as they traveled between engagement in . . . — — Map (db m211123) HM
On North Mound Street, on the left when traveling north.
Chartered by the Republic of Texas in 1845 to fulfill settlers' ideals for higher education. Financed by public subscriptions. Housed first in military quarters, erected this modified Grecian structure 1858. Occupied by troops in Civil War, it was . . . — — Map (db m170911) HM
The Republic of Texas chartered Nacogdoches University in 1845 to fulfill East Texas settlers’ ideals for higher education. The University occupied various downtown buildings before this building was completed in time for classes in fall 1859. Local . . . — — Map (db m170912) HM
Near County Road 205, on the right when traveling east.
According to legend, the first burial in this cemetery was that of a young girl whose family, traveling through the area when she died, buried her here before continuing their westward journey. Oral tradition also suggests that William Whitaker was . . . — — Map (db m29774) HM
On South Street at Main Street, on the left when traveling north on South Street.
This courthouse stands on ground used as a cemetery after Nacgodoches was rebuilt by settlers ordered out of the area when Spain gave up East Texas outposts in 1773.
Antonio Gil Y'Barbo (1729 - 1809) led the displaced persons who returned in . . . — — Map (db m202001) HM
On Alumni Drive at Griffith Boulevard, on the right when traveling north on Alumni Drive.
Stones recovered from a razed 18th century structure form the walls of this historic replica building. The stone house stood originally near the intersection of El Camino Real and La Calle del Norte (present Main at Fredonia), and was built by Don . . . — — Map (db m156884) HM
On South Pecan Street at East Main Street (State Highway 21), on the right when traveling south on South Pecan Street.
Photographs in the 1880's show a wooden mercantile establishment with a gabled front facing east on this property. There was an open area to the south lying between this building and the mercantile establishment of Mayer & Schmidt.
The . . . — — Map (db m211023) HM
On East Main Street (State Highway 21) at Fredonia Street, on the right when traveling west on East Main Street.
On this site stood
for a century an
Old Stone House
thought to have been built in 1779 by
Antonio Gil YBarbo.
Sold by him as community property in 1805.
Headquarters in 1806 for
William Barr and Samuel Davenport, Indian traders. . . . — — Map (db m171202) HM
On South Street at Pillar Street, on the right when traveling north on South Street.
Headquarters of Colonel Jose de las Piedras, commander of the Mexican garrison in Nacogdoches, 1827-1839. The property, after the Texas Revolution, of General Thomas J. Rusk. Served as classrooms for the University of Nacogdoches, 1845-1852. — — Map (db m29325) HM
On North Pecan Street north of East Main Street (State Highway 21), on the right when traveling north.
The Catholic Church's history has been intertwined with that of Nacogdoches since the first Spanish missions were constructed in the area during the early eighteenth century. Disruptions in the church's activities occurred 1719-1721 during French . . . — — Map (db m170917) HM
President of Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College (SFASTC) from 1942 to 1958, Paul Lewis Boynton made vital contributions to the institution’s future. Born in Belton (Bell Co.), Boynton attended Sam Houston State Teachers College. He then . . . — — Map (db m221454) HM
On Pillar Street at South Fredonia Street, on the left when traveling east on Pillar Street.
Mary the Mother of Jesus miraculously appeared to the Apostle James in 40 A.D. in Zaragoza, Spain. She gave James a small statue of herself standing on a pillar of jasper. The statue on the pillar became the center of Zaragoza's Shrine of Nuestra . . . — — Map (db m211287) HM
The absence of an institution of higher learning to train teachers in East Texas became obvious in the early 20th century. "Normal institutes" or ad hoc college courses were important statewide attempts to supplement the educational level of the . . . — — Map (db m221335) HM
On South Pecan Street, 0.1 miles south of East Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
The property in this block on the west side of the Public Square was owned by a distinguished list of families. The names, Who's Who in the early history of the town, include Piedras, Sterne, Rusk, Roberts, Taylor, Blake, Hayter, Hoya, Orton, Mast, . . . — — Map (db m211026) HM
On North Street (Business U.S. 59) at Lewis Street, on the right when traveling north on North Street.
The Following Men From the Nacogdoches Area Are Listed as
Prisoners of War/Missing in Action as of September 21, 2018
Korea
Mooney, Custer F. - Army - Sgt Med Co 7 Regt 31D - MIA 12/04/50 - Nacogdoches
Sewell, Nathul - Army - Sgt K . . . — — Map (db m211285) WM
On North Street (Business U.S. 59) at Lewis Street, on the right when traveling north on North Street.
The President of the United States in the name of The Congress takes pride in presenting the Medal of Honor posthumously to
Private First Class Oscar P. Austin
United States Marine Corps
for service as set forth in the following . . . — — Map (db m211277) WM
On East Pilar Street at South Fredonia Street, on the right when traveling east on East Pilar Street.
For the citizens of Nacogdoches, Bob Murphey was a loved and local institution. He was our resident Master of Ceremonies. Bob took Nacogdoches with him as he spread his homespun humor and good will to the rest of the world. Bob was a part of . . . — — Map (db m211039) HM
Built on the homestead lands of warrior statesman Thomas Jefferson Rusk, Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College (SFA) was swollen with success shortly after taking over its new facilities, the Austin Building and Aikman Gymnasium, in 1924. The . . . — — Map (db m221328) HM
On East Pilar Street at South Pecan Street, on the right when traveling east on East Pilar Street.
Sam Houston made his first home in Texas in the historic town of Nacogdoches. A former Tennessee governor and U.S. congressman, Houston left Washington, D.C. for Texas in December of 1832. The presence of Tennesseeans and fellow masons Adolphus . . . — — Map (db m171207) HM
On Old Tyler Road at West Main Street (State Highway 21), on the left when traveling north on Old Tyler Road.
Vertical-piston drive and direct-gear design was patented, 1880, by Ephraim Shay. This 36-ton engine was built by Lima Locomotive and Machine Co., 1907, for Behring Co. of Texas, and soon purchased by W.T. Carter & Bro. Lumber Co. Carter used it . . . — — Map (db m211291) HM
On Spanish Bluff (County Highway 724) at Moral Road (County Highway 721), on the right when traveling west on Spanish Bluff.
Renée Ernestine Françoise Potard was born on February 25, 1822, in Barthelemy, France. She entered the convent of the Sisters of the Holy Cross in LeMans, France in 1846.
After making her vows, she volunteered to come to America to pursue . . . — — Map (db m210887) HM
On East Pilar Street near South Lanana Street, on the left when traveling east.
Led by Adolphus Sterne, citizens of Nacogdoches helped outfit a volunteer force, the New Orleans' Greys, to fight in the Texas War for Independence. One company of Greys traveled overland to San Antonio by way of Nacogdoches in Nov. 1835. The . . . — — Map (db m29576) HM