On West Washington Street (Business Highway 377) at North Erath Avenue, on the left when traveling east on West Washington Street.
Protector of the Texas frontier. Hero of San Jacinto. Major in the Confederate Army. Member of the Texas Congress and Legislature. Born in Vienna, Austria January 1, 1813. Died at Waco, Texas May 15, 1891. Erath County was named in his honor. . . . — — Map (db m117456) HM
On County Highway 282 south of Highway 6, on the left when traveling west.
This burial ground has served residents of southern Erath County since the late 1800s. At that time, the community of Alexander, platted by the Texas Central Railroad Company, was thriving. The community had received a post office in 1876, when it . . . — — Map (db m146307) HM
On W Commerce Street at S Seaman Street, on the right when traveling west on W Commerce Street.
Under an 1891 legislative act, Texas created a court of appeals system. These courts are part of the judicial branch of the Texas government and are located at a level above trial courts but below the Texas Supreme Court and the Texas Court of . . . — — Map (db m310215) HM
On North Catherine Street at East Alamo Street, on the right when traveling north on North Catherine Street.
On January 2, 1862, Starlin Marion Newberry Marrs was born in Gauley Bridge, Fayette County, Virginia (now West Virginia). At 16, he began teaching in rural schools, working in coal mines to make ends meet. He moved to Texas in 1881, teaching in . . . — — Map (db m97361) HM
A distinguished chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court, and a native of Williamson County.
Descendant of 1849 settlers from Alabama, he was a son of Nathaniel Franklin and Mary J. Porterfield Hickman. He attended the Liberty Hill Normal . . . — — Map (db m4764) HM
On Greenwood Street north of U.S. 377, on the left when traveling north.
Jeptha Franklin Warnock came to Erath County in 1898 and later settled near Bluff Dale. In 1908 he opened a hardware store and in 1915 built this structure to house his business. Here Warnock provided supplies and implements to the surrounding . . . — — Map (db m310201) HM
On N Dale Ave at W Frey, on the left when traveling north on N Dale Ave.
Located in an area of Texas known for rodeos, the Audie Murphy Arena originated in Euless, Texas, on the property of car dealer Ray Woods. Woods met Audie Murphy on a defense bonds drive and instantly connected over their love of horses. The arena . . . — — Map (db m310208) HM
On Smith Springs Road (County Road 177) 1 mile east of Morgan Mills Road (U.S. 281), on the right when traveling east.
In 1869, the Texas Constitution directed counties to establish a "Manual-labor poor-house" to care for "Indigent and poor inhabitants" and provide work for "All persons committing petty offences." Erath County commissioners started a poor farm in . . . — — Map (db m264233) HM
On South Graham Avenue (County Highway 108) at West College Street, on the left when traveling north on South Graham Avenue.
Founded in 1854 and named for early settler and land donor John M. Stephen, the town of Stephenville became county seat when Erath County was created in 1856. The first county courthouse, a wood frame structure built in 1856, was destroyed by fire . . . — — Map (db m186526) HM
On West Washington Street (Business U.S. 377) at North Belknap Street, on the left when traveling east on West Washington Street.
The first floor of this limestone building, erected before 1892, housed the Erath County National Bank, with Dr. M.S. Crow as president. His wife Mollie Jane Crow suggested use of the top floor for cultural events. The opera house auditorium, which . . . — — Map (db m186564) HM
On West Washington Street (Business U.S. 377) at North Erath Avenue, on the left when traveling east on West Washington Street.
The Erath Arches were constructed in honor of soldier, surveyor, and legislator George B. Erath (1813-1891), for whom Erath County was named in 1856. The monument was one of many built around the state to celebrate the 1936 centennial of Texas . . . — — Map (db m117455) HM
On West Lingleville Road (Farm to Market Road 8) 0.8 miles west of County Road 417, on the right when traveling west.
The nearby burial ground is named for William Ramsey, who in 1886 formally deeded the land around several early graves as a cemetery. The oldest legible tombstone, dated 1862, bears the name of Rebecca Henning. Many burial sites are marked only . . . — — Map (db m310214) HM
On South Columbia Street at West College Street, on the right when traveling south on South Columbia Street.
The Masonic Lodge in Stephenville organized on July 23, 1860, with 24 masons assembling, including town founder John M. Stephen and four visitors from Gatesville Lodge No. 197. Members first met in a two-story log building facing Belknap Street, . . . — — Map (db m186524) HM
On I-35 Frontage Rd, on the right when traveling south.
A stockade and blockhouse of the Republic of Texas. Built in November, 1836, by a unit of some 20 Rangers under Lt. George B. Erath (soldier-statesman for whom Erath County was named).
By Christmas they had erected 7 or 8 cabins, a blockhouse and . . . — — Map (db m29378) HM
On County Road 214 0.2 miles east of Highway 2481, on the right when traveling east.
A minister in the Primitive Baptist Church, the Rev. Henry Hurley came to Texas in 1844. His years in the state were spent organizing frontier churches and helping pioneers settle in new communities. He established churches in Hunt, Fannin and . . . — — Map (db m248536) HM
On South Belknap at West Washington Street (Business U.S. 377), on the left when traveling south on South Belknap.
In memory of Major George B. Erath, CSA and the more than 600 Confederate Veterans of the War between the States, who rest beneath the rich soil of Erath County.
Ordinary men from across the South took up arms to fight an extraordinary war. . . . — — Map (db m186547) WM
On County Road 455 0.1 miles north of U.S. 377, on the right when traveling north.
This burial ground, established by 1907, served the rural Smith Springs community. Most of the interred were related to Swiss-born Frederick Hook (d. 1920), a stonemason who helped build the Erath County Courthouse, and his wife, Emily (d. 1922). . . . — — Map (db m264235) HM
On Glenn Cemetery Road (County Road 157) 0.5 miles south of U.S. 377, on the left when traveling south.
Glenn Cemetery, in Hood County, was established to serve residents of Bluff Dale, an Erath County community west of this site. Andrew Jackson Glenn, for whom the burial ground is named, donated land for cemetery use in 1897. There were already . . . — — Map (db m264250) HM
On South Graham Avenue (County Highway 108) at West Washington Street (Business U.S. 377), on the left when traveling north on South Graham Avenue.
Erath County Dairy Judging Team K.R. Averhoff • Sara Trout
Randy Carpenter • Tiffany Wood
Coaches:
Kurt Averhoff • Randal Carpenter • Terry Trout
This team accomplished a feat that had never been done in the state of Texas
They . . . — — Map (db m186525) HM
On West College Street at South Belknap Street, on the right when traveling east on West College Street.
Dating from the early 1880s, downtown Stephenville consisted of wood frame and masonry one-part and two part commercial block buildings, oriented around the county courthouse. The Dawson Saloon building was constructed in the early to mid-1890s on a . . . — — Map (db m186528) HM
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