On North Rice Street (U.S. 281) at East Main Street (State Highway 36), on the right when traveling north on North Rice Street.
Influential early promoter of Norwegian emigration to Texas; born Elise Tvede in 1815.
In 1846, after John Reiersen migrated to Texas to found the first Norwegian settlement in the state, she became editor of his periodical "Norway and . . . — — Map (db m175573) HM
On West Henry Street at North College Street, on the right when traveling west on West Henry Street.
Built in 1906, this Warren pony truss bridge originally spanned the Leon River on a road (now County Road 222) about 7 miles northeast of Hamilton. Hundreds of steel rivets and bolts connect the 90-foot-long bridge. Triangle components often form . . . — — Map (db m195102) HM
On West Main Street (State Highway 36) at South College Street, on the right when traveling east on West Main Street.
First Episcopal church in Hamilton County. Services were begun 1868 in home of Mrs. E.D. Bell, Rt. Rev. Alexander Gregg; first Bishop of Texas, who rode here horseback from Galveston. Site given 1891 by Maj. C.W. Cotton. Building committee: S.D. . . . — — Map (db m167850) HM
On Farm to Market Road 932 at Rice Road, on the left when traveling north on Route 932.
School classes were first conducted in a church tabernacle when Ireland was founded in 1911. The town was platted on the Coryell-Hamilton County line and named for Texas Governor John Ireland (1827-1896). A wooden frame school was erected in 1914, . . . — — Map (db m71782) HM
On North Avenue G south of East Cypress Stret, on the right when traveling north.
James Franklin Barnwell was born on October 23, 1874 in Bowdon, Georgia. His family had a tradition of doctors, including his grandfather and three uncles. Following completion of his medical education at the University of Tennessee in 1896, . . . — — Map (db m126759) HM
On County Highway 108 0.5 miles north of 36th Division Memorial Highway (State Highway 36), on the right when traveling east.
A frontier settler from Monroe County, Virginia, Andrew Miller migrated to Texas while still a young man. In 1856 he settled in Comanche County near the Hamilton County line, he married Hannah Margaret Shockley in 1861. They had seven children. . . . — — Map (db m162206) HM
On East Main Street (State Highway 36) at North Rice Street (U.S. 281), on the right when traveling east on East Main Street.
Price Monroe Rice, son of Rufus P. Rice, one of the first pioneer children born in Hamilton County, built this building in 1912. He attended Law School at the University of Texas, and practiced law in Hamilton. P.M. Rice held various positions . . . — — Map (db m175665) HM
On Pecan Street at North Railroad Street, in the median on Pecan Street.
John Rankin Alford was born in Tennessee in 1834, and he arrived in Hamilton County, Texas, in 1860 with his wife Martha Ann (Malone). The couple settled on Honey Creek and Alford began selling goods that he had brought with him by wagon and also . . . — — Map (db m177613) HM
On Summit Street, on the right when traveling north.
Civil War
Brown, Wilson, W. Co. F, 21st Ohio Infantry, Private, Army. Born; December 25, 1837 in Logan County, Ohio. Entered service in Wood County, Ohio. Died; December 25th, 1916, in Toledo, Ohio. Buried at New Belleville Ridge Cemetery, . . . — — Map (db m160385) WM
On North Railroad Street, on the left when traveling north.
Farmer, rancher, merchant, and ginner. Born in Ohio, in 1850 he moved to Pleasant Run, Dallas County, Texas. Married Miss Emily Beeman, the daughter of James J. Beeman, Dallas pioneer. Although a Unionist, as a loyal Texan he made shoes for . . . — — Map (db m226063) HM
On Farm to Market Road 1602 north of County Road 230, on the right when traveling north.
First called Gap for its geographic setting between two hills, this sparsely settled community became known as Martin's Gap in the 1860s after a man named Jim Martin reportedly was killed by Indians while traveling through the area. When local . . . — — Map (db m283672) HM
On Farm to Market Road 1602 at County Road 230, on the left when traveling north on Road 1602.
Mountain burial site for frontiersman Jim Martin, killed here by Indians in 1860's, when county had fewer than 500 people. Gap bore his name for 20 years.
Settled in 1873 by Capt. Battle Fort, Confederate veteran and lawyer. A post-office . . . — — Map (db m283667) HM
On American Legion Highway (U.S. 281) at County Route 203, on the right when traveling north on American Legion Highway.
Created and organized in 1858. By 1860 had 489 people in 78 families from 15 states. Vote in 1861 was 86-1 in favor of secession. 60 farmers were organized as Hamilton County Minutemen, a unit of part-time soldiers. Others joined Confederate . . . — — Map (db m71706) HM
On County Road 249 at Farm to Market Road 250, on the right when traveling north on County Road 249.
In 1875, Reverend Noah Turner Byars, a former blacksmith who served with Sam Houston during the Texas Revolution, founded this church and served as interim minister. Rev. Byars ordained David Isaac Haralson, the first permanent pastor. Byars also . . . — — Map (db m89960) HM
On Meridian Street at 1st Street, on the right when traveling west on Meridian Street.
Following the settlement of Norwegian immigrants in Bosque County in 1854, Lutheranism became the predominant denomination in the region. In 1886, St. Olaf Kirke, named after the Patron Saint of Norway, was built to address the worshiping practices . . . — — Map (db m283675) HM
Near U.S. 281 at E. Brooks Drive, on the right when traveling north.
The town of Evant traces its history to an earlier settlement in this area. Langford Cove, founded in 1855 by Asa Langford (1820-1907), was located adjacent to and partly within the south boundary of the present town of Evant. A United States post . . . — — Map (db m89695) HM
On North Rice Street (U.S. 281) at East Main Street (State Highway 36), on the right when traveling north on North Rice Street.
Before era of this impressive courthouse, Hamilton County's government was housed in stores, a rustic school, a former livery stable, a 2-story building with top floor especially designed for a courtroom, and briefly in a saloon. Fire razed two of . . . — — Map (db m175594) HM
On Indiana Route 66 just east of County Road 1290E, on the right when traveling east.
These markers were funded with a grant from Federal Highway Administration through the National Scenic Byways Program.
The Hoosier National Forest - Then and Now
This area has been inhabited continuously by humans for 12,000 years. . . . — — Map (db m178232) HM
