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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Bowie County, Texas
Adjacent to Bowie County, Texas
▶ Cass County (3) ▶ Morris County (12) ▶ Red River County (15) ▶ Little River County, Arkansas (7) ▶ Miller County, Arkansas (1) ▶ McCurtain County, Oklahoma (7)
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| On Northwest Fulton Street at Northwest Napp Street, on the right when traveling west on Northwest Fulton Street. |
| | Named for Maj. Gen. Johann de Kalb - a hero of the American Revolution - upon suggestion (1836) of David Crockett, a visitor on his way to fight in Texas War for Independence. Other Texas heroes traveling through here were James B. Fannin and Wm. . . . — — Map (db m96648) HM |
| On Main Street (Farm to Market Road 560) at Frontage Interstate 30 Frontage Road, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | Five of the most prominent delegates to the Constitutional Convention of Texas, held March, 1836, hailed from Pecan Point, in this vicinity. Richard Ellis (an attorney and judge) was chosen president of the meeting and later served four terms in the . . . — — Map (db m96573) HM |
| On James Bowie Drive 0.1 miles east of North McCoy Boulevard (Texas Highway 8), on the right when traveling east. |
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Named for James Bowie (1799-1836), who fought for Texas freedom from 1819, when he joined the Long Expedition, to 1836 — when he died in defense of the Alamo.
Inhabited before 1800 by agricultural Indians, charted 1819 for . . . — — Map (db m96141) HM |
| On Walnut Street at West 9th Street, on the right when traveling south on Walnut Street. |
| | Founded in 1883 with the Rev. J. C. Mason as first pastor, the Central Christian Church congregation built this structure in 1932. Construction was supervised by architect and church member E. C. Seibert (1878-1941), who used carefully placed bricks . . . — — Map (db m96569) HM |
| On North State Line Avenue at Hazel Street, on the left when traveling north on North State Line Avenue. |
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Front
Hero of the Alamo
"They never fail who
die in a just cause"
Love of adventure
brought the young
South Carolinian to
Texas with James Long
in 1819. Romance made
of him a Mexican
citizen and won for
him in San . . . — — Map (db m96572) HM |
| On North State Line Avenue (U.S. 71) at Hazel Street, on the right when traveling south on North State Line Avenue. |
| | Black composer Scott Joplin, often called the "King of Ragtime Music", was born in Texarkana, Texas, five years before the townsite was platted in 1873. His family lived in this vicinity, and he attended nearby Orr School on Laurel Street. His early . . . — — Map (db m96570) HM |
| On State Line Avenue at Walnut Street, on the left when traveling north on State Line Avenue. |
| | Founded when Texas & Pacific railroad platted townsite and held sale of lots on Dec. 8, 1873, to open regional shipping point. Strategically located on famed Indian trail from the Mississippi to Mexico, site had already been named (for its . . . — — Map (db m96563) HM |
| On East 5th Street at East 5th Street, on the left when traveling east on East 5th Street. |
| | Currently, only Federal office building to straddle state line. Present Texas-Arkansas state boundary (established in 1841 by United States and Republic of Texas) passes through center.
Each state had separate post offices until 1892, when first . . . — — Map (db m96566) HM |
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