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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Van Zandt County, Texas
Adjacent to Van Zandt County, Texas
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| On FM 858 0.2 miles south of Texas Highway 64, on the left when traveling south. |
| | In 1890 Van Zandt county had 81 schools but none for higher learning. In April 1890, Prof. James F. Davidson and J. W. Downs held a community meeting in the Old Clough School House in Ben Wheeler. They presented a plan, adopted unanimously, to . . . — — Map (db m74158) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 279 at Farm to Market Road 858, on the left when traveling south on Route 279. |
| | Just as Native Americans were attracted to this area because of the climate and resources, early settlers also utilized these resources. The area was originally named Clough after George W. Clough (1820-1884) who, in 1868, purchased the 640-acre . . . — — Map (db m73951) HM |
| | Legislator Morgan Gurley Sanders was born near Ben Wheeler. He published newspapers, worked as journal clerk of the state senate and was admitted to the State Bar of Texas before winning a seat in the state legislature. His public service as a . . . — — Map (db m74159) HM |
| On East Dallas Street (State Highway 64) east of South Buffalo Street (State Highway 198), on the left when traveling east. |
| | Born in Georgia, Raines came to Texas in 1858. After serving in Gen. R. M. Gano's Texas Cavalry Regiment in the Civil War, he was a teacher in New Braunfels and a lawyer in Canton. Van Zandt County Judge from 1876 to 1878, he played a major role in . . . — — Map (db m54081) HM |
| On State Highway 19 north of State Highway 64, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Located within the original 1850 town plat of Canton, this cemetery has served citizens of this area for well over a century. The oldest documented burial is that of Ann Calhoon (1807-1860). Among those buried here in marked and unmarked graves are . . . — — Map (db m28120) HM |
| On South Buffalo Street (State Highway 198) south of East Dallas Street (State Highway 64), on the left when traveling south. |
| | John Henninger Reagan was born in 1818 to Timothy Richard and Elizabeth Reagan in Sevier County, Tennessee. He worked at his father's tannery and on the family farm, attending school sporadically, until leaving the state in 1838.
Reagan came in . . . — — Map (db m54002) HM |
| On East Dallas Street (State Highway 64) east of South Buffalo Street (State Highway 198), on the right when traveling east. |
| | A South Carolina-born Alabama legislator, Oran M. Roberts came to San Augustine, Texas in 1841. He served in district and state judicial positions, including the first district court in Canton in 1850, and was president of the Secession Convention . . . — — Map (db m53959) HM |
| On East Dallas Street (State Highway 64) east of South Buffalo Street (State Highway 198), on the right when traveling east. |
| | In 1894, the Van Zandt County Commissioners Court approved construction of a new brick courthouse at this site. Built between 1894 and 1896, it replaced a frame courthouse that had served the county since shortly after the Civil War. The noted San . . . — — Map (db m53917) HM |
| On East Dallas Street (State Highway 64) east of South Buffalo Street (State Highway 198), on the right when traveling east. |
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Built in 1937 with Public Works Administration funds, this is the sixth building to serve as the Van Zandt County Courthouse. According to local lore, the Commissioners Court decreed that a modern courthouse should be erected in order to provide . . . — — Map (db m54055) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 2339 0.5 miles west of Farm to Market Road 4712, on the right when traveling west. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m105484) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 2339 0.5 miles west of Farm to Market Road 4712, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The first recorded burial on this site was that of Asbury Lowery (1836-1855). The new burial ground was named in his memory. In 1863, Prairie Flower (1858-1863), the young daughter of celebrated Comanche Indian captive Cynthia Ann Parker and . . . — — Map (db m105485) HM |
| | On this site the
Cherokee Chief Bowles was killed on July 16, 1839 while leading 800 Indians of various tribes in battle against 500 Texans. The last engagement between Cherokees and whites in Texas. — — Map (db m91605) HM |
| On County Road 4823 west of County Road 4825. |
| | Oral tradition links this church to the original County Line Baptist Church of 1851, the earliest recorded attempt of area African American families to create a community of worship. County Line Colored Missionary Baptist Church was founded in 1872 . . . — — Map (db m31867) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 279, on the left when traveling west. |
| | As was the case in so many small Texas towns in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the cotton gin in Edom was a major element in the economy. First opened at this site in 1918 by Ro Dike, who moved his ginning operation here from Davidson (3 . . . — — Map (db m28115) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 2339 0.3 miles west of Farm to Market Road 4306, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Pioneer L.H. Hobbs arrived in this area in about 1850 and was instrumental in the establishment of the community. He owned 320 acres of land, including this site. Hobbs allowed the King family to bury their two-year-old daughter here, marking the . . . — — Map (db m105614) HM |
| Near Interstate 20 at milepost 538, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Main engagement of Cherokee War; fought July 15 and 16, 1839, between 800 Indians (including Delawares and Shawnees) and 500 troops of the Republic of Texas.
An extraordinary fact is that David G. Burnet, vice president of the Republic; . . . — — Map (db m87080) HM |
| Near Interstate 20 at milepost 538, on the right when traveling west. |
| | A man whose public service was of highest order. Born on a farm near this site in Van Zandt County. Educated at Cumberland University (Tennessee) and Tyler Commercial College, was County Attorney and County Judge of Smith County. As chairman of . . . — — Map (db m84511) HM |
| Near Interstate 20 at milepost 538, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Pioneer nickname appropriate to this area’s many freedoms–particularly from want and fear. (Food was obtained with little effort; and although the Indians fought white men here as late as 1842, the settlers by 1847 slept in the open with no . . . — — Map (db m84510) HM |
| On East James Street at North 4th Street (Farm to Market Road 47), on the right when traveling east on East James Street. |
| | In the early 1920s, an atmosphere of gratefulness for the end of World War I was prevalent throughout the country. In Wills Point, a sense of optimism and interest in urban development led to the formation of a chamber of commerce on December 5, . . . — — Map (db m119621) HM |
| On East James Street at North 3rd Street, on the right when traveling west on East James Street. |
| | The First Baptist Church of Wills Point was founded in 1873, with Dr. J. L. Matthews, a doctor of medicine, serving as the first pastor. In 1876 the 30-member congregation erected a building, which is said to have been destroyed in a tornado the . . . — — Map (db m119610) HM |
| On East James Street at North 4th Street (Farm to Market Road 47), on the right when traveling east on East James Street. |
| | German brothers B. W. and Isaac Edward “Ike” Rose came to nearby Cedar Grove in 1873 and the same year moved to Wills Point, where they opened Rose Dry Goods Store. In 1884, Ike moved to Dallas and was a successful entrepreneur. B. W. . . . — — Map (db m119620) HM |
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