On U.S. 287 0.7 miles west of Farm to Market Road 358, on the right when traveling north.
In 1857 Albert Holley (b. 1828), his mother and two brothers, migrated to Houston County from Alabama. While the others journeyed to Texas by boat, he brought the family's supplies overland by wagon with 137 slaves. By 1860 he and his wife Julia . . . — — Map (db m128926) HM
On Highway 19 0.5 miles south of E Loop 304, on the left when traveling south.
Harston Wilson Beeson, one of Houston County's first settlers (1840), bought land in this area from his neighbor, John Box, in 1852. The Cemetery was established on Beeson land about 3/4 of a mile east of this site with the burial of Box's son, . . . — — Map (db m155414) HM
On South 5th Street at East Houston Avenue (State Highway 21), on the left when traveling north on South 5th Street.
Founded 1837. Named for David Crockett, who had visited here on way to the Alamo, 1836.
Old fortified log courthouse was often the refuge for settlers during Indian raids.
During Civil War had camp of instruction. Telegraph and stagecoach . . . — — Map (db m120963) HM
On East Goliad Avenue (State Highway 7) east of South 5th Street (U.S. 287), on the right when traveling east.
A typical late 19th Century Texas commercial building, with cast iron front and pressed tin ornamentation. Erected for bank developed in mercantile store of W.E. Mayes (1837-1915). To aid his customers, Mayes in 1880s took care of cash and . . . — — Map (db m121248) HM
On East Goliad Avenue (State Highway 7) at South 5th Street (U.S. 287), on the right when traveling east on East Goliad Avenue.
Founded about 1881 as sideline in mercantile store of W.E. Mayes (1837-1915), who aided customers by keeping cash and currency in his safe, issuing loans and credits.
In 1892 H.F. Moore (1854-1926) came here from . . . — — Map (db m121247) HM
On South 4th Street (U.S. 287) at East Houston Avenue (Texas Highway 21), on the left when traveling south on South 4th Street.
On June 12, 1837, President Sam Houston authorized the formation of Houston County, the first newly created county in the Republic of Texas. Andrew W. Gossett (1812-1890) donated land, which included this square, for the townsite. He and his father, . . . — — Map (db m121246) HM
On Highway 19 1 mile south of E Loop 304, on the left when traveling south.
Solomon George Givens and his wife Lula (Burleson), both born in Houston County in 1871, were the children of former slaves. They were married in Crockett in 1891, and in 1892 they bought 34 acres of land here. Their farm proved a success and in . . . — — Map (db m155417) HM
On 4th Street (State Highway 19) north of Wood Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
Created from Nacgodoches County
June 12, 1837
Organized the same year
named in honor of
Sam Houston
1793-1863
Commander-in-Chief of the Texan
Army at San Jacinto
President of the Republic and
Governor of the State of Texas . . . — — Map (db m63530) HM
On South 4th Street (U.S. 287) at East Goliad Avenue (Texas Highway 7), on the left when traveling south on South 4th Street.
In early 1938, the Houston County commissioners court, with County Judge B. F. Bradley presiding, began making plans for construction of the county's fifth courthouse. Built in 1939 with funds from the Federal Public Works Administration, the . . . — — Map (db m121245) HM
On North 4th Street (U.S. 287) at East Houston Avenue (Texas Highway 21), on the right when traveling south on North 4th Street.
This corner of the town square was developed as a law office after state legislator and Houston County Judge S.A. Miller (1805-1893) purchased it in 1840. In 1891, Rudd Crawford Spinks (1856-1938) bought the site and built a two-story brick building . . . — — Map (db m120965) HM
On State Highway 21 0.7 miles east of Farm to Market Road 3187, on the right when traveling west.
Joseph Redmond Rice (1805-1866) and his wife, Willie Masters Rice (1809-1881), natives of Tennessee and Kentucky, built a one-room log cabin on this site in 1828. Rice's brothers and his father-in-law, Jacob Masters, probably helped with the . . . — — Map (db m121250) HM
On State Highway 21 just north of County Highway 3187, on the right when traveling north.
Joseph Redmond Rice (1805-1866) and his wife Wille Masters Rice (1809-1881) erected a log cabin across the San Antonio Road from this site in 1828. They probably established this family burial ground after the deaths of their infant twins about . . . — — Map (db m156875) HM
On North 4th Street (U.S. 287) at Spring, on the left when traveling north on North 4th Street.
In 1886 the Board of Missions for Freedmen of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, under the leadership of the group's secretary the Rev. Richard Allen, began planning for the establishment of a black girls' school in Texas. After a . . . — — Map (db m128933) HM
On East Houston Avenue (State Highway 21) at South 5th Street, on the right when traveling west on East Houston Avenue.
James H. Collard, a surveyor, opened a general store on this site in 1837. Four years later he sold the business to Thomas Collins (1800-1869). Members of the Collins family ran the store until 1890 when William Berry (b.1856) constructed the . . . — — Map (db m120964) HM
On State Highway 21 0.7 miles east of Farm to Market Road 3187, on the right when traveling west.
Built as a home by Joseph D. Rice, Sr., who came to Texas in 1828.
In 1838 it was designated as a stopping place for the stage coach from Nacogdoches to Crockett. — — Map (db m121249) HM
On East Goliad Avenue (State Highway 21) at Rail Row, on the left when traveling east on East Goliad Avenue.
This log cabin was constructed on the Jeremiah Strode league (12 mi. E). It is believed to have been built in the 1850s by B.R. Wallace (1800-73), Strode's son-in law and a Texas legislator, or by Wallace's cousin W. W. Wallace (b. 1821). Later . . . — — Map (db m156957) HM
On East Goliad Avenue (State Highway 21) at Rail Row, on the left when traveling east on East Goliad Avenue.
Which marks the campsite of the famous Texan on his historic journey to the Alamo were he paid the supreme price for Texas liberty
"Be sure you are right, then go ahead." — — Map (db m156960) HM
On South 4th Street (U.S. 287) near East Goliad Avenue (Texas Highway 7), on the right when traveling south.
Crockett native William Van McConnell (1855-1919) built this Victorian commercial structure soon after he purchased the site in 1891 from Maj. J.C. Wooters, a former mayor of the city. Known for his wit and his Irish stories, McConnell opened a . . . — — Map (db m120966) HM
On State Highway 7 near County Road 4700, on the right when traveling west.
By the late 1850s Eli Coltharp lived beside Cochina Bayou. He opened a store and post office on the stage route west of Nacogdoches. The farm area called Coltharp Hill boasted a gin, gristmill, blacksmith and millinery shops. A school building . . . — — Map (db m29567) HM
On Carson Street near Farm to Market 357 (Texas Highway 7), on the left when traveling south.
In October 1903, approximately fourteen men and women organized the First Baptist Church of Kenard. The congregation selected four trustees: Dr. T.M. Sherman, George W. Willis, M.B. Matchett and Hugh P. English, who served the church in many . . . — — Map (db m29565) HM
On State Highway 7, on the left when traveling west.
A symbol of Black America's pride in education, plus crusade of Julius Rosenwald (1862-1932), a Chicagoan who in 1913 began to fund school buildings for Negroes. By 1920, when this one-teacher structure was built at Ratcliff (4 miles east), . . . — — Map (db m29552) HM
On State Highway 7 near County Road 4700, on the right when traveling west.
Kentuckian James Henry Hager (1822-1879) and his wife Naoma (Clark) came to Texas in the 1840s. Hager, a farmer and cabinet maker, opened a blacksmith shop and mill in Houston County. The Nacogdoches-to-Navasota stage and mail road . . . — — Map (db m29566) HM
On State Highway 7 at Main Street (Farm to Market Road 357), on the left when traveling west on State Highway 7.
The town of Kennard was founded in 1903 by the Louisiana and Texas Lumber Company and platted on 160 acres. Land agent Alexander McTavish also acted as Kennard's first postmaster. The town served as a terminus for the Eastern Texas Railroad, a line . . . — — Map (db m29553) HM
On Highway 19 3 miles north of Highway 1280, on the right when traveling north.
The Houston County Coal and Manufacturing Company was formed in 1900 for the purpose of mining lignite. Near this site, a slope mine was opened and a company town named Wooters was established. Company founders were A. H. Wooters, D. A. Nunn, G. . . . — — Map (db m155413) HM
On State Highway 7 0.5 miles west of Farm to Market Road 227, on the left when traveling west.
R.M. Keith, agent for Central Coal & Coke Company in Kansas City, Missouri, began purchasing the virgin pine timberlands of this region in October 1899. Lumber for construction of a new mill was cut by a small sawmill purchased from local landowner . . . — — Map (db m29527) HM
On State Highway 7 just from Farm to Market Road 227, on the left when traveling west.
About 1875, a 32 - wagon train of settlers came here from Georgia. Jesse H. Ratcliff (1844 - 1920) built sawmill about 1885, drawing more people. Post office opened 1889, with Ratcliff as postmaster, and town soon had several stores. Professional . . . — — Map (db m26980) HM
On Farm to Market Road 227 0.2 miles north of State Highway 7, on the right when traveling north.
J.H. Ratcliff's 1880s sawmill and village here gave way to major timber industry operations that by the early 1930s had decimated Houston County's densest virgin forest. As part of federal efforts to restore the nation's natural resources, Civilian . . . — — Map (db m29454) HM
On County Road 1580 0.2 miles north of State Highway 21, on the left when traveling north.
Located near site of 17th-century Spanish missionary activity, this farming community had its beginnings with the settlement of the McLeans, Conners, Patton, and Gregg families, who had all arrived in the area by 1840. Originally known as Neches for . . . — — Map (db m121254) HM
On State Highway 21 0.4 miles west of Farm to Market Road 227, on the right when traveling east.
Established in 1881, the Glover School served residents of the rural Glover Community. Under the direction of teacher James Breeze, a one-room schoolhouse was built on A.E. Sloan's land, now the site of the Old Glover Cemetery. A consolidated school . . . — — Map (db m121252) HM
On Park Road 44 0.7 miles north of State Highway 21, on the left when traveling north.
Was founded near this marker
May 24, 1690,
at the Nabedache (Tejas) Indian Village
Erected, A. D. 1934, by DeZavala Chapter,
Texas Historical and Landmarks Association.
Located by: Dr. Albert Woldert, Tyler, Texas.
Miss . . . — — Map (db m121405) HM
First Spanish Mission in East Texas. Established in 1690 by Franciscan friars to convert the Tejas Indians. "Tejas", a Spanish rendition of the Indian word for "friend", was in time adopted as the state name.
The founding party was led by Capt. . . . — — Map (db m121406) HM
On State Highway 21 1.9 miles west of County Road 2907, on the right when traveling west.
Was founded in this vicinity Summer 1690 "on the banks of the Arcangel San Miguel" (Neches) River. Erected A.D. 1934 by De Zavala Chapter, Texas Historical and Landmarks Association.
Located by: Dr. Albert Woldert, Tyler, Texas; Miss Adina De . . . — — Map (db m121255) HM
On State Highway 21 3.5 miles east of Farm to Market Road 1733, on the right when traveling east.
A favorite campsite of Tejas Indians in the years before European settlers arrived, this location was used in turn by explorers, Spanish missionaries, traders and armies. Travelers were attracted by abundant game, including deer and wild turkey, and . . . — — Map (db m121251) HM
Near Park Road 44 0.1 miles north of State Highway 21, on the left when traveling north.
Joseph Redmond Rice (1805-1866) cut timber; then his young wife, Willie Masters Rice (1809-1881), snaked the logs to a homesite 16 miles southwest of here. The cabin they built was a noted way-station on the San Antonio Road. They brought up nine . . . — — Map (db m121404) HM
On State Highway 21 0.9 miles west of County Road 1580, on the right when traveling west.
Weches Camp P-58-T was established by the Federal Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) on June 19, 1933. Manned by Company 888, the Weches camp was the first CCC camp established in Houston County. It contained barracks, a mess hall, recreation area, . . . — — Map (db m121253) HM
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