First known as Union Church as several denominations joined here to worship as early as 1836. Organized in 1838. A small log church was completed that year on ten acres donated by Dr. John M. Sparks. The present structure dates from 1859. In its . . . — — Map (db m29792) HM
Founder of modern Nacogdoches in 1779.
This Spanish frontiersman matched wits with Spanish governors in the interest of the early settlers of this region. A leader of the people, he brought the exiles back. — — Map (db m171203) HM
Citizen of Nacogdoches, 1830-1865. A signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Land commissioner and Chief Justice of Nacogdoches County. Born in London, England, in 1808. Died here November 1, 1865. — — Map (db m27180) HM
Born in Pennsylvania in 1770. Pioneer Indian trader. Recognized by the King of Spain as a public - spirited citizen. First Alcalde of Nacgodoches under the Mexican government in 1821. — — Map (db m27387) HM
A native of Nacogdoches.
Land Commissioner, 1829.
Vice-Governor of the State of
Coahuila and Texas.
Active in the Texas Revolution.
Died in Houston in July, 1859.
His wife, Maria Montes del Padilla,
Died here, August 14, 1846. — — Map (db m29295) HM
Soldier - Statesman of the Republic of Texas - A hero of San Jacinto - Commander-In-Chief of the army 1836 - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 1839 - President of the Constitutional Convention, 1845 - United States Senator, 1846 - He called . . . — — Map (db m240301) HM
A Spanish outpost founded in 1716 by the pioneer Franciscan Antonio Margil de Jesús as a means of civilizing the Nacogdoche Indians. Abandoned temporarily due to the French incursions from Louisiana in 1719. Restored by the Marquis of Aguayo in . . . — — Map (db m29275) HM
Residents of Nacogdoches County will never forget the events surrounding the morning of February 1, 2003. Awakening to loud rumbles, many immediately recognized the sound to be much more than the usual sonic boom. Unlike the condensation streaks . . . — — Map (db m210969) HM
Immediately following the United States' entry into World War II after the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College (SFA) President Alton Birdwell called together an assembly of students and staff to . . . — — Map (db m44666) HM
Republics often point to one person whose vision and leadership led to their creation. For the Republic of Texas (1836-1845) that person is Stephen Fuller Austin.
Austin, the son of Moses and Maria Brown Austin, was born on the Virginia . . . — — Map (db m221303) HM
Opening in 1936, the Stone Fort Museum has interpreted the history of East Texas and of the Old Stone Fort while also elevating the local historic preservation ethic. The Old Stone Fort, built in the late 18th century, was an integral part in a . . . — — Map (db m156880) HM
"We are, as a species, addicted to story. Even when the body goes to sleep, the mind stays up all night, telling itself stories." Jonathan Gottschall
Since our beginning, mankind has been telling stories. Long before the written . . . — — Map (db m210962) HM
Our "kittle" has seen many different uses since it was brought to Texas in 1850 by Dr. R.O. Brown. Because of the size of the kittle - 1,820 pounds and measuring 7½ feet in diameter - Brown had to hire several yoke of oxen to haul the kittle to his . . . — — Map (db m210892) HM
In honor of the men who served from the District of Nacogdoches during the period of October 1, 1835 to April 21, 1836.
Siege of Bexar
George Allen • Francis J. Anthony • William C.M. Baker • John Balch • James H. Bowman • John J. . . . — — Map (db m211173) WM
At this site on the historic King's Highway, used since 1691, passengers boarded stagecoaches during the Civil War, 1861-65. Besides this stand, the town had 2 others, to serve 3 stage lines operating here.
Wm. Clark had the line to Mt. Pleasant, . . . — — Map (db m21431) HM
The first newspapers in Texas, beginning in 1813, all had direct links to Nacogdoches. The leading family in the newspaper business was that of Col. R.D. Orton and his nephews, Robert W. (R.W.) and Giles Haltom. In 1899, following years of weekly . . . — — Map (db m170918) HM
Three hundred former residents of Presidio Los Adaes under the leadership of Antonio Gil Y'Barbo moved near the abandoned Mission Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe de los Nacogdoches in 1779. Soon the growing Pueblo of Nacogdoches, "the gateway to Texas", . . . — — Map (db m211024) HM
Hotel Fredonia opened its doors to Nacogdoches for the first time on April 1, 1955. The brain child of Jack McKinney, the Fredonia, was a hotel built and paid for by the citizens of Nacogdoches for the "convenience of guests and travelers to the . . . — — Map (db m210977) HM
For a brief while, the flag that flew over Nacogdoches Plaza Principal was the red-and-white banner of Haden Edwards' forty-four-day Fredonia Rebellion.
Edwards had obtained a grant from Mexico to settle 800 families in East Texas in the . . . — — Map (db m30081) HM
This building was erected by prominent citizens and lawyer George Francis Ingraham, who was born in New York City in 1842 and was Texas raised in Alazan and Nacogdoches. Ingraham served as a Confederate soldier, Nacogdoches County Treasurer and . . . — — Map (db m211037) HM
The Hoya family purchased the southwest corner of the Public Square in the 1830s when the lots were sold to pay the debts of the former Mexican commandant. In 1900 Charles Hoya commissioned architect D. Rulfs to replace the one-story building on the . . . — — Map (db m211030) HM
The northeast corner of Main and Church Street was part of the land conveyed by the Spanish Government to Ygnacio Y'Barbo on April 16, 1810. The corner later belonged to the Durst, Roberts, Johnson, and Thorn families. While the first buildings of . . . — — Map (db m211126) HM
Originally owned as part of the Old Stone Fort property by the Y'Barbo and Roberts families, the northeast corner lot at Main and Fredonia had become important retail property as early as 1845. In the 1860s the owners added warehouses to the rear of . . . — — Map (db m210958) HM
Between recruitment in New Orleans on October 13, 1835, and the Palm Sunday massacre at Goliad during 157 days of the Texas Revolution the 120 men of the two companies of New Orleans Greys fought at Bexar; and units of the Greys fought at the . . . — — Map (db m221154) HM
Throughout the storied history of Nacogdoches, nine different flags have flown over the region. The six flags of Texas are well known, but three others have also been raised. The traditional six flags include those for Spain (1519 – 1685; 1690 – . . . — — Map (db m170916) HM
The Redland Hotel, Nacogdoches' first modern hotel, opened in 1907 and offered guests private bathrooms, steam heating, and a fine dining experience. The Redland provided wagon and later bus service from the train depot. The opening was a gala . . . — — Map (db m211122) HM
Late Victorian residence built 1896-97 by architect D. A. G. Rulfs for Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Matthews and daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Roland Jones. Matthews was a railroad executive; Jones, a businessman. Four generations of Jones' family . . . — — Map (db m171025) HM
The Spanish friars who built the Mission of Our Lady of Nacogdoches passed to the townspeople a sense of scholarship and educational responsibility. Prominent citizens such as Sam Houston and Thomas J. Rusk were well known for their attention to . . . — — Map (db m221333) HM
The west side of the Public Square has an illustrious history. After the Fredonia Rebellion in 1827, the Mexican government allowed Commandment Col. Piedtras to build a garrison to house himself and his troops on the property. Piedras erected a . . . — — Map (db m211027) HM
Signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, Secretary of War for the Republic of Texas, Brigadier General of the Army and hero at San Jacinto, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas, United States Senator, he was a . . . — — Map (db m27798) HM
Born in South Carolina, Thomas Jefferson Rusk showed an early aptitude for the law, passing the bar at age twenty-one. He began to practice law in Georgia, where he married Mary F. Cleveland in 1827.
Rusk was so taken with Nacogdoches that he . . . — — Map (db m221327) HM
When Nacogdoches University was chartered by the Republic of Texas in 1845, three early settlers -- Haden Edwards, Charles S. Taylor, and J. R. Arnold -- donated 21.5 acres of land for the school. Known as Washington Square by 1848, the land was . . . — — Map (db m170913) HM
Washington Square, a historic Nacogdoches center from the inception of the old Nacogdoches University in the 1840s, became in 1904 a part of the Nacogdoches Independent School District (NISD). When the facilities on the 208-acre campus of the new . . . — — Map (db m170914) HM
This two-story building, divided by a downstairs wall, was re-built by John Weeks and T.B. Hardeman in 1907-1908, after a fire on December 23, 1906 destroyed the entire block. Mr. Weeks maintained a drug store in this west half of the building on a . . . — — Map (db m211120) HM
The Durst-Taylor House is the second oldest building in Nacogdoches that still stands on its original foundation. Joseph Durst built the current wood-frame house around 1835 and it evolved with each new occupant for over 150 years.
Today, the . . . — — Map (db m210910) HM
Presbyterians have long played an important role in Nacogdoches; the earliest Presbyterian influence here dates to the 1830s, with several churches organizing later in the century. In 1893, the Rev. B.A. Hodges and twelve founding members . . . — — Map (db m31483) HM
Born a slave in South Carolina, 1794
Escaped to Texas in 1821
Rendered valuable assistance to the Army of Texas, 1836 Interpreter for the Houston-Forbes Treaty with the Cherokees, 1836
Acquired wealth and was noted for his charity
Died at . . . — — Map (db m29461) HM
A signer of the Texas
Declaration of Independence
Born in Virginia, April 14, 1798
Died January 3, 1871
His wife
Martha B. Wall Clark
Born May 16, 1801
Died February 4, 1863 — — Map (db m171251) HM
In 1838 Frost Thorn, an early Texas empresario and Texas' first millionaire, bought this block in the Old City of Nacogdoches for his homestead; he acquired the land from the Y'barbo family. After Frost's death, his wife sold the house to her niece, . . . — — Map (db m211183) HM
This building stands on the site of the original Nacogdoches County Courthouse, which was torn down in 1916. Mr. Frank S. Aikman and Mr. John Lewis Needham formed The Mahdeen Company on September 3, 1912, and built this present building in 1918 from . . . — — Map (db m211035) HM
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