On Texas Route 256 east of County Road 14, on the left when traveling west.
Shoe Bar Ranch owner J.K. Zimmerman
donated land and funds for Union Hill Church
and an adjoining cemetery in 1897. The first
recorded burial was for Maggie (Durham)
Hudgins (1878-1898). The International Order of
Odd fellows established . . . — — Map (db m245705) HM
On County Road D at Farm to Market Road 3517 on County Road D.
On first ranch in Hall County, started in 1880s by pioneer cattlemen T.S. Bugbee and O.H. Nelson. This residence was built about 1884. A nearsighted owner, J.K. Zimmerman of Kansas City, was wary of surprise visitors, and put in only one outer door. . . . — — Map (db m245709) HM
On Robertson Street at South 8th Street, on the right when traveling west on Robertson Street.
Established in 1890 under the leadership of the Rev. A. W. Rogers, this church began with thirteen members. This sanctuary, the second for the congregation, was completed in 1911, during the pastorate of the Rev. Dr. R. T. Caldwell. Built by member . . . — — Map (db m100105) HM
On U.S. 287 just north of North High Street, on the left when traveling north.
Morningside High School — Class of 1953 Paul Quinn College — Bachelor of Science — Class of 1957 Winning Football, Basketball, and Track Coach 1957-1976 Two State Track Championships — Morningside High School State Track Championship — Memphis High . . . — — Map (db m288198) HM
On East Noel Street (State Highway 256) 0.3 miles east of U.S. 287, on the right when traveling east.
In 1876, the Texas Legislature formed Hall County. Named for Warren D. Hall, Republic Texas Secretary of War, Hall County comprises of 885 square miles of rolling plains and broken terrain. The red and black sandy loam soils support a variety of . . . — — Map (db m288517) HM
On South 6th Street at Main Street, on the right when traveling south on South 6th Street.
Formed from Young and Bexar
Territories
Created • Organized
August 21, 1876 • June 23, 1890
Named in honor of
Warren D.C. Hall
1788 – 1867
Member of
The San Felipe Convention in 1832
Second in Command of the Texans . . . — — Map (db m96346) HM
On Noel Street west of South 5th Street, on the right when traveling west.
In 1876, the Texas Legislature created Hall County, which organized in 1890 with Memphis as county seat. Two courthouses - a frame building facing the town square (1890-93) and a two-story brick building on this site (1893-1922) - preceded the . . . — — Map (db m100106) HM
Near County Route 29 0.9 miles south of County Route J.
Newlin Cemetery
A Texas Historical Cemetery
Settlement of this area of Hall County began in the late 1880's. The town of Newlin was founded as a station on the Fort Worth & Denver . . . — — Map (db m306135) HM
On Farm to Market Road 1547 0.5 miles east of North 3rd Street, on the right when traveling east.
Memphis' oldest burial ground is the final resting place for many pioneer families and prominent community members. J.C. Montgomery, “Father of Memphis,” is buried in the oldest section. The cemetery started a few months before Memphis . . . — — Map (db m100107) HM
On Highway 287, on the right when traveling south.
Quanah Parker and Comanches used Field's Crossing over Prairie Dog Town Fork of Red River by Memphis
Arrow sculptor: Charles A. Smith — — Map (db m152658) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 86) at 5th Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
The community of Turkey, settled in the 1890s, went through a period of rapid economic growth in the mid-1920s. The city benefited from its location on branches of two early automobile roads: the regional Ozark Trail and the Coast-to-Coast Bankhead . . . — — Map (db m200496) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 86) at County Route 3, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
This is an eight sided monument
(on first side) Bob Wills
(on second side) King of Western Swing
(on third side) James Robert (Bob) Wills, born March 6 1905, Grosebeck Texas, first born child of John T. and Emma Foley Wills, brothers . . . — — Map (db m100060) HM
On Main Street west of 8th Street, on the left when traveling west.
The Rev. J. D. Terry and seven charter members organized the Elizabeth Methodist Episcopal Church, South, on September 8, 1891, at the home of W. M. & Elizabeth Cooper. Worship services were held in homes and in the nearby Wolf Flat Community . . . — — Map (db m100103) HM
On Main Street at 2nd Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
Floyce Oliver (F.O.) Ham (1896-1967) left his family's farm in Beaver,
Oklahoma, at age 15 in search of business opportunities. He settled
in Turkey and opened the towns first barber shop, which had
various locations before he built a brick . . . — — Map (db m245712) HM
Built in 1927 to provide lodging for railroad travelers, salesmen, and ranchers who came to town on business, the Hotel Turkey also served as a symbol of the growth business leaders hoped would characterize the young railroad settlement. The hotel . . . — — Map (db m151699) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 86) at Reona Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
In 1900, Sanford Hill Lacy (1838-1928), his wife Nancy "Nanie" (Hornbeck), (1864-1892) and sons Albert (1874-1943), Porter (1876-1937), Fred (1878-1934) and Walter (1880-1940) moved to Turkey Creek, just south of the area that would become the town . . . — — Map (db m310972) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 86) at County Highway 3, on the left when traveling west on Main Street.
Quanah camped at Deep Lake NE of Turkey & Kwahada grazed horses on Wolf Flat watered by Turkey Creek
Arrow Sculptor: Charles A. Smith — — Map (db m200482) HM
Near Farm to Market Road 657 0.2 miles south of Highway 86.
In 1913, William Hope "Coin" Harvey, who operated a resort in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas, founded the Ozark Trail Association as a private highway organization. Several Texas and New Mexico counties joined the effort, and the line went . . . — — Map (db m100104) HM
Turkey's school system acquired this land in 1928 for a $100,000 high school. Amarillo architect E.F. Rittenberry designed a brick structure with English Gothic details. Consolidation with several area schools caused an enrollment of 445 students in . . . — — Map (db m47793) HM
On Lyles Street at 7th Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Lyles Street.
In Memory of Those Who Served Their Country in Time of War
World War II
Glen E. Barker • W. (Buster) Buchanan • Glen Chesshir • R. Dennis Coker • Everett Crow • Virgil Faust • A.V. Hendricks, Jr. • Dueford W. Holland • Raymond McGee • . . . — — Map (db m200501) WM
