Historical Markers in Manchester

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Historical Markers in Manchester

1 ► Texas, Red River County, Manchester — 10889 — Arnold E. A. Roitsch Archeological Site —

In this vicinity archeologists have located a large village and ceremonial center occupied between A.D. 1000 and A.D. 1700 by ancestors of the Caddo Indians. Sedentary farmers, the Caddos built villages and farms on alluvial terraces of the Red . . . — — Map (db m297668) HM

2 ► Texas, Red River County, Manchester — 10880 — Jane Chandler Gill — (January 1, 1782 - September 20, 1816) — Reported damaged

An englishwoman who died soon after settling in Jonesboro. Her grave is one of Texas' oldest caucasian burials. — — Map (db m297669) HM

3 ► Texas, Red River County, Manchester — 12166 — Jesse B. Bowman —

Alamo defender Jesse B. Bowman was born in Tennessee about 1785. By 1811 he was living in Illinois where his son Joseph T. Bowman was born that year. Bowman and his family settled in Ouichita County, Arkansas, until it became more populated and . . . — — Map (db m297671) HM

4 ► Texas, Red River County, Manchester — 10882 — Jonesboro — About half a mile NW was 19th century town of —

One of first ports of entry into Texas for Anglo-Americans. Opened early as 1814; heavily used by 1817. Named for 1819-21 ferry owner Henry Jones (1789-1861). Claimed by both Mexico and the United States, town was 1828-37 county seat of Miller . . . — — Map (db m297673) HM

5 ► Texas, Red River County, Manchester — 10890 — Near Here at the Old Jonesboro Crossing Sam Houston —

Near here at the old Jonesboro crossing Sam Houston an envoy of President Andrew Jackson first set foot on Texas soil December 2, 1832 — — Map (db m297672) HM

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