A peace officer 45 years, Mace joined Texas Rangers at age 21. He became Deputy Sheriff in Lampasas County in 1903; later served 12 years as Sheriff. He was President of the Texas Sheriffs' Association, 1920: Chief of Police in oil boom towns of . . . — — Map (db m159005) HM
On LCR Comanche A 0.1 miles south of Farm to Market Road 3437, on the right when traveling south.
Set aside by deed in 1898 as a permanent site for celebrating June 19th - the Anniversary of the 1865 Emancipation of slaves in Texas. It was 2.5 miles south of this site that slaves of this area first heard their freedom announced.
Limestone . . . — — Map (db m161560) HM
On Park Road 28 0.2 miles west of State Highway 14, on the right when traveling west.
In August 1935, construction of a state park began here on the former town site of Springfield under the direction of the Civilian Conservation Corps. The group assigned to build Fort Parker State Park was company 3807(C), an African American CCC . . . — — Map (db m161539) HM
On East Carthage Street, on the right when traveling east on East Carthage Street.
Organized Jan. 14, 1872, by the Rev. W. Henry Parks. Some charter members came from Springfield Church (founded 1846), as that town was bypassed by Houston & Texas Central Railroad in 1871 and absorbed by Mexia. After meeting at first in a Lodge . . . — — Map (db m159044) HM
On Carthage Street at North McKinney Street, on the right when traveling west on Carthage Street.
Cumberland Presbyterians began this church in old Springfield (12 mi. SW) early in 1871. After Houston & Texas Central Railroad started the town of Mexia later in 1871, the congregation moved here. It erected a meetinghouse in 1878, and this . . . — — Map (db m158970) HM
On Farm to Market Road 2705 at County Highway 477, on the left when traveling north on Highway 2705.
Established 1889, in era when Texas looked to Civil War Veterans for State Leadership. One of numerous parks on river banks or other favored sites that drew large, popular annual encampments. Statesmen came to make speeches. There were orations by . . . — — Map (db m161557) HM
Near Park Road 28 0.5 miles west of State Highway 14.
Born in Kentucky 1810 A private and captain in the Army of the Republic of Texas, served in the San Jacinto Campaign 1836 Died in Springfield 1860 Erected by the State of Texas 1962 — — Map (db m161537) HM
On State Highway 171 0.1 miles east of County Road 634, on the right when traveling west.
Agricultural genius, born in Ruelzheim, Rhenish Bavaria, of a family of horticulturists. Educated in Germany. Migrated to New York in 1871 and to Texas 1876. In Limestone County (surrounding this marker site) lay 100 acres of open prairie land which . . . — — Map (db m292086) HM
On South Kaufman Street at E Main Street, on the left when traveling south on South Kaufman Street.
Built 1876 by Mexia merchant and banker Lewis Philip Smith and his second wife, Mattie J. Beeson Smith. Home site cost $400 in gold in 1868. House has cedar shingle roof, cedar post foundations; 12-light windows; old fashioned weatherboard siding; . . . — — Map (db m294824) HM
One of great free-wheeling oil booms of America -- before proration was enforced. Population in Mexia increased from 4,000 to 50,000 within days after oil discovery in 1920 at Rogers No. 1 Well, located 1.6 miles west of this marker, just off FM . . . — — Map (db m145207) HM
On North Kaufman Street at East Evelyn Street, on the left when traveling north on North Kaufman Street.
Built opposite public school, for Laura T. Rogers, who (1880- 1920) taught piano and choral music from 7 A.M. To 7 P.M., 6 days a week, 8 months in year. Had 4 pianos used all day; 8 pupils often played in unison. Auditorium, with overflow seating . . . — — Map (db m159003) HM
On State Highway 14 at County Highway 456, on the right when traveling south on State Highway 14.
Named for the large spring on townsite donated Jan. 6, 1838, by Moses Herrin, who gave 4 lots to any person agreeing to settle in the town. 12 families later in 1838 were forced out by Indian hostility. Post office was established in 1846. When . . . — — Map (db m159046) HM
On Park Road 28 0.5 miles west of State Highway 14, on the left when traveling west.
Established as a 10-acre community burial ground in town plat dedicated Jan. 6, 1838, by Moses Herrin. Earliest graves probably never had stone markers because of primitive frontier living conditions. It is recorded that 12 families were driven . . . — — Map (db m161494) HM
On North McKinney Street at Carthage Street, on the right when traveling south on North McKinney Street.
The first statewide teachers association in Texas had its beginnings in two regional teachers' organizations. The North Texas Educational Association was begun in Dallas in 1877. Teachers in Central Texas met in Austin in 1879, formed the Austin . . . — — Map (db m158972) HM
On West Milam Street at N Herman Street, on the left when traveling east on West Milam Street.
This church traces its history to the 1870s, when African Methodist Episcopal Church services were held for Mexia's African American population. The church reportedly was used as a schoolhouse during Reconstruction. The African Methodist Episcopal . . . — — Map (db m293394) HM
On West Milam Street (U.S. 84) at College Ave, on the left when traveling east on West Milam Street.
In 1906, African American members of three Texas districts within the Primitive Baptist Church expressed a desire to build an institute of higher education for their communities. In 1919, trustees Thornton Carter (1858-1941), Arthur Randolph Foreman . . . — — Map (db m293393) HM
On West Main Street at S Denton Street, on the right when traveling east on West Main Street.
Public education efforts for African American students in Mexia began in 1883 with a school on Herman Street. After fire destroyed it, trustees selected this site for a two-story brick schoolhouse built in 1915. T. K. Price was principal at the . . . — — Map (db m293395) HM
On East Main Street at South McKinney State, on the left when traveling east on East Main Street.
Military officer and promoter of Texas Colonization. Served as Secretary of Mexican Legation to United States, 1829-1831. Led victorious Mexia Expedition to expel Centralists in Matamoros. 1832. Mexican senator, 1833-1834; he first supported . . . — — Map (db m159045) HM
