On College Street at Patton Ave, on the right when traveling west on College Street.
Charles Franklin (1880-1946) and Ruth (Lynch) Ashcroft (1895-1979) were civic and social leaders in Sulphur Springs. Charles’ father, B.F. Ashcroft, started the city’s first electric company, later sold by his estate to Texas Power & Light. Charles . . . — — Map (db m286234) HM
On Gilmer Street at Connally Street, on the right when traveling south on Gilmer Street.
The oldest banking institution in Sulphur Springs, City National Bank was organized in 1889. The first board of directors included J. J. Dabbs, John T. Hargrove, J. F. Carter, J. A. B. Putnam, W. B. Womack, W. A. Dabbs, and S. W. Summers. A . . . — — Map (db m119781) HM
On Texas Route 154 near County Road 4764, on the right when traveling north.
In the vicinity of Old Tarrant, south of here, the Civil War refugee family of Mrs. Amanda Stone, of Louisiana, was shown great kindness when rescued by Hopkins countians after a road accident. The Stones saw the Texans share the little they had, . . . — — Map (db m119382) HM
On North Davis Street at Atkins Street, on the right when traveling south on North Davis Street.
In the 1850s, Disciples in the pioneer town of Bright Star, also known as "The Sulphur Springs," gathered for religious meetings at neighbors' homes and in a vacant store. Two evangelists, the Rev. Charles Carlton and the Rev. J. M. Baird, organized . . . — — Map (db m187091) HM
On College Street, on the right when traveling west.
Organized in 1852, this church had eight members with Samuel Davidson as the ruling elder. A sanctuary erected jointly by this congregation and the Cumberland Presbyterians on Connally Street burned in 1873. The membership constructed a frame . . . — — Map (db m187093) HM
On Church Street (State Highway 154) at Atkins Street, on the right when traveling north on Church Street.
Established in 1850 by the Rev. Pleas B. Bailey, this Methodist congregation erected the first church building in Sulphur Springs about 1852 on a site in the "Spring Lot" which surrounded the town's mineral springs. The property was purchased from . . . — — Map (db m176479) HM
On Jackson Street North at East Houston Street, on the right when traveling north on Jackson Street North.
Only about a year after they met in 1880, George and Myra (Tuggle) Wilson married and began changing their small town into a bustling city. George and his brother opened a brick plant and were hired to build many prominent buildings such as the City . . . — — Map (db m232773) HM
On Texas Route 154 north of County Road 4764, on the right when traveling north.
The picnic area on SH 19 in Hopkins County is an early roadside park developed by the Texas Highway Department - now Texas Department of Transportation. It was built from 1939-1940 using labor from the National Youth Administration, a Federal Works . . . — — Map (db m120300) HM
Near Church Street west of Loop State Highway 313.
Front
Home County of Texas Confederate General W. H. King
Georgian. Moved to Texas 1861. Rose to rank of colonel, 18th Texas Infantry. Led regiment in Red River Campaign of 1863 to prevent split of South along Mississippi. . . . — — Map (db m119776) HM
On Interstate 30 Frontage Road 0.4 miles east of County Highway 3341, on the right when traveling east.
Formed from Lamar and Nacogdoches Counties Created March 25, 1846
Organized July 13, 1846
Named in Honor of the Pioneer Hopkins Family Which Came to Texas From Kentucky and Indiana
County Seat, Tarrant 1846-1858 Sulphur Springs, . . . — — Map (db m186645) HM
Near Church Street at Jefferson Street (Business U.S. 67) when traveling east.
The third Hopkins County Courthouse, built in 1882, was destroyed on Feb. 11, 1894 by a fire that also burned the jail and several nearby structures. Plans were soon made for a new court building to be erected on this corner rather than in the . . . — — Map (db m119782) HM
On Church Street south of Houston Street, on the right when traveling south.
Deed records indicate that a newspaper was being published in Hopkins County as early as 1854. It was known as the "Texas Star" and was located in Tarrant, which then served as county seat. In 1855, the printing presses were purchased by William . . . — — Map (db m119745) HM
On Fuller Street at Wool Street, on the right when traveling east on Fuller Street.
In 1868, African-American residents
began meeting for worship in the old
Tarrant settlement. Under the Rev.
Mike Wiggins, they established Old
Tarrant Baptist Church. In 1876, the
congregation moved to the
intersection of Front and . . . — — Map (db m286232) HM
On Farm to Market 1537 at County Road 3511, on the left when traveling east on Farm to Market 1537.
No records date the founding of
this church, but a meeting led by
elders B.H. Elder and G.L. Smith in
the nearby township of Tarrant
resulted in reorganization of the
fellowship in 1875. This church
building was erected in the 1890s
about one . . . — — Map (db m314210) HM
On Farm to Market Road 2653 at County Road 4808, on the left when traveling north on Road 2653.
After the Civil War (1861-65), during the turbulence of Reconstruction, the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Rising Star, Alabama, was burned. Members W. A. (Willis) (d. 1920) and Nannie Stewart sought a place where they could worship as they . . . — — Map (db m238386) HM
On Farm to Market Road 69 1 mile south of Interstate 30, on the right when traveling south.
Unmarked graves here may date to 1872, the year the Richland Baptist Church bought the site and the Richland School was established here. The earliest marked grave dates to 1878; two earlier ones, dated 1873 and 1876, are reinterments. Many . . . — — Map (db m186641) HM
Episcopal missionaries preached in Sulphur Springs as early as the 1860s. This church was founded in 1872 after Bishop Alexander Gregg and Father Francis R. Starr visited the community. For over 20 years, the small Episcopal congregation worshiped . . . — — Map (db m286238) HM
On Highway 154 at Farm to Market Road 1104, on the left when traveling north on Highway 154.
This church traces its history to 1886, when area settlers organized a congregation of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The church was named for the Rev. W. A. Shook, who held the first revival here. The congregation met in a brush arbor or . . . — — Map (db m176511) HM
On Connally Street east of J V Alley, on the right when traveling east.
The Reconstruction era which followed the Civil War (1861-65) was a time of unrest in Texas. In this area a gang of outlaws whipped and killed blacks and harassed other citizens. On August 10, 1868, Capt. T. M. Tolman brought Federal . . . — — Map (db m119744) HM
On Farm to Market Road 2653 at County Road 4738, on the left when traveling north on Road 2653.
Located on land originally belonging to early Hopkins County settler Zacharias Birdwell (1801-1880), the nearby cemetery was first known as Birdwell's Graveyard. The earliest marked grave, that of infant James Becton Herman, is dated 1879, but the . . . — — Map (db m238389) HM
On North Davis Street at Atkins Street, on the right when traveling north on North Davis Street.
Chartered on August 13, 1890, the Sulphur Springs Loan and Building Association is the oldest surviving savings association in the state of Texas. Charter members of the association included local business leaders Phil H. Foscue, W. F. Henderson, T. . . . — — Map (db m187090) HM
On Church Street at Bonner Street, on the right when traveling south on Church Street.
Volunteer fire fighters, organized soon after Sulphur Springs was incorporated (1870), used a "bucket brigade" and hand-drawn equipment to control blazes before the city purchased a steam fire engine in 1888. To summon firemen, this 500-pound brass . . . — — Map (db m119752) HM
On Texas Route 154 0.4 miles south of County Road 4761, on the right when traveling south.
Eldridge Hopkins, for whose family Hopkins County was named in 1846, donated this site for the county seat. Named for Gen. Edward H. Tarrant (1796-1858), Texas Ranger and Mexican war veteran, Tarrant Post Office was established in March 1847. A . . . — — Map (db m119766) HM
On County Road 1444 0.4 miles west of County Road 1469, on the left when traveling west.
Rich, sandy soil attracted farmers to this area before the beginning of the Civil War. The settlement that developed here was called Union after the pioneer Union Church that served as the focal point of the rural agricultural community. Over the . . . — — Map (db m314221) HM
