This memorial is dedicated to the men of Company D, 143d Infantry Regiment, 36th Division, who were mobilized at Temple, Texas on 25 November 1940 and those men who later served with the company during peace and war. The company trained in Texas, . . . — — Map (db m293364) WM
Anna Laura Cole was born on October 27, 1909 in the farming community of Turney, Texas. Cole finished high school and attended Lon Morris College for a year before enrolling at Scott & White School of Nursing in 1928. After graduating in 1931 as . . . — — Map (db m207358) HM
Born in Gainesville, Texas, Arthur C. Scott graduated from Bellevue Medical College in 1886 and won an internship at the Western Pennsylvania Hospital. Returning to Gainesville, he married Maud M. Sherwood in 1889 and began a private medical . . . — — Map (db m207341) HM
Born in Gainesville, Texas, Arthur Scott graduated from Bellevue Medical College in 1886. In 1892 he became chief surgeon of the Santa Fe Hospital in Temple. He formed a partnership with Dr. R.R. White, Jr., in 1897, and they founded the Temple . . . — — Map (db m207131) HM
Born near Fredericksburg, Virginia, Bernard Moore Temple was a noted railroad engineer. In 1862, he enlisted in the Virginia artillery, joining the Confederate Army, where he acquired engineering experience in artillery and ordnance. Temple made . . . — — Map (db m90018) HM
This marker commemorates the death of
Captain John Bird •
Sergeant William Weaver •
Jesse E. Nash •
H. M. C. Hall •
Thomas Gay
and the heroic and successful battle of a Ranger force of 34 against 240 Indians. — — Map (db m289943) WM
The area now known as Temple, Texas, was located near the boundary between settlers and native hunting grounds. American Indians of the Caddo, Comanche, Shawnee, Delaware, Kickapoo, and other nomadic tribes were drawn to the fertile plains among the . . . — — Map (db m290676) HM
Founded as a mission in 1889, this fellowship achieved parish status in 1902 and began raising money to erect this church building. After a public fund drive (1904), construction was started on the Gothic Revival edifice designed by A.O. Watson of . . . — — Map (db m207216) HM
After Temple's First Federation of Women's Clubs accomplished its goal of founding a library and disbanded in 1902. This organization was created in 1915 to coordinate the work of the City's Women's Clubs. Members met in a variety of locations until . . . — — Map (db m207144) HM
Founded in 1881, on the Santa Fe line, Temple, like dozens of Texas towns, owed its beginning to the railroad and was, in fact, named for a Santa Fe official, B.M. Temple. On June 29, 1881, a gala town lot sale, with free barbecue, was held by . . . — — Map (db m89965) HM
Indian warriors mingled among the Rangers while they quickly surrounded them at the summit of a high ridge. The groups came into close quarters, and the parties clashed in this second skirmish. One eyewitness later reported that the warriors were . . . — — Map (db m290671) HM
Born in Denton County on February 3, 1881, Claudia Potter was one of eight children of William Thomas Carr and Laura Elmira Smith Potter.
Claudia Potter graduated from the University of Texas Medical Branch in 1904, the only woman in a class of . . . — — Map (db m207334) HM
Born in Denton County, Claudia Potter was one of eight children of William T.C. and Laura Smith Potter. A graduate of the University of Texas Medical Branch in 1904, Dr. Potter was the first woman doctor at Scott & White hospital, and was a . . . — — Map (db m207132) HM
Officially opened on May 17, 1953, Cora Anderson Negro Hospital offered medical services to the growing African American population of Temple and greater Bell County. The hospital featured 16 patient rooms and a surgical suite. It was located only . . . — — Map (db m131552) HM
Corinth Missionary Baptist Church has its roots in Temple Chapel Baptist Church, which organized around 1881 as one of the area's earliest African-American congregations. African Americans needed a place of worship as they migrated to the new town . . . — — Map (db m207293) HM
Organized in 1958, the Cultural Activities Center (CAC) in Temple is among the oldest multi-disciplinary arts organizations in Texas. During the 1950s, there was a national upsurge in the arts, which coincided with Temple’s post-war population . . . — — Map (db m151057) HM
Born to Cyrus C. Campbell (1810-1883) and Rebecca Elizabeth Robbins (1818-1846), Cyrus Maxwell Campbell was raised near Travis (Austin County). At the age of 21, he enlisted in the Confederate Army at the beginning of the Civil War, serving in the . . . — — Map (db m207091) HM
Soon after the establishment of Temple as a railroad town in 1882, the Rev. L.J. Mackey organized the Saint Love All Baptist Church. The early mission of the church was to serve African American railroad workers in the new town. It was located on . . . — — Map (db m207288) HM
In the final battle, the primary chief led his warriors for a last ditch attack, and they almost overran the ravine. Private James M. Robinette shot him, and the attack fell apart as the chief's braves tried to retrieve him. Many fell while . . . — — Map (db m290670) HM
The Farmers Mutual Protective Association of Texas (Rolnický vzájemné ochranný spolek státu Texasu) was organized in the community of Ocker (400' NW) by nine men of Czechoslovakian descent on February 27, 1901. Created as a means of providing . . . — — Map (db m290655) HM
The chase continued for another three miles, and the captain ordered a charge. The Rangers' horses were weighed down, so the lighter, quicker Indians outran them, and the tired mounts of the Rangers could not keep up. Deeper into unsettled land, the . . . — — Map (db m290673) HM
Originally known as Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, this congregation was organized on November 21, 1874, in the small Bell County town of Birdsdale (about one mile west of present Temple). The Rev. Anderson Clark (1829–1925) became the church’s first . . . — — Map (db m290678) HM
When this church was organized by the Rev. Carl Kreutzenstein in 1886 for Temple's German-speaking Lutherans, it was named Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church. Charter members included the Schmidt, Paulus, Scholz, Koch, Bosl, Jahnke, Rhein, and . . . — — Map (db m289962) HM
The Rev. E.R. Barcus served as the first pastor of the congregation, organized in 1882, one year after the city of Temple was founded. The original structure on this site was destroyed by fire in 1911. The present Romanesque Revival building was . . . — — Map (db m207219) HM
The School of Nursing was founded in 1904 by Dr. Arthur C. Scott and Dr. Raleigh White, Jr., as a part of their Temple Sanitarium to provide professional training for nurses. Initially a small local student body was instructed by the doctors and . . . — — Map (db m207337) HM
In 1898, the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad chartered a Young Men's Christian Association and in 1899 erected a 3-story structure across the street from this site to furnish lodging and recreation for railway workers. The facility also served . . . — — Map (db m288763) HM
Born on a farm in Ellis County, George V. Brindley, Sr., graduated from the University of Texas Department of Medicine at Galveston in 1911 and joined the medical staff of Temple Sanitarium that year. Starting in general hospital work, he became a . . . — — Map (db m207354) HM
Texas native George Brindley graduated from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston in 1911, and went to work at the Temple Sanitarium (later Scott & White Hospital). He became a prominent specialist in surgery and cancer treatment and a . . . — — Map (db m207133) HM
Founded in 1882 to serve the area's German population, this congregation originally was known as the Friedens (Peace) Church of the Evangelical Association. This sanctuary was completed in 1883 on land donated by the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe . . . — — Map (db m207299) HM
The Rev. Early Greathouse (1810-1885) was ordained to the ministry in Georgia in 1846. He moved to Alabama in 1852, where he served in the state legislature and the Constitutional Conventions of 1865 and 1867.
In 1870 Greathouse and his family . . . — — Map (db m286902) HM
Previously known as Williamson Branch Graveyard and Temple City Cemetery, Hillcrest Cemetery began as a rural family graveyard before eventually becoming a large, urban burial ground before the establishment of Temple area residents began to use . . . — — Map (db m207086) HM
Formed shortly after 1900, West Side
Mission functioned under the First
Baptist Church and initially utilized the
First Christian Church's original
building. The mission was organized
into a church, Emmanuel Baptist, in
1913. The church built . . . — — Map (db m289963) HM
A native of Illinois, John Leggett Marshall came to Texas with his family in 1829. A farmer and blacksmith, he enlisted in the army in March 1836 to fight in Texas' War for Independence from Mexico. A participant in the San Jacinto campaign, he and . . . — — Map (db m286904) HM
King's Daughters Hospital opened in 1896 with cooperation of an interfaith organization and eight Temple-area physicians to help the poor. Among its first patients were a mother and her children. Donations came from throughout the state. The . . . — — Map (db m293212) HM
Since June 4, 1875, the Knob Creek Lodge No. 401 Ancient Free & Accepted Masons has met continuously in Bell County and remained true to its ideals of fraternity, charitable works and public service. Masonic District 11 Deputy Grand Master Archibald . . . — — Map (db m207221) HM
Soon after establishing the city of Temple, the Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe Railroad Company built a dam on nearby Bird Creek to create a reservoir and ready water supply. By 1900 a group of investors formed an association to develop a park at the . . . — — Map (db m152243) HM
Thomas Lancaster (1813-1867), a farmer and rancher who came to Bell County in 1851, set aside a plot of land on the west side of Little Elm Creek for a community burial ground. Although some burials took place here before Lancaster's death in 1867, . . . — — Map (db m293215) HM
On land donated by J.W. and Mary Moore, owners of a pioneer gristmill and cotton gin. First burial (about 1860) was a stranger who died on a wagon trip from West Texas to Arkansas. Other old graves: fever victims and faithful Moore family servants. . . . — — Map (db m290669) HM
Cofounder of Scott and White Memorial Hospital, Dr. Scott used this cabin from 1920s to 1940 as a private study and retreat. In these rooms (originally two small log "Corn Cribs" moved here and attached) he studied, wrote, and entertained guests. . . . — — Map (db m207333) HM
Less than a decade after its founding in 1881, Temple was fast developing as an important commercial center. Reflecting that growth, plans for this church began in the early 1890s. It was formally chartered as Memorial Mission Chapel on June 5, . . . — — Map (db m293211) HM
This burial ground began as a family and Masonic cemetery. Although many, possibly older, graves exist, the oldest marked grave is that of Mary Marshall (d. 1861). In 1869, eight years after Marshall's death, J.A. Grimes sold his farm to Mary E. . . . — — Map (db m118964) HM
Born in Levita (Coryell Co.), Nora Lee Mayhew attended Meridian College and the College of Industrial Arts in Denton (now Texas Woman's University). A classically trained violinist, she also studied as a postgraduate at Cornell University (New . . . — — Map (db m207128) HM
A group of deeply devoted followers of the Unity of the Brethren faith were among the Czech immigrant families who settled in this area of eastern Bell County in the late 1870s and established the farming community of Ocker. The group initially . . . — — Map (db m290657) HM
The Sacrifice and Endurance Of Those Who Have Served, And The Ones Who Loved Them, Captures Our Hearts, Abides In Our Minds, And Protects Our Very Existence.
They Will Not Be Forgotten;
Their Memory Will Live In Each Generation
As We . . . — — Map (db m90039) WM
Setting the scene:
Republic of Texas President Mirabeau B. Lamar made a January 1839 call for men to form militias to range the frontier and protect settlers from Indian raids and lawlessness. Two Ranger companies gathered at Ft. Milam near . . . — — Map (db m290677) HM
Born December 10, 1871, in Tippah County, Mississippi, Raleigh R. White, Jr., was the son of the Rev. Raleigh White, Sr., and Anna Davidson White. The Rev. Mr. White had trained as a physician, but became a Baptist minister who served a number of . . . — — Map (db m207351) HM
Mississippi native Raleigh R. White, Jr., moved to Texas in 1882. A graduate of Tulane University Department of Medicine in 1893. White was hired by Dr. A.C. Scott as house physician for the Santa Fe Railway Hospital in Temple in 1895. White and . . . — — Map (db m207130) HM
Born to a wealthy Missouri plantation family, Raleigh R. White joined the Confederate Army, against his father's wishes, at age 21. During his service White fought under Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest and made a lifelong friend of fellow soldier J.B. . . . — — Map (db m207088) HM
With only a high school education, Ralph Wilson moved to California from Indiana in 1920 and began working in an ornamental plaster and concrete business, making and selling decorative architectural pieces for public buildings. In 1928, he bought . . . — — Map (db m207307) HM
Welcome to the Temple Railroad & Heritage Museum at the historic Santa Fe Depot. Completed in 1911, the Santa Fe depot served the Santa Fe railroad until 1989. Passenger service has continued at this location through Amtrak.
The Gulf, Colorado . . . — — Map (db m304769) HM
The first hospital in Temple. This institution opened in 1891 for employees of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad. The first section of the present building, completed in 1908, replaced an earlier frame structure. Until 1948 nursing care was . . . — — Map (db m293213) HM
"On the job when they would be sent to different camps, the men either slept in the railroad cars or on the ground."
Describe a regular working day...
You began real early in the morning (5:00a.m.) and you drove with two or three . . . — — Map (db m304771) HM
The Gulf, Colorado, & Santa Fe Railway established the town of Temple in 1881 and located the Santa Fe Railway Hospital at Temple in 1891. Dr. Arthur Carroll Scott, Sr. (1865-1940) became chief surgeon of the railway in 1892. In 1895 he hired Dr. . . . — — Map (db m207339) HM
In the middle 19th century, Moravian Czech immigrants began arriving in Texas, settling throughout the central part of the state. Descendants of the Czech religious movement known as Jednota bratrská, or “Unity of the Brethren,” based on the . . . — — Map (db m290666) HM
The community of Lost Prairie-Seaton was settled in the 1880s by Czechoslovakian immigrants, and at one time contained a post office, school, store and saloon. Charles Motl, Sr., donated two acres of land for a community cemetery following the death . . . — — Map (db m293301) HM
Temple incorporated in 1882, the same year the Missouri Kansas and Texas (MKT) Railway built a line through the area. This land was most likely owned by the rail company but few records exist about the burial ground's early history. Many stories . . . — — Map (db m207139) HM
Pioneer commercial aircraft developed by engineering genius George W. Williams, who with Roy Sanderford, George Carroll, and his brother E.K. Williams, formed Texas Aero Corporation in 1927. The firm obtained (June 23, 1928) Approved Type . . . — — Map (db m151042) HM
Honored the late General John B. Hood, for whom Fort Hood was named. Meetings were in First Baptist Church. Transportation from Carnegie Library (convention headquarters) was by one of the first auto parades in Temple.
J.W. Stevens, Chaplain, . . . — — Map (db m207217) HM
One of Texas’ oldest conservation organizations. W. Goodrich Jones (1860-1950), who came to Temple as a banker in 1888, felt need for trees in this prairie town. He led planting drives in Temple, and in 1889 saw to establishment of a statewide . . . — — Map (db m307853) HM
In January 1903, Frank Motl and J.F. Sefcik led Seaton men in forming an order of the SPJST (Slovanská podporující jednota státu Texas), a Czech benevolent society. Members of Hvězda Texasu, the Texas “Star” Lodge, met in Thomas . . . — — Map (db m290667) HM
Steam Locomotive No. 3423 is a Baldwin-built coal burning passenger steam locomotive for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad (ATSF). She was built in 1921 for a cost of $62,000. This locomotive is a 4-6-2 "Pacific" type. The configuration of . . . — — Map (db m304762) HM
By the early 19th century, chambers of commerce, first called boards of trade or commercial clubs, flourished in many major U.S. cities. The goals were to gather economic data and research, influence legislation, serve as a court of commercial . . . — — Map (db m304774) HM
The Temple Daily Telegram, which dates to 1907, has had a strong historical impact on the development of the area. It has ties to the earliest community newspaper, the Weekly Times, first distributed in 1881, the year of Temple's . . . — — Map (db m288762) HM
The city of Temple arose from a sparse Blackland prairie into a railroad boomtown in the 1880s. Within a generation, a nucleus of railroad workers and stores and businesses built to serve them gave way to a diverse population and economy with many . . . — — Map (db m293210) HM
On March 29, 1900, the Women’s Literary Club and the Self Culture Club formed a city federation for the purpose of organizing a public library. Soon the first library opened in a corner of the post office building and later moved to a book store. . . . — — Map (db m90017) HM
Harvey Houses, named for entrepreneur Fred Harvey, were once located along the Santa Fe lines from Chicago to California. These establishments offered efficient and elegant service, where travelers could enjoy a hot meal served by well trained, . . . — — Map (db m304773) HM
Thomas Edison Dixon, M.D., was an African-American physician committed to serving God and his community in a time dominated by white men. Dixon, or "Tommy" to friends and family, was born in August 1890 in Hearne, Texas. He first attended Bishop . . . — — Map (db m293214) HM
Known as "Father of Forestry in Texas". Came to Temple, 1888, as a banker. Planted first tree (a pecan) in town; this led to establishing Arbor Day in Texas in 1889, through legislation introduced by Sen. Geo. W. Tyler.
In 1914 Jones organized . . . — — Map (db m207305) HM
George Connor, a missionary elder of the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E) church assigned to the Temple area, organized this congregation in 1883. A frame sanctuary was built at this site two years later, with Dock Lacy and Green McGrew as church . . . — — Map (db m207296) HM
Wilma Carlton was born in Columbus, Texas, on September 25, 1882, the first child of Mississippi natives Senie Needham and Thomas Jefferson Carlton. The family settled in the Pin Oak area of Milam County by 1880 and grew to include three more . . . — — Map (db m207336) HM
Yee Pat Ling (Aug. 1, 1865 - Jan. 21, 1916), a Chinese immigrant, lived as a respected businessman in Temple due to his restaurant's popularity and entrepreneurial prowess. On the 1910 U.S. Census, Ling stated that he arrived in the United States in . . . — — Map (db m207096) HM
Jan Zabcik Sr. (1810–1881), his wife, Anna Hruska (1825–1900), and daughters Johanna and Katerina traveled to Galveston, Texas from Moravia in 1856 along with Jan’s brother, Martin Zabcik, and sister, Anna Zabcik. Once in Texas, the Zabciks made . . . — — Map (db m290683) HM
